Tropicana’s Teachings: Pre-apprenticeship auto body students experience collision repair at AkzoNobel headquarters
Toronto, Ontario — Tropicana Community Services brought its class of pre-apprenticeship students to AkzoNobel’s headquarters and training centre for a Discovery Day event last Thursday, where they were showed the ins and outs of the trade by professionals from AkzoNobel, CARSTAR, LKQ Canada and 3M. First up on the agenda was a painting workshop hosted […]
Recruitment Feedback Requested: Ministry of Ontario seeks advice regarding 2024 Level Up! skilled trades fair series
Toronto, Ontario — The Ministry of Ontario is seeking feedback from the industry regarding its 2024 series of Level Up! skilled trades fairs for local youth. Given the success of last year’s events, the ministry is considering increasing the number of stops on the Level Up! tour, with the potential to stop in double as […]
Unleashing Potential: Tropicana to host 2023 class field trip at Canadian Collison Repair Academy
Toronto, Ontario — Tropicana Community Services is bringing students from its Auto Body and Collision Damage Repairer Pre-Apprenticeship program to the Canadian Collision Repair Academy (CCRA) for their annual class field trip, a rep from the organization told Collision Repair. On July 11, Tropicana will bring 20 students to the CCRA, located within the CWB […]
Fair Trade: Free Centennial College, Tropicana introductory auto body course to kick off in April
Scarborough, Ontario — If you live in the Toronto area and have always wanted to try your hand at the trade, a new collaborative program between Tropicana Community Services and Centennial College seeks to give prospective auto body technicians a chance to see if collision repair is the right fit, completely free of charge. Set […]
Keynote from the Court: Tropicana treats students to slam-dunk surprise
Toronto, Ontario — Students of Tropicana Community Service’s Auto Body Pre-Apprenticeship and Collision Damage programs were treated to a special guest during Tuesday’s annual Discovery Day event. Chad Sanders, manager of the Raptors 905 NBA-G League team and most recent recipient of the Executive of the Year for the NBA G-League surprised the audience of […]
AYCE pre-apprenticeship program returns for 2016
By Mike Davey Toronto, Ontario — March 15, 2016 — AYCE Youth Employment Services has announced it is actively looking for new applicants for its Auto Body Collision and Damage Repair pre-apprenticeship training program. AYCE is a division of Tropicana Community Services. Applicants must be willing and able to commit to a 30-week full-time program, […]
Industry gets injection of fresh blood with 2014 AYCE grads
Proud graduates at AYCE’s 2014 Auto Body Collision and Damage Repairer Graduation and Appreciation Event. By Melissa Hayes Toronto, Ontario — August 25, 2014 — The months of hard work and dedication paid off for this year’s AYCE auto body collision class as they took centre stage during the program’s 2014 graduation ceremony. […]
