This report, Skilled Trades and Education-related Geographical Mobilities: A Case Study of Students enrolled in the College of the North Atlantic’s Process Operator Course, draws largely from Jessica Earle’s MA thesis, Structure and Agency in Process Operator Student Mobilities, Department of Sociology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, May 2017. The aim of this report is to present a case study of the education-related geographical mobility (EDGM) experiences of young women and men participating in the 2014/2015 Process Operator (PO) course at the College of the North Atlantic in Placentia, NL (CNA-Placentia). The structure of apprenticeship training often requires that students engage in EDGM many times over the course of their training, including relocating temporarily or for longer terms or commuting varying distances from home to school or work. In this report we document PO students’ accounts in order to better understand the range of influences on their mobility practices. We provide a brief background on the context of youth employment and training in the province, a description of the study approach and methods, a discussion of the contested history of the development of the PO course, followed by a summary of the EDGM experiences of PO students. The report ends with a discussion of the findings meant to inform future work and policy directions. Full report online.
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