Performance Measures

Hits

In the period from November/02-November/06, we had a total of  75,055,864 hits on our website, and in February/06, an average of @77,808 hits per day, and1,608 visitors per day. Page views for the same period averaged 11,543 per day. Website hits are an indicator of overall activity, and reflect the number of information-seekers, students, youth, parents, career changers, employers and others who visit the site but may never use the website database for job-seeking.

Regional Count

Our system also tracks the number of individual log-ins, where password and userid are used to access applicant and employer database areas of the website. During February/06, our log-in count for one month shows:

  • 801  individual logins in Brant/Haldimand/Norfolk
  • 1246  individual logins in Niagara & area
  • 1985 individual logins in Kitchener/Waterloo & area
  • 1497 individual logins in Hamilton & area
  • 7825 individual logins in Peel Halton Dufferin

Success Stories

We periodically feature success stories that highlight matches made through our database and showcase the different pathways apprentices have followed that led them directly or indirectly to the skilled trades. 

Check out our feature on Truck & Coach Technician apprentices at: Apprenticeship Success at BTSI, and on Industrial Electrician/Industrial Maintenance Mechanics at Digital Electric Scores a Hat Trick!

If you hire, or are hired, as a result of contact through our system, please e-mail the Administrator at Contact Us to let them know.

Local Administrator Contact

In addition to telephone calls and walk-in traffic, each administrator in a local area receives their own e-mail inquiries through Contact Us. One of the most important functions of the Local Administrator of our website is to link and refer individuals to appropriate community resources, training institutions, unions, associations, MTCU consultants, OYAP and School Board coop coordinators and others who play a vital role in preparing people for entry into the skilled trades.

Each Local Administrator manages the database in their own geographical area. Local Administrators are able to contact applicants and/or employers directly via bulk or individual e-mails to alert them to pre-apprenticeship programming starting in their communities, skilled trades awareness events, tours, open houses, trade-related career conferences or events.

Awareness Events

Each Local Administrator profiles and promotes skilled trade events in their own communities, by exhibiting at trade shows or school/community events and career fairs, by advertising and promoting events on the website, or supplying promotional material for community partners to use.