Welcome to the 

Nova Scotia Fisheries Sector Council Training Portal

Empowering business owners, managers, employees, and job seekers across Nova Scotia with impactful training designed to build the skills needed to thrive in today’s competitive workforce.

About the Training

The Nova Scotia Fisheries Sector Council Training Portal offers a variety of impactful, No-Charge, online, training programs, all sponsored by the Government of Nova Scotia.

Owners and Managers
Access highly relevant online courses, and track employee training to help equip your team and business for success.
Employees
Upgrade your knowledge and skills with free, high-quality courses from the comfort of your home. Get ahead and stay ahead!
Job Seekers
Prepare for success with self-paced courses that help you enhance your resume, and stand out in the job market.

Getting Started is Simple

Select
Visit the CM&E Training
Portal and view available courses.
Register

Register your information to create a secure training account.

Train

Access your course(s), start training, and earn your certificates!

Featured Courses

Explore our featured training and the complete catalog available on the Nova Scotia Fisheries Sector Council Training Portal. Select a course to learn more, and click ‘Register’ to access the Portal and start your training journey today!

WHMIS

WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) provides health and safety details on hazardous products in Canadian workplaces. This online course is for employees handling, using, or storing such materials.

Health and Safety Planner

Looking to create a safer, healthier workplace? The Health and Safety Planner course helps Nova Scotia workplaces identify safety needs and plan actionable steps for compliance and best practices.

This program contains 5 courses related to Microsoft Office 2016: Beginning Excel

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This training program provides owners and managers of small to medium-sized businesses with the information required to develop well-informed workplace policies regarding drug and alcohol use. The objective is to highlight common-sense approaches to these workplace policies. What happens with an employee breaks the rules or arrives and work still under the influence of a substance? This training program also outlines workplace drug and alcohol policy roles and responsibilities, and the importance of employees being familiar with these workplace documents.

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The Professional Development: Communication Strategies program contains seven courses which include: Building Your Presentation, Conquering the Challenges of Public Speaking, Keeping Business Calls Professional, Planning an Effective Presentation, Polishing Your Feedback Skills, The Art and Science of Communication, and Writing and Preparing an Effective Speech.

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This course is intended to provide workers with the knowledge and tools to enter new jobs safely. It provides an overview of occupational health and safety roles, responsibilities, and systems. It also looks at some common workplace hazards, and introduces some basic risk mitigation strategies.

FAQ

See below for some of the common questions asked, and contact us at the email below if you have anything that is not covered here!

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Simply visit the Nova Scotia Fisheries Sector Council Training Portal (powered by SkillsPass) and view the available training. Once you’ve found a course you’re interested in, click “Get Started”, and then you’ll be asked to confirm if the training is for you, or your employees or your contractors. Click “Next” and you’ll be guided through the steps of creating your secure and personal training account. If you have any issues, you can contact our support team using the form on this page.

The courses are offered as part of the Industry Training Program led by Nova Scotia’s Association of Industry Sector Councils (AISC). The program is made possible by funding from the Province of Nova Scotia – through the various Industry Sector Councils – to assist employers, employees, and provincial job seekers in acquiring valuable skills.

Simply sign in to your secure portal account HERE (or using the sign-in button at the top of this page) and click ‘start learning’ on the course tile in your “To Do” section to continue your training.

To access, view, or share your completed certificate, simply sign in to your secure portal account HERE (or use the sign-in button at the top of this page.

Contact Your Sector Council

Phone

902-742-6167

Email

info@nsfsc.ca

Address

38B John Street
Yarmouth, NS
B5A 3H2

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