Mohawk College is now accepting applications to Ontario’s new accelerated training program for personal support workers (PSWs) to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.The accelerated PSW training program is a tuition-free opportunity for 6,000 new students and is expected to take only six months to complete as opposed to the typical eight months.The program is part of $115 million in provincial government funding to train up to 8,200 new PSWs for high-demand jobs in the health and long-term care sectors.
Health-care unions call for worker wage bump, better access to PPE in new Ontario campaign In collaboration with Colleges Ontario, all 24 publicly assisted colleges will offer the fully funded program as part of the government’s Long-Term.