“[It’s] Much Easier to Do My Job and Communicate With Customers”
After a long career as a service tech working on cars, Robert now works full-time driving the customer shuttle at a car dealership in Kamloops.
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Skip to NavigationAfter a long career as a service tech working on cars, Robert now works full-time driving the customer shuttle at a car dealership in Kamloops.
On May 29th and 30th, the Makers Making Change team attended the Skills Canada National Competition in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Lois works as an administrative assistant for a regional health authority. A large part of her job involves taking minutes for meetings and fielding many task requests. The meetings are held both in-person and virtually, and she found she was having trouble with her hearing loss in both contexts.
Hazen works as a care aid in a long-term care facility. A young cancer survivor, she has hearing loss as a side effect of her treatment, which affects her confidence in communicating in the workplace.
Growing up on a farm, Brad initially parlayed the skills he learned fixing the tractor into work as a mechanic. It didn’t last long.