The Saskatchewan Tourism Education Council is holding a Ready to Work tourism career program in Flin Flon, Creighton and Denare Beach.  This is a career awareness, skills development and transition to employment program that assists individuals in finding long term rewarding careers in the tourism sector.  Facilitator Derrick Sych says this is a three month program and in the first six weeks they do basic work skills like communications, team work, attendance, showing up on time at work, stress management, how to get a job and how to keep the job.

Sych adds they are now in the restaurant service part of the course where they learn cooking and are providing meals for various organizations including pasta buffets in the schools last week and this week they have a dinner at Denare Beach to raise money to hire life guards next summer.  He adds once the course is over they follow up with students for close to a year to help with resumes and to be sure they are employed.