Raytheon, the US-based defence contractor which holds the contract with CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 Department of National Defence to oversee the North Warning System, plans on once again hosting open houses in Cambridge Bay and Hall Beach at the end of June.

The open houses, which include a community barbecue and a bit of a tour of a nearby radar site, as well as an information component about employment and training, are part of an ongoing effort to recruit Inuit, a contractual obligation.

SA国际影视传媒淲e are continually recruiting,SA国际影视传媒� said RaytheonSA国际影视传媒檚 program manager for the system Joe Krenofky.

SA国际影视传媒淭he recruitment efforts are really strong within the Inuit community. We strive to fill as many positions as possible on this program with Inuit from the three land-claim groups that our sites reside in.SA国际影视传媒�

The North Warning System, a joint Canadian and US radar system for North American air defence, replaced the Distant Early Warning Line system roughly 30 years ago.

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 essentially 47 radar sites (in Canada). ItSA国际影视传媒檚 a combination of short-range and long-range radar sites that net together to provide an air picture over the Canadian Arctic. And that air picture is shared with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and obviously NORAD has bases in Canada and the US,SA国际影视传媒� said Krenofky.

Thirty-one sites are located in Nunavut.

Across three Inuit regions SA国际影视传媒� Inuvialuit, Nunavut and Nunatsiavut SA国际影视传媒� there are more than 30 Inuit beneficiaries currently employed full-time by Raytheon. Of those, eight are Nunavut Agreement beneficiaries, and six work at Nunavut sites. There are roughly 60 Raytheon employees at the Nunavut sites, in Cambridge Bay, Hall Beach and Iqaluit.

SA国际影视传媒淭hat number spikes quite a bit higher than that when you consider our summer work when we bring on temporary staff to support the influx of work through the summer. And that doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 include Inuit beneficiaries employed by our sub-contractors,SA国际影视传媒� said Krenofky.

Krenofky says Inuit are employed as administration staff, chefs, librarians, technicians, custodians, engineers, heavy equipment operators, IT and project management, buyers, warehouse personnel and a number of management and supervisory positions.

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The company is obligated, similarly to Nunavut mines, to employ a percentage of Inuit and to employ services of Inuit-owned companies, but Krenofky said he could not disclose details due to confidentiality.

SA国际影视传媒淵ear over year weSA国际影视传媒檝e continually exceeded the expectations and requirements in the contract,SA国际影视传媒� said Krenofky, adding Raytheon has held the contract since 2014.

SA国际影视传媒淲e are very much continually looking for opportunities to engage with the Inuit communities and their representatives, and try to understand what opportunities are being sought in those communities. As well, what we can do to help those folks identify opportunities and what we can do to help them grow and develop their skills for those opportunities.SA国际影视传媒�

Krenofky says it doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 matter if people go on to work on the North Warning System or not.

SA国际影视传媒淥ur Inuit training and development program is generally shaped around the idea of helping to grow the capabilities of the folks who live in the communities in which we have a site. Whether they come to work for North Warning or they go to work for the municipalities or the governments SA国际影视传媒� we see all those as successes,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

SA国际影视传媒淲eSA国际影视传媒檙e happy to play a part in helping share the knowledge and the courses and training we have to offer, that weSA国际影视传媒檝e either developed or can bring forward, to help those folks get to where theySA国际影视传媒檇 like to be for their own individual career aspirations.SA国际影视传媒�

Labrador Inuk Mitzi Wall is the Inuit beneficiary manager and runs the , and sheSA国际影视传媒檚 the main point of contact for anyone interested in joining the program full-time if theySA国际影视传媒檙e already qualified, or anyone interested in becoming qualified, said Krenofky.

SA国际影视传媒淎ny Inuit beneficiaries who express interest in Raytheon employment or not, weSA国际影视传媒檙e happy to work with them to understand what their desires are and weSA国际影视传媒檒l put together an individual training plan for each of them, individualized right to the personSA国际影视传媒檚 name, on their aspirations, then help them work through a curriculum of training or apprenticeship that brings them where theySA国际影视传媒檇 like to be in terms of their development and their career,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

Wall will make the time to sit down with anyone who is interested, by telephone or in person.