it was a good trade; it’s always needed.”

Looking ahead, “after get-ting my ticket, I would like to keep on upgrading – maybe become an electrical engineer, or something of that nature,” Broughton says.

With new Building Codes coming into effect, current students will be trained and up-to-date with the latest regulations while existing professionals will also be re-turning to Camosun’s Trades departments to upgrade their knowledge.

Technology has changed considerably in the last few years and this is also reflected in the trades. In carpentry, for

example, a Thermal Imaging Camera can identify heat leaks in building structures, while Automotive Service Technicians use laptop computers for ve-hicle diagnostics.

Throughout the Trades, today’s environmental initiatives are also finding their way into the course programming, responding to the latest technology and industry trends. Whether it’s learning how to install and maintain solar panels or working with state-of-the-art welding and ventilation equipment, today’s students in the Trades are benefiting from the latest advances in technology.

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When considering his future ca-reer path, Oak Bay high school grad Rhys Jones knew he wanted to work outside and he wanted to be active.

Having taken some woodwork-ing in school, carpentry definitely piqued his interest, and today, the second year apprentice is honing his craft at Westhills. “I’m enjoying it,” he says. “I’m learning lots here.”

Jones is the first in his family to take up carpentry, and from the numbers at Camosun College’s Trades program, he’s not alone.

The trades programs are flour-ishing at Camosun College, with waitlists for a variety of programs, says Karen McNeill, Trades and Ap-prenticeship co-ordinator at the school.

One of the key strengths of Camosun’s Trades programs is their flexibility and ability to evolve with the needs of students and community.

Among the burgeoning areas are the marine industries, particularly with the impending resur-gence of the local shipbuilding industry. New ini-tiatives include a program combining sheet metal and metal fabrication – in fact, Camosun is the first facility to pilot this combined program – and the college is also working with its marine industry partners to develop exciting new programs and ini-

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The 14-session program is designed to help prospective students explore welding, sheet metal, plumbing, au-tomotive and heavy duty mechanics, carpentry and electrical. Students, in-cluding both recent high school grad-uates and those looking for a career change, will spend one or two nights in each trade area, exploring opportu-nities and requirements for each. No previous experience is required.

The course runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday nights, Jan. 26 to March 13 at Interurban campus. The cost is $295+HST. For informa-tion, visit online at http://camosun.ca/ce/trades.html or call Trades & Technology CE at -250-370-4563.

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tiatives in the shipbuilding industry, McNeill notes.Of the many Trades programs offered at Camo-

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“I always knew that I would need to have a job that kept me active because I could never sit at a desk all day,” he says. “There’s a bunch of differ-ent programs through school that help you to get a headstart and I chose electrical because I thought

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Sometimes, the best decisions in life are those we don’t re-ally plan – the “happy accidents” that while they may not seem so at the time, end up being the best thing that could have hap-pened.

So it was for Byron Postle, who, while living and working in Surrey with his wife, Mela-nie, suddenly found his job was downsized.

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“At the time we thought it was devastating. We didn’t know how we were going to make ends meet, but it ended up being just fine,” Postle says.

And while there were changes that had to be made – going from two cars to one, for ex-ample – for the Postles, the per-sonal benefits were remarkable, particuarly with regard to the

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when Melanie gave up her job several years later so the fam-ily could move to Victoria and Postle could take a full-time position with the BC Games Society.

A few years down the road, and now with a third child in the family, the two switched roles again, as Melanie returned to teaching full time, and Postle to contract work, largely from home.

Back when his two oldest children, Samantha and Nick, were young and he’d take them to the park, “it was interesting,” says Postle. As the only dad at the playground during the week or volunteering at the school, “it took awhile to be welcomed but eventually I got on the Parent Advisory Council and became the PAC treasurer and I got to know all the other stay-at-home moms, and it was a good experi-ence.”

Postle is the first to acknowl-edge the choice to stay at home isn’t one that works for every-one, and certainly societal pres-sures to be “gainfully employed” outside the home was one of the most difficult challenges, but for

them, it was a most rewarding experience.

“Everybody makes their own decision and what’s right for one person isn’t right for another.

“We did it by accident,” he says. “From my perspective, the most important partner in this whole thing is your spouse – having their support and having good communication.”

For those missing the interac-tion with other adults, getting in-volved with the school and com-munity can help. “I never had a

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The fast-paced, physical world of profes-sional lacrosse may seem a long way from the sales and marketing office, but for Vic-toria Shamrock Corey Small, it’s the best of both worlds.

Small, who finished this season as the Shamrocks’ top goal scorer and recipient of their sportsmanship award, is also a mem-ber of the sales and marketing team with the West Shore’s Keycorp, responsible for marketing of the growing Westhills devel-opment in Langford.

Small came to Victoria this spring after a winter as a top scorer with the Edmon-ton Rush of the National Lacrosse League. Originally from St. Catherine’s, On., the 24-year-old forward spent four years play-ing NCAA field lacrosse at the University of Albany in New York. In 2010, the left-hand-er finished 10th in scoring in Ontario’s Ma-jor Series and was the leading scorer for the Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks, with 59 points in 15 games.

“Corey is a very exciting young player whose star is very much on the rise,” Sham-rocks general manager Chris Welch said in announcing Small’s acquisition this spring. “He had an outstanding junior A career with St. Catharines and he has quickly es-tablished himself as a top player at the pro-fessional and senior level. He’ll be a great addition to our offense.”

With the summer indoor lacrosse season over, Small now gets to enjoy a few months’ break before returning to the Rush for the 2012 winter season. The one-hour com-mute between Victoria and Edmonton will be most welcome after last season’s four-hour flight from Ontario!

In between games, most of which are on the weekends to allow players to also have careers elsewhere, Small will be at work here in Victoria with Keycorp, help-ing home buyers find the perfect house for their family.

“I always wanted to come out west to experience B.C. living and when the op-portunity came up to play with the Victo-ria Shamrocks,” he didn’t want to miss it. Having played lacrosse for 19 years now, it remains a passion. “It’s just such a competi-tive game and it’s so physical; plus, there’s so many games within the game, so much going on.”

In taking the opportunity to play the sport he loves, Small thought in moving west he also might find more opportuni-ties to pursue his marketing career, and he was fortunate to land a position with the Westhills marketing team.

Finding an employer and co-workers who understand the training and game-day commitments of a top athlete has been cru-cial to being able to bridge both worlds, but

so too is Small’s own commitment, both to his sport and his career. “They gave me the opportunity to work as well as play and I didn’t want to let anyone down,” he says. “If I could be here in the morning on game day, I would. I love it.”

That’s not to say it’s always easy. Some mornings, following a long night’s travel after a Mainland game, the alarm clock is ringing pretty early for work, but it’s worth it. “If you want to have the luxury of play-ing a game as long as you want, you have to make sacrifices.

The trick? “Stay focussed – when I’m at work, I’m here to work; when I’m at la-crosse, I’m there to play.”

Days off from sports and work are spent with his girlfriend, who joined Small here from Ontario, as the two get to know their new town.

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If, whether by design or accident, you’ve built a family business to pass along to the next generation, pre-plan-ning is the key to a successful transi-tion.

“Succession is the ultimate test of a family business,” says Jim Reger, founder of The Reger Group, which specializes in helping family businesses successfully transition between owners and generations.

Done well, the transition contrib-utes to a business’s growth and suc-cess. Unfortunately, the reality is that in North America, more than 70 per cent of family businesses do not survive to a second generation and more than 90 per cent do not survive to the third generation, Reger says.

Beating those odds is where succession planning comes in.

Succession planning involves creating “a blueprint for the business which will outline its future strategic direction as well as the ownership and governance struc-tures required for success,” Reger explains. “However, long before the details of this blueprint can be filled in, the family mem-bers need to formulate a shared dream – an empowering vision of the future, which all family members can embrace.” In turn, this vision will form the foundation of the fam-ily’s collaboration, providing motivation to carry out the plan.

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trust, respect and goodwill that will yield the accountability and commitment re-quired to work for the betterment of all stakeholders in the family business – and ultimately the family legacy,” Reger ex-plains.

However, as with other difficult subjects, resolution of issues in a business family can seem so difficult that the family takes the easy way out – either not discussing the is-sues at all, or doing so in an unproductive, sometimes destructive way.

Issues can also vary according to the gen-eration involved. From the first to the sec-ond, concerns often surround the founder or leader letting go of the business, and ad-equately preparing the next generation.

When it comes time to pass to the third generation, issues can become murkier as the family will likely have developed multi-ple “branches,” not all of which will agree.

One of the most effective ways of start-ing meaningful communication is by es-tablishing a “family council,” a structure designed to move the family toward think-

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“If you take that perspective, you can generally avoid these issues.”

Rather than approaching discus-sions as business shareholders, the family council honours the fact that all family members have a stake in issues of family identity – as current or future employees, current or future own-ers, or simply as members of a family whose life is continuously affected by what happens in the business, Reger explains. The council also elevates the status of the “family” – as an impor-tant, valuable entity on par with the

“business,” which can seem all-consuming. “In a family business, the wealth consists

of three forms of capital: human, intel-lectual and financial – and without active stewardship of the human and intellectual capital, a family cannot preserve their fi-nancial capital,” Reger notes.

The essential component here is address-ing the issues before they overwhelm both the business and the family.

“The sooner the better,” Reger says. “If a family has hired separate lawyers, it’s too late.”

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