EDGE UP 2.0: A SCALING OPPORTUNITY

This program offers fully funded tech training for professionals displaced from the oil and gas sector in Alberta. Students are trained for in-demand information technology jobs including data analysts, full-stack software developers, information technology project managers, cybersecurity analysts, UI/UX Designers, Digital Marketing, etc.
  • Future Skills Centre (FSC)
Overview of the EDGE UP 2.0: A SCALING OPPORTUNITY program:

EDGE UP 2.0 is providing training for 320 professionals displaced from the structural change in the oil and gas sector for in-demand jobs in Calgary’s digital economy. In 2021-2022, students were trained in data analytics, full stack software development, IT project management, and product management with a specialization in digital marketing, cyber security, AWS cloud computing, and IT network management. Students for the Winter 2022-2023 intake will receive tech training in Data Analytics with Clean Technology Foundations. EDGE UP (Energy to Digital Growth Education and Upskilling Project) is a multi-stakeholder program launched in Calgary in 2019 to test new approaches to skills development for workers to re-engage with technology jobs being created in all sectors of Calgary’s economy.

Eligibility criteria of the EDGE UP 2.0: A SCALING OPPORTUNITY program:
  • Are you a Permanent Resident, a Citizen of Canada legally entitled to work in Canada, or a person for whom Refugee Protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act?
  • Are you a resident of the Calgary region?
  • Are you a displaced professional from the Oil and Gas sector or related industry?
  • Are you underemployed or unemployed at the time of this application?
  • If you are employed at less than full-time or employed in a job that is inadequate with respect to your skills and training.
  • Do you hold a post secondary degree or diploma in Engineering, Earth Sciences or a related STEM discipline and have 2+ years of relevant professional experience in the oil and gas sector or hold a post secondary degree or diploma in a non-STEM field and have 5+ years of relevant professional experience in the oil and gas sector?
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