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Aboriginal Communities

Updated: Winter 2006

The following are skills and occupations required particularly in the Aboriginal and reserve communities:

Business Management Skills

• Retail Management (Small Business)
• Accounting Skills
• Community and Economic Development Skills (including a cultural awareness component)
• Project Management
• Band Management / Administrator (with negotiation and conflict resolution skills)
• Housing Property Management
• Infrastructure Maintenance
• Surveyors (land claims and development)
• Entrepreneurship Skills
• Information, Communication Technology (ICT) skills

Experienced/Certified Tradespersons

• Plumber
• Electrician
• Carpenter
• Sheet-Metal Worker
• Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanic
• Motor Vehicle Mechanic
• Small Engine Repair (outboard motors, chain saws, snowmobiles)
• Heavy-Equipment Operators
• Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition Practitioners
• Mould Remedication Skills

Health, Medical and Education Skills

• General Practitioners and Traditional Healers (someone who has obtained a medical degree, but also apprentices with an elder or a practicing traditional healer).
• Specialist Physicians, Optometrists and Chiropractors
• Nurses
• Public Health Nurses and Health Care Aides
• Public Health Educator (especially with knowledge of Diabetes)
• Teachers, (especially high school math and science, Aboriginal languages and reading clinicians)
• Teachers Aides and Education Support staff
• Elder Advisors
• Early Childhood Educators / Daycare Managers
• Social Worker (Family Violence Counselor)
• Alcohol, Substance Abuse and Gambling Addictions Counselor
• Adult Education Instructors

Self-Government

As First Nations communities move more and more towards self-government, the demand for knowledge and skills in this area will continue to grow. The following are skills and occupations that are either currently required or will be in the near future.

• Political Science Training and Leadership Training (B.A., certificates)
• Treaty / Land Claim Settlement Specialists
• Lawyers
• Justice Workers (B.A. in Law, specialized)
• Education Administrators
• Project Managers and Proposal Writers (accessing and managing funding dollars)