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Wardle says it’s the MHICA team that makes all developed a program to help accelerate the training

the difference. “At MHICA, my main priority is of mechanics. “Having such a mix of experience
having the kind of people that live our values—are and apprentices took a lot of perseverance for all

motivated, highly engaged, innovative, collaborative team members,” says Wardle. “Ensuring everyone

and accountable. So, of course, another priority is understands the situation and what the end goal is,
to protect our team and ensure we always maintain we were able to rise above the change and become

our values. This is done through great hiring a stronger team.”
practices, always seeking out people that are hard-

working, dependable and humble. Taking ownership In the last four years, however, MHICA has

of ensuring that we are fostering this is vital to our transferred in over 100 jobs from another site in
growth and sustainability.” Japan. “We could not have done this without our

parent company’s support, but we cannot minimize
The aerospace industry went through some the efforts of our Canadian partners — suppliers and

significant shifts in its workforce in 2018. Due schools alike, that helped us get here,” says Wardle.

to the loss of employees, MHICA brought over As the norm, Canada does not see the transfer of
125 apprentices, and built a training facility and jobs from Japan. Still, says Wardle, with the help of

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