b'THE EDGE AT LRATCWhat is the EDGE program?The Louis Riel Arts and Technology Centre (LRATC) is a leader is career and technical education, preparing our students in thirteen career and trade areas.A survey of our students shows an average of over 90% satisfaction rate with their experience with LRATC.We have worked hard to keep our regular programs current while getting students ready for the workforce.Our staff meet on a regular basis to work with employers to discuss the trade and the requirements needed for students entering the workforce.Our conversations with trade professionals determined that our students are well prepared in theory and practical applications.However, we learned that we needed to further emphasize the employability skills which complement the theory knowledge and practical skills.Employers are informing us that our students arrive to them with the critical technical skills but required improvement in workplace readiness.The workplace readiness skills are just as important to making any organization successful as the content knowledge.The staff spent time committed to developing comprehensive work readiness skills teachings.The philosophy is:LRATC believes and follows an industry-driven, vocational curriculum that defines, teaches, and assesses employability and work readiness skills.In addition to the theory and practical component, every program will teach and assess work readiness skills based on the six priorities:ProfessionalismCommunication Reliability and ResponsibilityCollaboration/TeamworkOrganization, Planning and StructuringJob Search Preparation'