provides access to and assistance with technology & employment resources. Such as:
* Computers / Email
* Job Search Workshops
* One-on-One Resume Appointments
* Employment Counseling
* Employment Listings
* Information on Community Agencies
* Job Search Information
* Job Search Support and Advice
* Online Job Coach
We have brought our program right into the communities which we serve in HRM by partnering with the local CAP (Computer Access Program) site. Here we provide "one-stop-shopping" for information, referrals and professional assistance to anyone searching for a job, or seeking to change careers free of charge. Visit us at the Blue Water Centre Mon - Fri: 9 - 4
Job Search Services also offers employers a variety of services:
* Employment Opportunity Series
* Job Board
* Community Job Fairs
For students we offer the following:
* Federal & Provincial student loan applications available for College and University courses
* Summer job postings
The
sea defines Nova Scotia. No matter where you go, it is never more than
35 kilometers away. The coastline is more than 7,400 kilometers long,
punctuated by idyllic harbors and inlets, sandy beaches and
glacier-shorn cliffs. Nova Scotia is a thrilling charge on a big
sailboat before a cool, clean North Atlantic summer gale.
It is rafting the
highest tides in the world (18 meters). It is an October walk along a
twisting trail through the fluorescent red and orange forest. Great
outdoors, history, lot's of things to see and do, this province offers
an abundance of activities, living history, spectacular scenery,
friendly and giving people, dynamic arts and culture environment and
excellent international recognized education institutions.Sheet Harbour is centrally positioned in a province rich in opportunity.
There are a number of buildings in Sheet Harbour that are currently
underutilized. These facilities include church halls community centres
etc. Community leaders are looking at consolidating these facilities
into one central complex to reduce costs and provide better service to
the residents of Sheet Harbour. This process is underway and it will
see several buildings come available for redevelopment into office
retail or other commercial uses.These facilities could be ideal for
development into a 50 ‐100 seat customer contact/back office operation
or information technology studio. The community is eager to work with companies to find alternative uses for these facilities.
CANTAT 2 trans ‐Atlantic Cable Station
In 1974 Beaver Harbour
(neighbouring community to Sheet Harbour)was selected as the site for
the CANTAT 2 trans ‐Atlantic cable station operated by Teleglobe. A few
years ago this facility was decommissioned and it remains vacant.It is
a well built facility that could be redeployed as a data centre or
other similar facility.
The Sheet Harbour Industrial Park
The Sheet Harbour Industrial Park is co ‐located with the Port
providing companies with an excellent venue for manufacturing
processing and transportation facilities. The Sheet Harbour Industrial
Park was founded in 1987 and has been an important tool for the
development of the Sable Island natural gas project and will now be the
site for the coating of the pipeline for the Deep Panuke natural gas
pipeline. The Park is also home to Northern Fibre Terminal
Incorporated (NFTI)which operates a major facility that includes scale
and unloading facilities for trucks delivering roundwood and chips as
well as a debarker a chipper a storage facility a laboratory for
monitoring chip quality and a conveyor system for loading chips at
dockside. The 129 acre Sheet Harbour Industrial Park offers
considerable development potential for firms in the manufacturing or
transportation business. The price of land in the park varies from $5
000 to $40 000/acre. Nova Scotia Power provides electrical power to the
Sheet Harbour Industrial Park. Power is distributed in the park via
overhead utility poles and can accommodate users requiring in excess of
1 000 kV.A. There are no central water or sewage services in the park.
Tenants are responsible for building their own facilities where
required.
Port of Sheet Harbour
The second largest port facility in the Halifax Regional Municipality
is located at Sheet Harbour. The port of Sheet Harbour operates as a
local port and is used to ship forest products from the Musquodoboit
Valley and the industrial Pictou County area during the winter months
(when Pictou harbour is ice ‐ bound).The Port of Sheet Harbour was
upgraded in 1988 and features an Industrial Park as well as a 500 foot
Common User Docks.The Port is also the closest marine facility to the
Sable Island Offshore Oil Fields (240 km/150 miles).
The approach channel has a low tide depth of 11 - 15 metres with no
width restrictions. Pilotage is available but not compulsory. Sheet
Harbour features a 500 foot berthing wharf with a 34 feet draught
connected to a large concrete pad. The facility also has two 10 feed
wide runways and a 12.3 acre common user area. Sheet Harbour has
another important advantage. Situated on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore
approximately 115 kilometers (70 miles) east of Halifax the Harbour is
approximately 80 km (50 miles)west of the Great Circle Route between
North America and Europe. Position: Lat 44 degrees 51'N/Long.62 degrees
30'W
Servces:
• Lights • Stevedoring
• Anchorage • Barge Wharf
• Harbour master • Supplies
• Ship loading • Transportation System
• Common User
• Conveyor System
Partnering and Development Opportunities
There are several government departments and agencies tasked with
supporting economic development in the Province of Nova Scotia. The
Greater Halifax Partnership works with businesses that are looking to
expand in the HRM and can link them up with any appropriate support
programs.
Nova Scotia Business Inc - Nova Scotia's business development agency Nova Scotia Business
Inc.(NSBI)works with businesses and organizations to help them grow and
prosper. As a private sector ‐led agency NSBI works to attract new
companies to locate in Nova Scotia to provide long ‐term employment
opportunities for Nova Scotians and help those already in Nova Scotia
expand through services such as export development and financing. NSBI
offers a variety of support programs including debt financing payroll
rebates and R&D tax credits for eligible companies and expansion
projects.
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is the federal government
department responsible for helping to build economic capacity in the
Atlantic Provinces by working with the people of the region in their
communities through their institutions and with their local and
provincial governments and businesses to create jobs and enhance earned
incomes.
CBDC Blue Water based just down the road in Musquodoboit Harbour
promotes economic development in rural areas by providing financial
assistance training and counselling to businesses. CBDC Blue Water
covers the rural areas between Ecum Secum and Hubbards including communities such as Tantallon
Timberlea Sackville Beaverbank Eastern Passage Preston Porter's Lake
Sheet Harbour and Middle Musquodoboit but excluding the metro areas of
Halifax Bedford and Dartmouth. CBDC Blue Water offers financing up to
$150 000 and also delivers specific programs targeted at young
entrepreneurs start ‐up businesses student entrepreneurs female
entrepreneurs and businesses implementing new technology in their
business or bringing a new technology to market.
