Human Resources

Canadian textile producers recognize that a well-educated and highly skilled workforce is essential to the industry's performance and competitive advantage.  Award-winning skills development programs — created through collaborative industry efforts — are used extensively in plants and other facilities to ensure Canada's textile industry workforce remains up-to-date and at the leading edge of workforce learning.

• The Textiles Human Resources Council (THRC)
  Seeks to ensure that textile workers acquire world-class skills. Their mission is to identify and foster the development and introduction of such skills and practices through the joint efforts of employees and employers.
  
  
• Comité sectoriel de main d'œuvre de l'industrie textile du Québec (in French only)
  Its role is to identify and support the development of the competencies and the needs of the workforce in the textile sector.
  
  
• Préventex (Textile and knitting joint sector-based association)
  A partner in prevention of all parties concerned by occupational health and safety within the Quebec textile industry.