IATSE Local 891 is committed to assisting members to maintain and improve their skills, safety, and knowledge of applicable rules and regulations, through an extensive training program.
Friendly Reminder: The Executive Board has paused all Jurisdictional Training, pending the outcome of a review by the Senior Steward and Training Department.
Jurisdictional Training is a special category of instruction intended to address a skill-gap within a department or departments, which has been specifically identified by BC productions and/or IATSE 891 as preventing 891 members from being employed due to the lack of that specific skill. Thus, the purpose of jurisdictional training is to specifically address skill gaps that have resulted in the loss of unionized work opportunities.
While Jurisdictional Training is paused, these courses or skills will now fall under the normal skills training category and can still be taken, but will only be reimbursed at the 50% rate up to the yearly cap. Members are encouraged to check this Training webpage regularly for the most up to date information on what types of training programs are available.
As of April 1, 2024, members will have a maximum reimbursement allotment of $500 yearly cap. This cap includes all requests for reimbursement for Skills Upgrade Training and Software Reimbursements, combined into this singular amount. This cap does not apply to approved Safety courses, or to in-house training offered through IATSE 891
As of April 1, 2024, the 891 Skills Upgrade Reimbursement will cover the following:
The following requirements must be met for a reimbursement approval, and will apply to all reimbursement requests including both courses and software:
The following additional requirements must be met for all courses, including Skills Upgrade and Safety courses.
Members must adhere to quarterly deadlines for submitting training or software reimbursement receipts. Reimbursement requests received after quarterly deadlines will be declined. Reimbursement deadlines are as follows:
Courses taken / Software purchased between:
Reimbursement requests for subscription-based online training platforms will only be approved if they provide a certificate of completion. Subscriptions to LinkedIn Learning will not be approved, as members already have access to a free subscription through the IATSE Training Trust Fund. For monthly billed subscriptions, for each individual month being requested for reimbursement, members must provide a minimum of one certificate of completion from the subscription service. For annually billed subscription reimbursement requests, members must provide a minimum of one certificate of completion from the subscription service.
For purchases in US funds please provide your credit card statement with the transaction amount in Canadian funds so reimbursement can be issued in Canadian dollars. Please ensure you black out all other personal information on the statement copy you provide for privacy reasons or the statement cannot be accepted.
A reimbursement cheque will be mailed in 2-3 weeks.