Greater Toronto's Top Employers (2026) Magazine - Magazine - Page 51
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1,500
(up to) mental health
practitioner benefit
800+
paid employee volunteer hours
last year
$
2,500
(up to) tuition
reimbursement per year
52%
of job postings filled by
internal candidates
someone who did.”
He says he’s felt supported
since he joined Enercare in 2020
as an apprentice — a key step in
the rigorous, three-year journey
to becoming a fully licensed and
certified journeyman. In Ontario,
Enercare employees celebrate Spirit Day, an event focused on learning, activities, food, games and
fundraising.
an HVAC apprenticeship must
blend on-the-job training with
in-class instruction, the latter
further complicated at the time by
pandemic safety protocols.
Consequently, Enercare worked
with him to ensure he had the
special schooling he needed
to pass his exams and become
a fully-licensed journeyman.
Thompson says he’s also grateful
to the veteran employees whose
coaching and mentoring ensured
he acquired a wealth of deep
HVAC knowledge and skills.
“They’re the reason I feel so
confident on the job,” he says.
“I want to be just like them in
30 years and pass on everything
I’ve learned to the next
generation.”
