CN opens Winnipeg training facility

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Canadian National (CN) has officially opened its new employee training center in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The 100,000-square-foot facility is currently hosting 350-plus CN students from across Canada every week, with hands-on training for all key railway jobs.

 

“The opening of this state-of-the-art training center is a cornerstone in CN’s workforce renewal, which this year will see the hiring of more than 3,500 employees across our North American network,” said Claude Mongeau, CN president and chief executive officer.

The new center will offer courses for jobs ranging from conductor to car mechanic and from track supervisor to signal maintainer. Employees will receive hands-on training in indoor learning laboratories with equipment, such as locomotive simulators and dispatcher stations. Outdoor labs with dedicated rolling stock and other equipment for field training will also be a key focus.

CN has a continuing focus on employee training, it will formally open a second centralized training facility next month for United States employees adjacent to its Woodcrest Mechanical Shop in the Chicago suburb of Homewood, Ill.

 

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CN opens Winnipeg training facility

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Canadian National (CN) has officially opened its new employee training center in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The 100,000-square-foot facility is currently hosting 350-plus CN students from across Canada every week, with hands-on training for all key railway jobs.

 

“The opening of this state-of-the-art training center is a cornerstone in CN’s workforce renewal, which this year will see the hiring of more than 3,500 employees across our North American network,” said Claude Mongeau, CN president and chief executive officer.

The new center will offer courses for jobs ranging from conductor to car mechanic and from track supervisor to signal maintainer. Employees will receive hands-on training in indoor learning laboratories with equipment, such as locomotive simulators and dispatcher stations. Outdoor labs with dedicated rolling stock and other equipment for field training will also be a key focus.

CN has a continuing focus on employee training, it will formally open a second centralized training facility next month for United States employees adjacent to its Woodcrest Mechanical Shop in the Chicago suburb of Homewood, Ill.

 

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