Olaf Nielsen has over 40 years of workforce experience in construction industry, and education. Recent notable successes include the development of new trades course for the Shipbuilding and Repair sector and trades program for Youth, Women, and Indigenous students. Also of note, has been the opportunity to work with remote Indigenous Communities in the delivery of in-situ apprenticeship technical training. Currently, he is working with the Construction Foundation of BC in collaboration with Richard Hall of the Nuxalk Nation in preparing an Educational Pathway based on the West Coast Building Standard (WCBS). That work aims to develop teaching and learning resources that are based on the WCBS principles and processes.