In the past many years, there has been a lot of effort put towards recognizing the skills, competencies and training of military members. I refer to the military civilian recruit training accreditation program of many years ago. At that time, it was the genesis of the PLAR initiative.
I know that over the last few years the transition group and the different organizations within the forces have put together a catalogue of skills and competencies. It's like a dictionary, a catalogue of the skills that are being recognized in the civilian world, with the equivalent in terms of what level of training they have and what corresponds in a civilian trade, for example, but it's still quite a bit of a challenge.
Again, there are some misconceptions about the military training. That's why in terms of solutions it is important to have that continuous dialogue in order to better understand how all those skills and competencies are transferable to the civilian world. A lot of times, it's with the small private enterprises, and this is where the dialogue with that community will help to better understand how those skills are transferable.
The other way around is to have the member who is initiating a transition being able to translate the skills in a language that can be understood by the employer community.