CPI Training

What CPI Training does

CPI Training (legally Corporate, Professional and Industrial Trainers Inc.) is a privately held Canadian project-management and talent-management firm founded in 2009 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with a secondary Canadian office in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and a registered Ghanaian subsidiary in Accra. The company delivers industrial trades training, with a flagship focus on welding certification through the only Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) test centre in Africa, operated in partnership with Regional Maritime University. Its service portfolio spans instructor-led welding programs (priced $5,000-$11,500 per learner), an online Safety Training And Record System (STARS) offering over 100 health and safety courses via subscription, psychometric assessments resold per-person, curriculum development (Moodle, Blackboard, WebCT, SAP; Adobe Captivate, Lectora), executive and mentorship programs, international recruitment (with Innova Group and ProStar), and national capacity-building consulting for governments.

The business operates a hybrid go-to-market model: enterprise field sales to multinational corporations, governments, and extractive-sector clients (Newmont Mines Ghana, MODEC, VRA, Global Affairs Canada, Takoradi Gas, Yinson) for large-scale training and vendor-management engagements, combined with direct-to-consumer e-commerce via the BISTrainer portal and the CPIT online store. The Ghana operation has been the strategic anchor since inception, evolving from a single mining client relationship in 2009 into a multi-vertical industrial-trades presence. In 2024 the founders spun off CPI Foundation, an affiliated nonprofit funding scholarships for technical-trades students, signaling alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals but not generating commercial revenue.

Name

CPI Training

Legal name

Corporate, Professional, and Industrial Trainers Inc.

Website

https://cpit.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CPI Training is a Canadian privately held project-management firm founded in 2009 that delivers industrial trades training, CWB welding certification, online safety training (STARS), psychometric assessments, and international recruitment for multinational corporations, governments, and individuals across Canada and Ghana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Development & Training Services

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education & Training Providers (EDABALAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

CNC Plasma/Laser Cutting & Automated Fabrication Training (EDAOADAH), Human Resources & Talent (EDAAAPAM)

Keywords

• Workforce training services
• Vocational skills certification
• Online safety training platform
• Curriculum development services
• International talent recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Sherwood Park

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Training Services: Revenue from instructor-led and online training programs including welding certification, safety training, executive leadership, mentorship, and international recruitment preparation courses.
2. Psychometric Assessments: Partnership with psychometric assessment provider offering career values, customer service aptitude, employee reliability, sales achievement, stress profile, and work personality assessments at per-person pricing.
3. Vendor Management Services: Project management and vendor management services for corporations and governments, specializing in large scale education projects globally.
4. National Capacity Building: Institution building partner services including organizational development, infrastructure planning, curriculum design, and instructional sustainability for nations and organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CPI Training is a project management firm that delivers talent management solutions spanning vocational training programs (including CWB welding certification), an online Safety Training And Record System (STARS), psychometric assessments, custom curriculum development, international recruitment, executive and mentorship programs, and national capacity-building services. Offerings reach both enterprise/government clients for large-scale education projects and individual learners purchasing certification courses directly.

Product overview

CPI Training (Corporate Professional Industrial Training) is a project management firm offering talent management solutions for clients across Canada and internationally. The portfolio consists of vocational training programs (welding certification through Training to Employment and CWB Welding programs), an online Safety Training And Record System (STARS), psychometric assessment services, curriculum development capabilities, and professional development programs (executive/leadership, mentorship). The company also provides international recruitment services and national capacity building solutions for governments and institutions. The offering combines instructor-led training with digital platforms and vendor management services to deliver end-to-end talent solutions from pre-employment preparation through workforce placement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Training to Employment Intensive 4-week welding training program in Ghana designed to build local capacity and prepare students for Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) Certification, delivered by CWB certified instructors. Priced at US$5,000.
• Welding Training to International Standards - CWB Certification Comprehensive 3-month welding training program in Ghana delivered at Regional Maritime University (RMU), providing training that meets Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) standards and includes Welding & Fabrication I/II, Pipe Welding, and CWB Certification. Priced at US$11,500 with a US$2,000 deposit.
• Safety Training And Record System (STARS) Complete online safety training and record system providing access to over 100 online health and safety courses from leading safety training organizations across Canada. Features custom branding, self-administration, SCORM support, video support, and API integration with third-party payroll/employee management software. Priced on a pay-per-course subscription basis.
• Psychometric Assessments Partnered psychometric assessment services including Career Values Scale (US$50/person), Customer Service Aptitude Profile (US$40/person), Employee Reliability Index (US$65/person), Sales Achievement Predictor, Stress Profile, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, and Work Personality Index. Used for employee selection, leadership development, and career development decisions.
• Curriculum Development Services Customized curriculum development services using an agile and iterative development lifecycle covering requirements analysis, design, validation, and feedback. Includes classroom material development, e-Learning content creation, LMS integration across Moodle, Blackboard, WebCT, and SAP, plus authoring tool work in Adobe Captivate and Lectora.
• Executive and Leadership Programs Management excellence programs covering team building, objective setting, critical thinking, project management aligned with PMI PMBOK, team building, and motivational strategies for senior executives and emerging leaders.
• International Recruitment International labor recruitment service delivered in partnership with Innova Group and ProStar Immigration, offering complete recruitment and pre-employment preparation training from source countries (Germany, Eastern Europe, India, Philippines, Ghana, Peru, Sri Lanka, China, USA, Mexico) to Canadian workplaces.
• Mentorship Program Training program designed to develop effective mentors, covering mentoring foundations, interpersonal skills, leadership skills, and generational and cultural diversity, with the goal of improving mentee job satisfaction, career mobility, recognition, and promotion outcomes.
• National Capacity Building Institution building and national capacity development services covering organizational development (strategic, business, operational, and academic planning), infrastructure (facility specifications, equipment, commissioning), curriculum design (competency profiles, DACUM, course outlines), and instructional sustainability (performance instruction, training management, competency profiling).
• Vendor Management Vendor management and project management services for corporations and governments, specializing in managing large-scale education projects globally, including selection, management, coordination, evaluation, and contract management of consulting, training, and curriculum development resources.
• Online Safety Training (BISTrainer Portal) Online training course delivery through the BISTrainer partner portal (bistrainer.com) offering productivity and health and safety training courses with e-commerce checkout for individuals and small organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of Training to Employment welding program students are offered industrial attachments before graduating
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Regional Maritime University (RMU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational tertiary institution located in Accra, Ghana that attained full university status in 2007. CPI Training has partnered with RMU to deliver welding training programs at their state-of-the-art facilities. RMU is the only Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) test centre in all of Africa.
• Vietnam-Canada Vocational School (VCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanada's first wholly-invested vocational training project, put into operation in February 2009. Expected to train 3,000-5,000 labourers each year. VCS partners with CPI Training to enhance their ability to train students for industry in Vietnam and around the world.
• Prostar ImmigrationmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExperienced professional team in Canadian immigration with over 10 years of track record and thousands of successful visas and immigration applications. Provides immigration services that complement CPI Training's recruitment services for Canadian labor.
• CSR Training InstituteminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpecializes in delivering innovative programs to help people, organizations and governments create value at the intersection of business and society.
• Business Improvement Solutions Inc. (BIS)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTraining and Development firm offering seminars, books, and online eLearning services. CPI Training partners with BIS to bring high quality training services.
• Grant MacEwanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVibrant, innovative educational institution focusing on student learning. MacEwan fosters student success and contributions within local, national and international communities.
• I am Worth It ProjectminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrganization focused on upleveling careers, teams and organizations through team and leadership training experiences, group or individual coaching programs, and soft skills certification programs.
• Innova GroupmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational recruitment partner with database of resources available for clients. Expertise in recruitment from Germany, Eastern Europe, India, Philippines, Ghana, Peru, Sri Lanka, China, USA, and Mexico.
• Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB)coreTechnology or IntegrationStandards organization providing welding certification. CPI Training delivers CWB-certified welding training through RMU's facilities, which is the only CWB test centre in Africa.
• Jubilee Technical Training Centre (JTTC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld class training facility in Takoradi, Ghana. CPI Training has partnered with JTTC for industrial trades training including welding, electrical, mechanical, and process operations.
• Saskatchewan PolytechnicmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2016, CPI along with Saskatchewan Polytechnic performed a TVET Needs Assessment for Global Affairs Canada in the extractive sector in Ghana.
• Yellow Helmet EgyptminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTraining partner organization featured in the partners logo section on CPIT website.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Skillsoft: Global enterprise online learning and compliance training platform with broad content libraries, LMS capabilities, and compliance tracking. Comparable to CPI because it competes with the STARS platform for enterprise online safety and compliance-training budgets, though at significantly larger scale and with proprietary content rather than aggregation.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing, recruitment, and workforce-solutions provider operating across Canada and internationally. Comparable to CPI because it operates in the same international-recruitment-and-workforce-development space, but at vastly greater scale and with broader service breadth including talent assessment and training.

Direct peers

• SafetySync: Canadian online workplace safety training and compliance management platform. Comparable to CPI because it competes directly with the STARS subscription model for mid-market Canadian employers needing online course libraries and training-record management.
• TrainCan: Canadian provider of online food safety and workplace health and safety training courses. Comparable to CPI because it competes directly with the STARS platform in the Canadian online occupational-safety training market with a similar course-catalogue model.
• Red River College Polytechnic: Manitoba-based polytechnic delivering trades, technical, and international training programs. Comparable to CPI because it offers welding and industrial trades training with international recruitment pathways, serving a similar Canadian labor-market-development mandate.
• Saskatchewan Polytechnic: Saskatchewan-based public polytechnic delivering trades, technical, and vocational training across Saskatchewan. Comparable to CPI because Saskatchewan Polytechnic co-delivered the 2016 Global Affairs Canada TVET Needs Assessment in Ghana with CPI and serves overlapping trades-training and curriculum-development mandates in the same Western Canadian market.
• NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology): Major Alberta-based polytechnic offering trades, apprenticeship, and industrial training programs. Comparable to CPI because it operates in the same Alberta trades-training market, delivers welding and industrial maintenance training, and competes for the same enterprise and government training contracts in Western Canada.
• SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology): Calgary-based polytechnic offering trades, technical, and corporate training programs. Comparable to CPI because it is headquartered in the same Calgary market, offers welding and industrial trades certification, and competes for the same Alberta-based enterprise workforce-development contracts.
• Business Improvement Solutions Inc. (BIS): Canadian training and development firm offering seminars, books, and online eLearning services, and an existing distribution partner of CPI via the BISTrainer portal. Comparable to CPI because it offers overlapping online safety and productivity training delivered to a similar Canadian SMB/individual customer base.
• Prostar Immigration: Canadian immigration consultancy with 10+ years of cross-border recruitment track record and an existing channel partner of CPI for international recruitment services. Comparable to CPI because it operates in the same source-country-to-Canada labor recruitment pipeline that underpins CPI's training-to-employment model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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