Transition to Trades - Northern Lights CollegeCarpentry Education in CanadaCarpentry and Woodworking Programs -- Community College Programs
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Transition to Trades - Northern Lights College Northern Lights College's 21-week Transition to Trades program is designed to provide the students with 'the knowledge and skills that employers are seeking when hiring new employees to the construction/maintenance trades.' The Program will cover such areas as Basic Carpentry and Electricity, Bearings, Blueprint Reading and Drafting, Burning Oxyacetylene and Arc Welding, Fittings, Lubrication, Mathematics, Piping, Rigging, Science, Soldering and Brazing, Tools and Usage, and Valves. The Program will include 320 hours of lectures, 50 hours of laboratory-based instruction, and 15 hours of field experience. Furthermore, students will have the opportunity to apply, practice, and enhance what they learn at the College via a 100-hour Practicum. Graduates of the Program will be able to 'demonstrate the use of trade-related math, science and safety on the job' as well as 'tools, drafting and blueprint reading;' perform safely various 'soldering, brazing, burning and welding exercises' and hoisting and rigging exercises using hand signals; identify basic pumps, bearings, fittings, lubricants, pipes, and valves and their respective uses and variations; 'identify basic sprinkler systems and their components,' and 'basic electrical circuit concepts,' components and symbols; describe basic electrical concepts, floors and foundations, types of wood frame construction, various wiring connections, and wall forms and footings;' describe how to build roofs and ceiling joists, hip roofs and intersecting roofs, and walls and partitions; understand the metallurgy of metals and their uses, processing of technical information, and dangers of confined spaces, extreme weather, working at heights; demonstrate the use of a multimeter and a transit and optical level; 'assemble and test electrical circuits;' and comprehend 'and demonstrate the use of WCB (Worker's Compensation Board) regulations.' Participants will also 'develop employability skills' and 'prepare for employment.' Graduates of the Program will be ready to pursue entry-level employment in the 'construction/maintenance trades.' For example, graduates may work for construction companies, furniture and cabinet manufacturers, general contractors, and residential and ICI sectors. Graduates may also pursue further education, particular in a specific trade, such as carpentry. For example, a graduate may engage in an apprenticeship program. Depending in what trade one pursues an apprenticeship, the latter could take 2 to 5 years to complete. Graduates of the Transition to Trades program may be eligible to receive credits towards an apprenticeship. An apprenticeship is a method of learning a trade through a combination of periods of in-class, technical/theoretical education and periods of paid, on-the-job training. During the latter portions of an apprenticeship, the student (apprentice) will work, in an indentured capacity, under the direction of a certified, journeyperson member of the trade one is learning for a specified period of time. A journeyperson is an individual who has earned the standards of practice of his/her trade, typically via the completion of an apprenticeship. The advantage of completing an apprenticeship is not only that one acquires in-depth knowledge and skills in a trade but also that, within the latter, one's career opportunities and salary potential are normally increased. Furthermore, once an individual has obtained journeyperson status, he/she may be eligible to have his/her certification as such endorsed by the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program (Red Seal). The latter enables the journeyperson to practice his/her trade throughout Canada, provided the trade is designated in that locale, without undergoing further examinations. Moreover, individuals who earn journeyperson status may, after obtaining several years of experience beyond an apprenticeship, become educators, supervisors, and/or trainers of their respective trades.
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