Women Exploring Trades & Technology - Yukon CollegeCarpentry Education in CanadaCarpentry and Woodworking Programs -- Community College Programs
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Women Exploring Trades & Technology - Yukon College Yukon College's 16-week Women Exploring Trades and Technology program provides students with an introduction to a variety of trades, including Carpentry, Electrical, General Mechanics, Pipe Trades, and Welding as well as a broad array of skills such as in Communications, Computer Applications, First Aid, Industrial Safety, Rigging and Hoisting, Tools Safety, Transportation of Dangerous Goods, and Workplace Hazardous Materials Info System. The Program will enable participants 'to make informed decisions as to the potential and suitability of a career in Trades and Technology.' Moreover, 'theoretical knowledge, hands-on skills practice, personal skill development and discussions on gender issues, workplace attitudes and conditions will help students to decide which trades and technology career they may wish to follow.' Graduates of the Program will be able to 'demonstrate the skills necessary to successfully complete the Trade Entrance Exam, demonstrate the mathematical and scientific skills necessary to successfully complete the pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training, demonstrate an awareness of a variety of trades, communicate effectively, particularly to the trades using the language of mathematics and science, work effectively as a member of a team,' and 'handle equipment in a safe and effective manner with regard to their own safety and the safety of others.' To be eligible for admission to the Program, applicants should have completed the 'Yukon College Level III' or be a mature student ' with acceptable scores on the College Placement Test and English Placement Test,' or obtain the 'permission of the Department Head of Trades & Technology.' Graduates of the Program may pursue employment in numerous trades. Furthermore, graduates may further their training in a trade through other programs or an apprenticeship. Graduates may be able to obtain advanced credit towards an apprenticeship. The latter 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. 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. Persons 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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