Correctional Officers monitor, supervise and interact with incarcerated offenders to help offenders to become law-abiding citizens after serving their sentences. Correctional Officers ensure the safety and well-being of inmates within institutions. Some tasks include: supervising inmate movement, escorting inmates both inside and outside the institution, searching cells, offenders, visitors, vehicles, living units, and surrounding areas, extracting inmates from cells, and conducting security checks.
The Conservation Enforcement program is specifically designed to provide training to wildlife and forestry technicians. Trainees in the program will acquire the skills and knowledge they need for a career in conservation enforcement. They will be prepared for work in Natural Resources agencies as conservation enforcement officers and in other related fields of enforcement and security throughout Canada.
In the Professional Firefighter program, you will learn the fundamental firefighting skills needed to keep yourself, your colleagues, and the public safe in critical situations. Training at an off-campus site offers you firefighting experience in a controlled environment. You will learn about fire behaviour, motor vehicle extraction, medical first response, and communication in these training simulations.
As a student at the APA, you will live in our Slemon Park residence for the duration of your program, except when you are away for on the job training. Living in residence will give you experience interacting with other cadets in a way that wouldn’t be possible if you only interacted with one another in an instructional setting. You will develop your team-work, problem-solving, time management and communication skills, and develop deeper gender and cross-cultural sensitivity, which are essential for a successful career in the public safety community.
Apprenticeship training begins after you finish your program at Holland College and are working full-time with a suitable employer. Each trade has a certain number of hours that an apprentice must complete before he or she can take block training and move to up to the next level. Once you have completed the required number of blocks and worked the required number of hours for your trade, you can earn your Interprovincial Red Seal by completing an exam. An Interprovincial Red Seal gives you the ability to work anywhere in Canada.
Sheridan’s Community Worker-Outreach and Development Program equips you with skills to empower a local, regional or international community to bring about change. Learn what you need to know to facilitate and organize a grassroots effort. Get real world experience through the program’s over 575 hours of field placement. Through your community development diploma program, you'll gain skills and knowledge in: facilitating groups and workshops, community economic development, advocacy and conflict resolution, non-profit marketing, and more!
This degree program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become effective leaders and managers. The program is designed to meet the specific needs of managers working in federal, provincial, municipal, and First Nations government, as well as managers in the not-for-profit sector.
The goals and objectives of ACHD are in keeping with NVIT's mandate, to provide quality Aboriginal Education and support services appropriate to student success and community development. The Aboriginal Community and Health Development Diploma program aims to formally educate individuals to provide community and health development services to Aboriginal communities.
The Aboriginal Human Services Diploma program provides students with training, knowledge, and skills to assess needs, and to formulate and implement strategies to enhance the quality of life for Aboriginal children, families and communities. It is a two-year diploma program that prepares students to provide direct and indirect services to individuals, families, and communities in a variety of multi-disciplinary settings.
Service Learning is structured experiential learning that integrates active, meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to promote a sense of civic responsibility and strengthen communities. Service Learning promotes a sense of community and civic engagement that enriches the learning process and enhances personal and professional growth.
