Managers' time is highly valuable. They need to be in their offices, leading staff, and dealing with issues. But they also need to find time to upgrade their training. At the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, getting the managers to a central training location was a scheduling challenge.
Designed for experienced welders, this program provides skills and knowledge in a broad range of welding practices. The program has been developed in co-operation with industry to meet the increasing demands of the welding and fabrication sector.
In this program, you learn how to permanently join pieces of metal by applying heat, using filler material or fusion process. You join parts that are being manufactured, form part of a structure or are damaged or worn. You also learn various welding and cutting processes to join structural steel and cut metal in vessels, piping and other components. Welders are good problem-solvers who have mechanical and mathematical aptitude and good planning skills.
Are you a team player with good hand-eye coordination? Do you value job safety? Are you comfortable with heights? These are a few of the strengths you will need to succeed in this line of work. The generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and communications require skills in mechanical systems, advanced electrical/electronic systems, and computer controls among others. Safety and environmental awareness are included in this program along with training in electrical technology, communications, and computer use.
Do you want to manage a hotel, restaurant, or bar, or develop provincial or regional tourism? No matter what part of the tourism industry interests you; this program provides a solid foundation of skills and experience that opens doors to a great career with unlimited potential worldwide.
Surveying is the science of measuring the physical world around us to determine the shape and position of objects or features. Surveying skills are applied to a wide variety of activities, from exploration for natural resources such as oil and natural gas to determining the boundary between two parcels of land to controlling the layout of buildings and highways. To accomplish this, surveyors employ a number of technological approaches for measuring the physical world.
In this program you develop skills to install and connect piping systems including processes that convey gas, or the tubing for any pneumatic or air-handling system. You’re introduced to design drawings and installation programs for a variety of systems. In a workshop setting that reflects industry practice and safety standards, you learn to use hand tools, power tools and shop equipment; select materials; cut, join and fabricate piping and fittings; perform electric tack welding and oxy-fuel cutting; and rigging practices.
If you've ever watched the credits roll at the end of a movie, you know it takes a lot of people to make a production happen. In this intensive program you cover the entire film production cycle from initial concept through to distribution within a challenging, hands-on learning environment. You learn script development, set design and construction, film and video production, editing, set etiquette, and more. Your challenge is to design, produce, manage, and complete productions in a creative and collaborative crew environment.
