Certificate in Personal Support Worker

at Canadore College - Stanford Scarborough Campus Canada

Mobile devices are everywhere and are used to readily in the business and personal lives of people all over the world. This field is exploding and skilled app developers are in high demand. New applications are being created daily for games, maps, medical applications, banks, media outlets - and the list goes on. Students work hands-on with Blackberry, Playbooks, iPads, and Android devices.

What You Learn

• Develop for Blackberry, Apple, and Android mobile devices
• 3D graphics, animation, rich media
• Game development
• Web development for mobile devices
• Marketing and distribution of apps
• Video and audio editing
• AIR, JAVA, iOS

Information Technology is a part of virtually every business and industry. Learn leadership and management skills in this ever-growing and changing industry. As a manager of IT, you will need to plan and organize the activities of your team and deliver IT projects on time and within budget. This innovative program will provide you with highly marketable skills that are sought after across the globe.

What You Learn

• Management fundamentals
• Leadership and communication
• Business process analysis
• Project and risk management
• Procurement and contract management

Prepare to launch an exciting and rewarding career in the business field. Learn to develop strategic business plans and navigate economic influences affecting the global market through business simulations and working with real clients. Whether you go on to work for yourself or a large corporation, or continue your education, the opportunities are endless.

What You Learn

• Marketing
• Accounting
• Finance and economics
• Entrepreneurial skills
• Communications and analysis
• Human resources

This one-year Ontario College Graduate Certificate Program prepares graduates for a rewarding career in the field of Project Management. Project Management is a highly sought discipline that involves the application of knowledge, skills and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently. Project managers are in high demand across all industries. Graduates of the Project Management Graduate Certificate program will learn how to initiate, plan, monitor and control projects through to successful completion. They acquire the competencies to lead diverse project teams within a broad range of sectors in public, private and not-for-profit settings, while applying content-specific knowledge of their previous studies and experiences. Graduates work in leadership positions, developing and monitoring performance measures and adapting to project constraints, while managing communications within and among teams.

What You Learn

• Project planning
• Scheduling and cost management
• Communication management
• Leadership and human relations
• Procurement and contract management
• Quality management

There is an expanded interest for qualified early youth teachers. Get what it takes you have to begin a compensating profession working with little youngsters. This movement based program is shown utilizing a comprehensive methodology in which the phases of a kid's formative development are underscored including intellectual aptitudes and socio-passionate improvement. 

Alumni of our program discover professions working in organization with instructors in kindergarten study halls crosswise over Ontario, just as other early learning conditions. Understudies will develop understanding on child development, language and literacy development, special education, health, safety and nutrition, environmental or outdoor learning course and others. 

Civil engineering technicians are highly sought after in a number of industries including construction, mining, transportation, and road construction. This in-demand career has unlimited employment options in both the public and private sectors. Many of the things we use every day are impacted by civil engineering, including dams and power stations, water and sewage treatment plants, roadways, and structures both large and small. This program will provide you with the tools of the trade to be successful in this diverse profession.

What You Learn (2 year)

• Computer-aided drafting and design (CADD)
• – both 2D and 3D
• Surveying and GPS
• Highway/Road design and planning
• Design and construction of infrastructure
• Applied strength of materials

Prepare for your postsecondary education and enhance your English language skills! Multilingual employees are in demand both domestically and internationally. This two-semester program focuses on listening, speaking, reading and writing skills required for college studies. Canadore provides quality English-language training in a caring and supportive environment using modern and social technologies.

Become skilled in this in-demand and important field. Learn to design, develop and maintain machine components, tools, heating and ventilation systems, power generation and manufacturing plants and equipment, and much more. Mechanical engineering technicians and technologists are sought after in a number of industries including mining, manufacturing, and forestry.

What You Learn (2 Years)

• Computer Aided Design - 3D design
• Electrical/electronic fundamentals
• Fluid mechanics
• Manufacturing processes
• Strength of materials
• HVAC

People are a key resource in businesses, large and small. Learn how industry manages employees for better job satisfaction, staff development, and employee relations in this one-year program. Learn essential human resources functions within the domestic and international business environments like how to facilitate and guide staffing, performance management, training, and health and safety. Gain the skills needed to contribute to organizational development strategies and manage human resources activities of any organization.

What You Learn

• Human resources management and planning
• Corporate training and development
• Mediation skills/conflict resolution
• Labour relations
• Human rights and workplace investigation
• Finance

Network technologies are used in every modern communication tool from computers to mobile phones, automobiles to home appliances. Train for this dynamic and in-demand field and learn to develop, maintain and support these networks.  Learn all aspects of networking and prepare for a career in this dynamic and ever-changing industry.

What You Learn - 2 year

• Network design, implementation and maintenance
• Routing and switching networks
• Wired and wireless networking
• Network troubleshooting
• Server operations
• Operating systems (client and server)