Diploma in Social Service Worker

at Centennial College - Ashtonbee Campus Canada

The Automotive - Motive Power Technician program is for you if you've ever wondered how an engine works or what makes a transmission drive.

With an emphasis on motor vehicle technology, this dynamic and inclusive offering's theoretical and practical Motive Power Technician courses will prepare you for work in the transportation industry. The trade-relevant skills and knowledge you'll acquire will help you undertake challenging positions in a variety of employment opportunities.

In keeping with Ministry and the Ontario College of Trades standards, the program will deliver content that meets the requirements for Level 1 and Level 2 in-school apprenticeship training. Additionally, you'll actively participate in comprehensive hands-on training activities in fully-equipped modern transportation lab facilities.

Graduates will receive a Motive Power Technician Diploma and will be credited with all two levels of Automotive Service Technician apprenticeship in-school training.

If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding experience where wrenches and technology meet, you'll find it in Centennial's Motive Power program.

Co-op Option
The program's co-op option will provide you with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience while you work one term as a paid employee in the field. This opportunity will not only allow you to put classroom learning into practice, but it will also provide valuable contacts for future careers. For more information on the Co-op option, please go here.

The Motorcycle and Powersports Product Repair Techniques program will be your gateway to the motorcycle and power sports industry. Through training in the enviable Ashtonbee campus, Ontario’s largest transportation training facility, you'll learn essential diagnostic skills, practice hands-on techniques and gain the theoretical knowledge to best position yourself for employment in this exciting field. The best part? No previous experience is necessary. The program will teach you everything you need to know. 

What can I expect?
Program instructors are not only connected to the industry but are also seasoned professionals with real-world experience who are committed to your success. 

You'll spend about 60 per cent of your time learning the theory and technique to build a solid base of knowledge on motorcycle and powersports repair. Not only will you learn essential diagnostic skills that you'll use throughout your career, but the offering will also cover a complete range of technical training in areas such as workplace practices, welding, mechanical systems, workplace safety and computers.

Because hands-on practice is the best way to learn a skill, you'll spend the remaining 40 per cent of program time practicing and honing your skills in spacious, modern and well-equipped labs.

What will I have when I’m done?
You'll graduate with a base of knowledge and skills that will improve your job prospects and propel you into an excellent career. You'll also have a valuable certificate from a well-known and prestigious school, which has been trusted by the industry for more than 40 years, that you can use to help secure employment or an apprenticeship.

Because the Motorcycle and Powersports Product Repair program is based on the Small Engine and Level 1 Motorcycle Technician apprenticeship curriculum, you'll have the opportunity to earn credit toward your apprenticeship requirement. You'll also have the potential to obtain a certification in manufacturer parts and service online systems.

Automotive Parts and Service Operations is the perfect program to help you fill the need for trained support staff within the backbone of the auto industry — whether you're launching your first career, a new career, or want to round out your automotive education and skill base with an emphasis on operational management support.

The School of Transportation has worked closely with industry partners to create a program that will position you as a top candidate in an underrepresented area of the industry, even if you have no previous experience. The result is the first post-secondary program in Canada that will give you the knowledge and practical expertise of parts service, warranty administration, customer relations and business operations through hands-on training. 

Automotive Parts and Service Operations has the full support of the Trillium Automobile Dealers Association (TADA), which represents more than 1,000 new car dealers in Ontario. As such, the program is an excellent choice if you're just finishing high school or are a graduate of the Automotive Foundations or Techniques programs. Mature students and automotive technicians will also find this program an excellent pathway to a new career or a career change within the industry.

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Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.

• Order parts or services from internal and external vendors according to manufacturer’s specifications.  
• Perform work in compliance with Canadian regulatory legislation, legal and ethical practices in the transportation industry.  
• Develop marketable concepts for the automotive industry that meet innovation and entrepreneurship objectives.  
• Develop and maintain productive client relationships to increase opportunities for client retention.  
• Implement marketing and sales strategies to meet the sales expectations of the organization.  
• Process and maintain service records and financial transactions in accordance with organizational and industry standards.  
• Execute environmental scans, assessments and forecasting to support business decisions.  
• Keep current with automotive trends and issues, and interdependent relationships in the broader transportation industry sectors to improve work performance and guide career development.  
• Communicate information between customers and varying internal service departments (e.g. technicians, sales, parts, warranty) to assist the flow of operations and ensure accurate services are rendered.

Centennial College's Developmental Services Worker program is highly regarded by established professionals, graduates, families, service agencies and people who have intellectual disabilities.

The two-year college diploma program falls under the School of Community and Health Studies and will offer a strong foundation in the field of supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This health program's curriculum will reflect best practices, current and relevant knowledge and address up-to-date issues. It will emphasize a deep understanding of:

•  The life experiences of people who have disabilities 
•  The nature of intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities and Autism
•  Valued social roles
•  Advocacy
•  Critical and reflective thinking
•  Problem solving
•  Effecting positive change
•  Communication and teamwork
•  Personal support requirements and techniques
•  Teaching skills
•  Time management
•  Accessing resources

Helping people to fill valued social roles as a part of society, teaching and the provision of personal and educational support are among some of the skills you'll develop. These skills will be applied through in-class hands-on practice as well as field placement opportunities. As such, the Developmental Services Worker program will ensure you're equipped with the critical skills and knowledge to start your career directly upon graduation.

Once you complete the Developmental Services Worker program, you'll support individuals of all ages who have intellectual or developmental disabilities. Support can be provided to individuals in their homes, at work, in schools and to their families. Your goal as a developmental services worker will be to enhance the capacity of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities to function in all aspects of community living and to support their full inclusion in all aspects of society.

Please note: This program is taught using a combination of modalities. Courses may be delivered face-to-face, online, or in a blended/hybrid combination of both online and traditional classroom teaching

As a Developmental Services Worker program grad, you'll have the ability to:

• Conduct yourself in an ethical, competent and accountable manner in all professional relationships;
• Provide person-directed supports and services that respect and promote self-determination for people with developmental disabilities;
• Provide for the safety of people with developmental disabilities, self and others in compliance with all applicable legislation, regulations and standards of practice;
• Support the health and well-being of people with intellectual disabilities;
• Employ and adapt formal and informal strategies to support the learning of people with developmental disabilities;
• Provide leadership in the development of inclusive communities;
• Develop strategies and plans that lead to improved personal job performance and the maintenance of you own well-being.

The General Arts and Science - English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program is an intensive, full-time academic English program that will help you to build on and improve your language skills for success in college or university.

EAP will offer you the opportunity to study English in a supportive college environment while you develop effective academic communication skills by focusing on the key areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking. You'll have the opportunity to participate in communicative activities, interactive exercises, group work and presentations. Through this program, you'll also gain access to helpful resources and services such as tutoring, the library and counselling.

When you join EAP, you'll be placed in one of three levels depending on the results of a placement test. Each level will last one semester. There are pathways from Level 3 to college communication courses if you meet the necessary criteria.

Advantages of EAP

• Prepares you for admission to college or university programs;
•  Helps you to develop academic study skills;
•  Qualifies for OSAP funding;
•  Starts three times a year (January, May, September);
•  Provides a pathway to college COMM courses.

The Auto Body Repair Technician program is a two-year offering that will open the doors to a career in the auto body industry and could lead to a managerial position or to successfully operating your own business.

Graduates will receive an Auto Body Repair Diploma and will be credited with Levels 1 and 2 of the Ontario Auto Body and Collision Damage Repairer (310B) Apprenticeship in school training. You apply for this Prior Learning Acknowledgement Recognition (PLAR) through your Ministry Training Consultant once you become a registered Apprentice.

Among covered topics will be:

• Personal and shop safety
• Vehicle and body construction
• Detailing and refinishing equipment maintenance
• Applied mechanical systems
• Mathematics
• Communication
• Trade tools and shop equipment
• Non-structural repair fundamentals
• Refinishing surface preparation
• Oxyacetylene and gas metal arc welding
• Plastic repair and refinishing
• Non-structural panel repair and measuring
• Automotive glass and safety devices
• Non-structural panel replacement
• Refinishing top coat application

You'll spend approximately 40 per cent of your schedule gaining hands-on practice in a spacious and well laid out state-of-the-art auto body lab outfitted with new equipment. In this lab, you'll learn from faculty members with years of industry experience who are committed to seeing you succeed and to helping you maximize your skills.

As a Graduate, in two years you will have earned an Ontario College Diploma and the first two levels of in-class education in the Auto Body and Collision Damage Repair Apprenticeship. You will then be ready to start your journey as a registered Apprentice, which will prepare you to return to school for your level 3 on a traditional apprenticeship.

In the Pre-Health Sciences Pathway to Certificates and Diplomas program, you'll take science subjects, for example, science and science just as arithmetic and correspondences. This two-semester endorsement program will set you up for your future instructive and profession objectives. Endless supply of the Pre-Health Sciences Pathway to Certificates and Diplomas program, with satisfactory scholarly standing, you might be qualified to move straightforwardly into Centennial College's Practical Nursing and different projects. 

The Centennial College Pre-Health Sciences Pathway to Certificates and Diplomas courses are for you in case you're Considering school projects, for example, Practical Nursing*, Healthcare Environmental Services Management, Fitness and Health Promotion, Nutrition and Food Service Management, Massage Therapy, Esthetician and Food Service Worker; Exploring a school science program toward your future profession objective; Acquiring scholarly confirmation accreditations expected to enter school level science projects; or Seeking science courses required for post-optional projects and have not completed secondary school or finished science courses.

The Early Childhood Education program at Centennial College is committed to ensuring you'll be prepared to become a leader in the profession. The program has consistently received KPI distinction awards for Employer Satisfaction and graduates are respected as professionals.

As a student in the Early Childhood Education program, you'll learn to provide high standards of care to children and their families. This highly regarded offering will teach you to take responsibility for observing the needs of individual and groups of children, and create well-planned, stimulating and responsive programs. You'll come to understand the needs of infants, toddlers, pre-school and school-aged children.

Rich classroom experiences will offer you a range of opportunities to understand the content as professors employ a variety of strategies so you'll be able to practice and apply what you learn. Supporting this program are Centennial College’s two state-of-the-art early childhood education centres. Used as lab schools, these centres, located in East York and at Progress Campus, will allow you observe and/or practice in a high-quality childcare setting.

Program Highlights

• You'll experience practical experiential learning through three field placements in the community, working directly with infants or toddlers, pre-school and school-aged children.
• Qualified and experienced supervisors will support you during the field placement to ensure your learning is optimized.
• During the third or fourth semesters, opportunities will be available to work in full-day kindergarten environments.
• In semesters 3 and 4, a block placement will be incorporated to maximize your ability to solidify skills.
• This program is committed to respond to and reflect current trends and directions in the field and profession.
• Highly skilled faculty will create stimulating learning opportunities in the classroom that will address a range of learning styles.

Are you passionate about social and environmental justice, enjoy working with groups, and wish you could help connect people to services and opportunities in their community? Then the Community Development Work program is for you.

This offering will prepare you for an interdisciplinary field, working with groups experiencing marginalization. You'll build skills in critical thinking of matters such as social justice, anti-oppressive practice, sustainable development, community engagement, community asset-mapping, fundraising, team building, collaborative leadership, project management, research and project evaluation.

Expert guest speakers, field trips, and collaborative projects with local and international NGOs attached to student learning evaluations and assessments will all be components of this program's courses and learning outcomes. You'll also learn from experienced and passionate faculty members who come from a diverse range of local and international community development settings and educational backgrounds.

Perhaps the most unique aspect of this program is how you'll connect theory to practice through field placement learning opportunities. You'll engage in field placement opportunities/on-the job internship experiences with organizations, institutions and social enterprises actively engaged in community work.

Program Highlights

• The Community Development Work program will provide you with the opportunity to practice your acquired knowledge under the supervision of community practitioners in two separate real-world fieldwork settings during the third and fourth semesters.
• You'll be exposed to opportunities for international development placements.
• As a student of the School of Community and Health Studies program, you'll work in communities to advocate for change strategies that promote social, economic and environmental justice, and challenge patterns of oppression and discrimination.

The Motive Power Fundamentals program will prepare you to work in a variety of employment settings in both large and small organizations, such as dealerships, service and repair shops, and retail stores.

In the program, you'll learn to identify basic motive power system problems, to inspect and test basic motive power components and systems, and to use a variety of test equipment to support vehicle transportation systems. Because the program is facilitated from Ashtonbee Campus, which houses fully outfitted labs, you'll also be equipped with safe working practices in the use of machinery, tools and equipment. Finally, you'll be able to perform customer service functions, and to apply basic communication, documentation, information technology and computer skills to support a motive power environment.

Upon completion of Motive Power Fundamentals you'll be accredited with Level 1 in-school apprenticeship training. This will allow you to enter the work force directly after graduation or to transfer directly into the second year of Centennial's Automotive Motive Power diploma program to further expand and build on your skill set.