Diploma in Computer Systems Technician - Networking (Fast Track)

at Centennial College - Progress Campus Canada

A successful organization is only as good as its people, and human resources management (HRM) plays a critical role in ensuring an organization has the right people for success. With training from Centennial College's Human Resources Management (Optional Co-op) program, you'll be responsible for ensuring that happens.

Thanks to this offering, you'll have the necessary foundational training and education to enter into occupations in human resources — either as a generalist or as a specialist — across a range of industries and organizations. By doing so, you'll become a vital strategic partner in the organizational world, the business community and your own community, and in turn, the Ontario economy.

During your time in this business graduate certificate program, you'll be exposed to what is necessary to align HR practices and policies with overall organizational strategies. You'll also gain the knowledge to carry out duties in various areas, which will include:

• Staffing
• Compensation
• Performance management
• Training and development
• Occupational health and safety
• Industrial relations
• Alternative dispute resolution
• Human resource management systems

When you successfully complete this professional program's in-depth HRM courses, which the Human Resource Professionals Association (HRPA) accredits, you'll be prepared to confidently launch your career.

Co-op Option

• The co-op option in this program will provide you with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience while you complete one work term as an employee in the field. This experience not only allows you to put classroom learning into practice, but will also provide valuable contacts for your future career.
• To participate in this co-op option, you will need to complete an application process in the first semester. If academically qualified, you may be admitted to the co-op program

If you aspire to create memorable experiences for dining guests and have the passion and drive to work hard to achieve results, Centennial College's Food and Beverage Management program is for you.

The Food and Beverage Management courses in this diploma program have been designed to prepare you with the job skills for success in the restaurant and foodservice industry and the leadership skills for a progressive career. This field will include everything from the large multi-unit organizations to small independent operations that add up to a $70-billion industry in Canada and more around the world.

During this two-year hospitality program, you'll learn in Centennial College's restaurant, quick service cafe and event centre before you embark on a 14-week industry work-integrated learning experience with one of the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts' food and beverage partners.

You'll also graduate with essential industry certifications (Smart Serve, Safe Food Handlers and CPR) that will make you even more employable in the restaurant industry, which is often said to be an extension of show biz. From dynamic staff to innovative menus, a modern restaurant experience is as much about the show as it is about the perfectly prepared food and flawlessly executed service. As a Food and Beverage Management program grad, you'll play a crucial part in making it happen.

Centennial College's Food Media graduate certificate program will bring together your passion for the food industry and media to provide you with the necessary skills to succeed as a food product creator, developer, presenter, advertiser and marketer. Through a focus on the entrepreneurial use of personalized branding and marketing, you'll gain the know-how to successfully advertise and market your own food product or service.

Innovative and interactive courses will teach you to identify your target market audience, design and deliver creative messages, and negotiate for the appropriate media product to achieve the desired communication and presentation results. Using these creative skills and food knowledge, you'll harness the power of the media to deliver messages to attract revenue-generating streams and opportunities.

Program Highlights

• Among the entrepreneurial opportunities you'll be able to identify and implement will be food image and brand specialist, freelance food writer, marketing specialist, food segment producer, and entertainment and lifestyle professional.
• You'll be able to find employment in both the public and private sectors, including with advertising and marketing communications media agencies, health care and educational institutions, not-for-profit organizations, newspapers and magazines, television and radio broadcasting companies, and other media-based industries such as out-of-home marketing communications and trade promotions.

The Hospitality Skills program is crafted as a platform for you to develop the skills required to match the industry’s demand for qualified entry-level employees. In one year (two semesters), this program will set you up to master and apply a variety of practical skills and theoretical knowledge that will allow you the opportunity to work within the hospitality sector.

The Computer Systems Technician – Networking (Fast Track) program is for you on the off chance that you've finished a school or college program and wish to get into the PC business quicker. 

This applied science program will permit qualified school or college graduates to increase direct entrance into the subsequent year (third semester) of the two-year Computer Systems Technician - Networking project to get their certificate in one year (two semesters). 

You'll work with best in class testing and estimation gear in reason constructed labs, setting a solid establishment in system structure and testing. In these labs, you'll dig inside PC equipment and become familiar with the complexities of working frameworks, investigate the most recent in PC frameworks and systems innovation, and gather and keep up frameworks that will enable clients in imaginative, business and correspondence exercises.

Centennial College's popular Computer Systems Technology - Networking program will focus on the latest in computer systems.

In this advanced diploma program's hands-on courses, you'll gain plenty of practical practice. You'll be delving inside computer hardware and learning the intricacies of operating systems, exploring up-to-date computer systems and network technology, working with computer/server and network technologies, figuring out how to administer and manage computer systems (Windows/Linux), converged networks (VoIP), wireless networks, network security and data centres/Cloud, and assembling and maintaining systems that serve to empower users in creative, business and communication activities.

With faculty members from the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science maintaining a close watch on technology trends, this college computer program's lessons will reflect the ever-growing innovations of the digital revolution. This will ensure you'll be career-ready for jobs in Internet, intranet, extranet and telecoms technical support.

Centennial College's Computer Repair and Maintenance program will help you to gain a valuable combination of technical and business abilities to start you off in the career direction of your choice.

Every computer eventually needs a tune-up, and with the courses in this college certificate program, you'll learn how to complete that tune-up using basic computer hardware theory and operating system and application program skills. Additionally, you'll acquire technical hands-on experience in installation, maintenance and application of troubleshooting techniques.

With more and more microcomputer-based systems entering the marketplace, there's a need for professionals who can link their computer hardware expertise to the general needs of business. To ensure your success in the field, you'll also gain business experience by examining approaches for maintaining strong customer relations and providing effective technical support.

This concise applied science program will prepare you to step into an important role by combining a broad range of computer-related courses with strong interpersonal skills training.

Program Highlights

• This program takes a practical approach to personal computer hardware and software installation, repair and maintenance.
• You are introduced to local and remote computer communication systems.
• In the Computer Repair and Maintenance program, you have the opportunity to work with a wide range of high-tech equipment.
• The certificate you earn reflects a high standard of learning.
• Once you complete the program, you will be positioned to pursue industry's A+ Certification and Network+ certifications.

The Business Administration – Marketing program will help turn you into a skilled marketing professional who manages the link between an organization and its customers using social media, customer knowledge and business strategy.

This business program will cover broad-based business topics in addition to detailed marketing training. Marketing-specific areas of study will include:

• Marketing research
• Marketing communications (such as advertising and promotion)
• Digital marketing (such as direct marketing, e-marketing and customer relationship management)
• Brand planning

Courses will use case studies and industry software such as Tableau and Envision. Additionally, lectures, classroom assignments and presentations will help you develop the creative decision-making and persuasive communication skills necessary to become a successful marketing professional.

You'll also get the opportunity to participate in nation and province-wide academic contests such as the Ontario Colleges' Marketing and Canadian Marketing Association competitions.

Centennial College's Software Engineering Technician program will prepare you to work as a software developer. Whether someone wants to balance the books, edit photographs or produce a movie, it wouldn't be possible without software programs. You'll be at the forefront of designing, developing and maintaining the latest software.

During your time in the Software Engineering Technician courses of this college diploma program, you'll acquire solid knowledge of:

• Software engineering methodologies
• Programming languages
• Design and algorithm concepts
• Data management tools

Coursework will emphasize object-oriented software design methodologies, user-oriented interface design, C#, Java, Oracle, MS-SQL Server, Unix/Linux, Microsoft's .NET, HTML5/JavaScript/XML, software testing and QA.

To underscore the applied focus of the curriculum, Software Engineering Technician studies will include a software development project. This real-world business application will require you to make use of all the technical and business skills acquired during your time in the college technology program to build high quality software.

The two years Centennial College’s Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician Program helps students to prepare for their career in this field.  The program helps you to acquire a broad knowledge of the design, installation and service techniques of heating and air conditioning systems for commercial and residential use. 

To guarantee you're completely arranged for your vocation, you'll gain the expertise you need through hands-on exercises, figuring out how to look after, size, and select gear for cooling and refrigeration application. The world has moved toward becoming innovation centered, with extraordinary steps being made in warming, refrigeration and cooling innovation. The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician program traverses the zones of plan and building.