Certificate in Office Administration - General

at Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology Canada

Are you committed to social justice for Indigenous families and communities? Do you have a passion for working towards the healthy development and welfare of Indigenous children and youth? Are you interested in becoming a Registered Social Service Worker? Look no further, this is program for you!

Indigenous communities throughout northwestern Ontario often experience cultural, geographical and other barriers to service. Confederation College’s Native Child and Family Services program focuses on how to effectively overcome these barriers. You’ll learn how to help connect people with the services they need in their everyday lives in Thunder Bay and throughout the region. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to work with Indigenous children and families and advocate for a better future for Indigenous peoples. Topics covered include social services, Indigenous language, culture and history, contemporary Indigenous society, Indigenous healing interventions and practices, child welfare and development, social justice and advocacy, governance, policy and so much more. Expand your ways of knowing, challenge your positionality, learn ways to decolonize and embrace Indigeneity. The time for Indigenous resurgence is now.

Top Highlights

• Graduates are eligible to become Registered Social Services Workers with the Ontario College of Social Work and Social Services Workers
• Prepare for positions in a variety of human service/helper settings including child welfare agencies, women’s shelters, urban Indigenous organizations and on-reserve services
• Field placements provide hands-on experience working with Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations
• Also offered as an accelerated program for those with a college diploma or university degree in a related field
• You might also be interested in our Social Service Worker program 

Feel you have the care, compassion and drive to help people? Personal Support Workers (PSW) are important members of the health care team who assist persons with the tasks of daily living such as home management, personal care, family responsibilities, and social and recreational activities through a holistic approach. As a PSW, you will work with nurses and other health care professionals, assisting them with patient care. The PSW is also a vital part of community health care – and often the person who really makes someone’s day when they need a smile the most. Confederation College’s Personal Support Worker one-year certificate program will give you the skills you need to get into the workforce faster. During this program, you’ll take courses in supportive care, professional growth, helping relationships and assisting clients across the lifespan.

Top Highlights

• Program includes in-the-field training to obtain the hands-on, practical experience you need
• Meets all guidelines set by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Allows you to launch your career in health care in just one year

Confederation College’s Developmental Services Worker program will give you the skills and experience you need to support individuals in living their life to the fullest. Coursework includes study in developmental disabilities, teaching strategies, health promotion, augmentative communication and assistive technology, pharmacology, dual diagnosis, trends and issues, behavioural supports, counselling skills and community development. If you believe in inclusion, individualization and empowerment for all people in our community, this program is for you!

Top Highlights

• Program includes two field placements so that you can learn in real-world environments
• Gives you the knowledge and skills that you need to support people to reach their full potential
• Practice knowledge and skills in a lab setting and plan real community events with schools and agencies
• Also offered as an accelerated program for those with a college diploma in a community services program or those with a degree in a related field

The construction worker is the foundation of the structure business for private, business, and modern structure. Confederation College's Carpentry and Renovation Techniques one-year endorsement program will give you hands-on abilities alongside in-class figuring out how to give you a solid foundation in the Carpentry and Renovation fields. The structure procedure with development, security, materials, plan perusing, assessing and stonework will give you the passage level information you should be effective. Alumni of the Carpentry and Renovation Techniques program will most likely apply for craftsman assistant and work passage occupations with the numerous development and rebuilding organizations crosswise over northwestern Ontario, where you'll have the option to expand upon your abilities educated and maybe even have some expertise in specific zones. 

The development of laborer is the foundation of the structure industry for private, business, and modern structure. Confederation College's Carpentry and Renovation Techniques one-year testament program will give you hands-on abilities alongside in-class figuring out how to give you a solid foundation in the development business from outline perusing and a diagram of development materials to the audit of the structure procedure all the way. Coursework incorporates development materials and strategies, connected science, PC helped to draft (CAD), prologue to brick work and building development rehearses.
 

Recreation is important for everyone as a way to relax and keep balance in their lives. But for some with physical, cognitive, emotional and/or social limitations, recreation therapy is also a way to connect and participate with others. You can learn how to help!

Confederation College’s Recreation Therapy program will give you the skills and knowledge you’ll need to plan, implement and evaluate a wide range of leisure services for children, adolescents and adults who experience barriers to a healthy leisure lifestyle. You will learn how to work with individuals and groups of all ages to assess their needs and interests so you can encourage independent and personally fulfilling leisure lifestyles. Coursework includes therapeutic recreation, developmental psychology, program and event planning, communications for community services, administrative practices, physical activity leadership and recreation facilities.

Top Highlights

• 450 hours of field placement enhance in-class learning by providing hands-on experience
• Students receive a free membership with Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO). Graduates will be able to join TRO, a professional organization designed to support members of this growing field
• Program is offered as an accelerated program for those with a designated diploma or degree.

This intensive program upgrades your education with a series of courses to develop your skill set for this in-demand field. Courses cover basic and advanced topics such as human resources, labour relations law, occupational health and safety and human resources planning.

Top Highlights

• Intensive one-year program provides you with an in-demand skill set
• Fast track your business career in a whole new direction
• Graduates will be able to write their Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation (subject to certain academic goals)
• Continue on to a university degree through articulation agreements

Confederation College’s two-year Aviation Technician – Aircraft Maintenance Co-op diploma program teaches you everything you need to know to prepare for the Transport Canada Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) license. Get the hands-on experience you need to maintain, repair and troubleshoot complex aircraft systems. Topics include aircraft construction and science, electrical and electronics, airframe systems and inspection, rotary wing (helicopter) maintenance and structural repair.

Top Highlights

• Designed and developed in consultation with aircraft industry and Transport Canada
• Hands-on learning with real equipment and a co-op work placement between 1st and 2nd year.
• Receive 18-months’ credit towards experience requirements for an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s Category “M” license (with 95% attendance record)
• Receive your WHMIS certificate, Human Factors certificate and Aeronautical Restricted Radio Operator license upon successful completion of those areas

Ever wonder what it takes to keep complex industrial processes running? Today there are process measurement and control system techniques that ensure precise product consistency and reliability.

Confederation College’s Instrumentation Engineering Technician – Process Automation and Control two-year program will provide you with a solid footing in both theory and practice in a modern, cutting-edge laboratory designed to emulate common control systems found in industry. Through coursework, you’ll learn the basics of electrical, digital, electronics, computer systems, industrial drawings & specifications, physics, computer software and communications for technology. Our lab features functioning processes employing pneumatic as well as modern microprocessor-based electronic control equipment such as PLC’s, Distributed Control Systems, and field networks.

Top Highlights

• Learn how to install, calibrate, maintain and repair complex measurement and control systems used in a variety of process control applications
• Two optional co-ops give you experience in your field of study
• Option to apply for the 3rd year Electrical Engineering Technology program after graduation
• Continue on to a university degree through articulation agreements

The General Arts and Science program at Confederation Campus provides students with interpersonal skills, computers, mathematics, analytical skills, communication and general science. The 2 year diploma program offers students with good understanding of various topics. This co-op program allows students to earn and study at same time. Applicants will be able to learn the basic in humanities, social science, arts, civics, technology and business. 

Any how this program is different from the one year general art and science program because it provides you with opportunity to specialize in the various areas from the first semester. Graduates from this program seek their career in various fields like, business, health, sales, hospitality and arts as well. Students can also pursue their career in research and education department.
 

Our world is becoming more automated all of the time. Building control systems, manufacturing processes, industrial robotics, power generation and distribution, and thousands of other processes.

They all rely on electrical equipment and digital processes to keep them operating properly and communicating to each other. But it still takes a person to design, program, install and maintain all of that equipment. Could that person be you?

Confederation College’s Electrical Engineering Technology advanced three-year diploma program is an advanced program of study that places special emphasis on computerized electronic control applications using state-of-the-art DCS, PLCs, drive systems, as well as today’s leading panel and PC-based SCADA/HMI packages. You’ll learn about electronics and computer fundamentals, applied mathematics, telecommunications, networks, automation control systems, process control systems and power systems.

Top Highlights

• Learn about electric machines and drives, PLCs, computer networks, wireless technology, power systems, embedded control systems, process control systems
• Two optional Co-ops give you a work experience in your field of study
• Recognized by the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT)
• Continue on to a university engineering degree and a career path as a professional engineer through Lakehead University’s transfer program