Diploma in Developmental Services Worker

at Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology Canada

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

Confederation College’s Culinary Management two-year diploma program will help you access the world of food and give you the skills to compete locally and globally!

Turn your love of food and cooking into a valuable skill in our state-of-the-art culinary labs. Starting with the building blocks of kitchens and food service such as basic knife skills and stocks and sauces, you will quickly advance to more challenging concepts in butchery, baking, plate design, wine tasting, international cooking and a la carte dining room service. This program will also cover the financial, legal and marketing aspects of the hospitality industry, to give you the knowledge needed to succeed as a chef, restaurant manager or owner.

 Top Highlights

• Learn the business, legal and management sides of becoming a chef
• Co-op work placements in restaurants, hotels and institutions give you real-world experience in the field
• Hands-on learning in a variety of settings including on-campus dining facility

Confederation College’s Pre-Technology program can help by allowing you to upgrade your skills and prepare for your future learning. The program is divided into two streams, the Technology/Aviation stream and the Trades/Pre- Apprenticeship stream, depending on what direction you plan to take.

The Trades/Pre-Apprenticeship stream is designed to upgrade your skills and knowledge for a variety of Confederation College trade programs including Carpentry and Renovation Techniques, Welding, Mechanical Techniques and Motive Power Techniques-Automotive. Courses cover topics such as applied math for trades, computers, trades science and writing strategies.

The Technology/Aviation stream is designed to upgrade your skills and knowledge for a variety of Confederation College programs including aviation, technology and technician programs. Class work includes applied math for technology, computers, technology studies or aviation studies and writing strategies.

Ever wonder what it takes to get people to buy a particular product or service? Have you imagined building a company brand from the ground up? If you’ve got a way with words, images, people and planning, and are plugged into what’s ‘now’, you have the right ingredients for a successful and stimulating career in marketing.

Confederation College’s Business – Marketing two-year diploma program places emphasis on learning key skills as well as developing a business work ethic that will assist you in getting ready to enter this exciting field. Marketing is all about analyzing customer needs and wants and building customer relationships. You will build on your existing strengths and learn how to communicate effectively, conduct market research and analyze those results to make strategic decisions. As a marketing student, you will develop your ability to work as a member of a team, as well as strengthen your research and creative problem solving skills. Courses cover a variety of topics including advertising, advanced marketing, marketing research

Top Highlights

• Continue on to our 3rd year Business Administration - Marketing Diploma where we offer a 15-week work placement opportunity.
• Helps you prepare for your advanced credit towards the Registered Professional Marketer (RPM) designation with the Canadian Institute of Marketing
• Continue on to a university degree through articulation agreements

The one-year Office Administration Ontario College Certificate program gives the learning and aptitudes that set you up for a remunerating office organization profession. Create both hypothetical and connected aptitudes during different recreated office circumstances. Work on directing regulatory systems and delivering industry-standard archives. Upgrade your capacity to utilize computerized apparatuses by directing examination and acing Microsoft Office applications and other industry-standard programming bundles. 

Our accomplished resources are devoted to setting you up with the abilities you have to prevail in your profession. Graduate with basic office aptitudes, just as basic abilities for progress, for example, genius, obligation, inventive reasoning and critical thinking. Graduates may discover work openings in an assortment of passage level care staff or organization positions in both open and private parts.

Confederation College’s Pre-Health Sciences program can help. The program is divided into two streams, the college stream and the university stream, depending on what direction you plan to take.

The  Pathways to Certificates and Diplomas stream of the program (formerly called “College Stream”) is for students who want to go on to college health programs including Practical Nursing, Paramedic, and Dental Hygiene. Topics covered include pre-health math (college preparation), health care in Canada, chemistry, introductory biology and communications for health professionals.

The Pathways to Advanced Diplomas and Degrees program (formerly called “University Stream”) is designed to upgrade your skills and knowledge for a variety of university health programs including the Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Medical Radiation Technology. Topics covered include pre-health math (university preparation), health care in Canada, advanced chemistry, human biology and communications for health professionals.

Top Highlights

• Upgrade your skills and learning to prepare you for a career in health care
• Get specialized training depending on whether you plan to go to college or university
• Get a head start on your future programs with a solid understanding of health care and related topics

In this two year, graduate certificate program, students develop marketable technical, business management, and interpersonal skills, all of which respond to the pressing ICT needs of businesses in all sectors of Canada’s economy.  Students hone their technical skills, creating commercial applications and ICT solutions for SMEs (small and medium size enterprises).  At the same time, they gain training in Canadian workplace business practices, entrepreneurship, and interpersonal dynamics.  Combined, these help internationally trained graduates obtain employment that is commensurate with their skills and qualifications.

The program enables students to become proficient in the practices and techniques used in modern ICT infrastructures. Students learn how to develop and implement practical solutions to solve typical ICT problems and challenges faced by smaller companies & businesses.  Instructional methodology integrates theory with real-life simulations and hands-on applications.  Students apply their acquired knowledge and skills to industry-based cases, simulations and projects, working on both individual and several collaborative team projects.

Students also advance their problem solving, presentation and critical thinking skills throughout the period of study.  They then bring all this training together in a capstone project in the final semester, where they manage and complete a technical project in collaboration with industry.

Upon graduation students are prepared to use a combination of technical, business, and soft/interpersonal skills to help small and medium sized enterprises achieve success within the digital economy. 

Confederation College’s Practical Nursing program is a two-year program with an emphasis on providing nursing care to stable, predictable patients across their lifespan.

Courses in the Practical Nursing program cover a wide variety of topics including foundational theory courses, nursing skills/procedures, pharmacology, pathophysiology (disease processes), nursing assessment, and clinical practice. Students will develop the nursing skills needed to help people at various stages of life (infant to older adult) and experience a wide range of exciting clinical practice experiences! Students who graduate from a Ministry approved Personal Support Worker Program may also have advanced credits in the Practical Nursing Program. Students who graduate from the Practical Nursing Program often set their sights on a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree after completing the Practical Nursing Program. 

Top Highlights

• Graduates are eligible to write the examinations required to practise and register with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Program includes clinical hours so that you obtain on-the-job experience working with other experienced Registered Practical Nurses
• Our Practical Nursing program is currently approved (Category 1) by the College of Nurses of Ontario (www.cno.org).

Program Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Communicate therapeutically with clients and members of the health care team.
• Assess clients across the life span, in a systematic and holistic manner.
• Plan safe and competent nursing care, based upon a thorough analysis of available data and evidence-informed practice guidelines.
• Select and perform nursing interventions using clinical judgment, in collaboration with the client and, where appropriate, the health care team, that promote health and well-being, prevent disease and injury, maintain and/or restore Health, promote rehabilitation, and/or provide palliation.
• Evaluate the outcomes resulting from all interventions in the nurse-client interaction and modify the plan of care as required.
• Act equitably and justly with clients and members of the health care team.
• Adapt to a variety of health care settings, using different leadership skills and styles as appropriate to each setting.
• Contribute to creating a healthy and safe work environment in a variety of health care settings.
• Practise in a self-regulated, professional and ethical manner, complying with relevant legislation and with the standards of both the regulatory body and the practice setting to provide safe and competent client care.

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.

Three year advanced diploma in Dental Hygiene program at Confederation College provides students with experience and knowledge required by them to get success in health care field. The program covers the topic necessary for this field. For instance: microbiology, dental hygiene, preventive oral health promotion, research methods, health policy and others. 

Professional Dental hygienists serve their responsibilities like clinical therapy, health promotion, education, administration and research. In general, hygienist either works independently or may have their private practice. Graduates may pursue their career in private dental offices, community dental clinics, hospital dental clinics, public health units and many others. With the help of this program students are prepared to work confidently and independently with clients and patients of different backgrounds.