Diploma in Digital Media Production

at Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology Canada

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.

Human Resources is one of the hot careers in Canadian business in the new millennium. If you are career-motivated and love working with people, HR is the program for you!

Confederation College’s Business – Human Resources two-year diploma program will teach you how modern businesses manage their people for better job satisfaction, staff development and employee-employer relations. Courses cover all the business basics such as human resources, accounting, marketing, training, business law & ethics and information systems.

The Engineering Business and Safety Management Graduate Certificate Program is a unique program developed for international students with an engineering degree (e.g. civil, mechanical, industrial, and others). It will enhance their knowledge and skills in the specialized area of engineering business and safety management.

The program is designed to enable students to meet the demand in the engineering, industrial and construction sectors for staff with expertise in the areas of project management, occupational health and safety management, human resources, and contract and cost management. In the fourth semester, the 15-week work integrated learning component will provide a hands-on learning experience.  It may take the form of an intensive applied learning project or a work placement. It will strengthen the students’ engineering management skills and increase their preparation for employment upon graduation.

Designed for students who want to develop skills and knowledge appropriate for an entry-level accounting position, this two-year program begins with a common Business first year, which upon successful completion, will earn you a certificate in Business Fundamentals.

Your second year in the program will give you the perfect foundation to continue building your studies or to enter the workforce. On successful completion of this program, you will be given the option of completing one additional year in the Business Administration - Accounting program.

Top Highlights

• Prepares you for a career in all areas of business, particularly in the small business enterprise sector
• Graduates have the option of completing one additional year in the Business Administration – Accounting program
• Train for a position in either the private or public sector

Confederation College’s Welding Techniques certificate program gives you the knowledge and hands-on experience you need to get a start in this exciting and in-demand field. Using our conventional and state-of-the-art welding power sources, you’ll get practical experience in various welding techniques. You’ll also get the shop instruction required to work towards your four position Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) certification – flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead – that most employers use as the standard for employment. Courses include basic arc welding, blueprint reading, pipe to plate, T-joints, basic metallurgy, pressure plate, and advanced welding.

Top Highlights

• Get hands-on training with our conventional and state-of-the art welding equipment
• Program prepares you for your CWB certification, the standard for employment for most shops
• Personalized instruction provides plenty of opportunity for one-on-one learning
• Program meets industrial standards, principles, practices, and trade disciplines of today’s job market

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

As a graduate of our two-year program, you will gain knowledge in the design, construction and operation of water, soil, geomatics, roads, railways, bridges and buildings. At Confederation College, our small class sizes mean you will get great practical hands-on experience with the latest industry-standard technologies, including Computer-Aided-Drafting (CAD), Project Scheduling Software and Surveying. If you have good math skills, a logical mind and the desire to build upon the world around you, the Civil Engineering Technician program will give you the tools you need to succeed.

Top Highlights

• Training with the latest industry-standard technologies
• Planned work placement plus optional co-op placement provides industry experience
• Opportunity to work in a variety of fields including, but not limited to city planning, maintenance, mining, bridges, highways, rail and construction specialty projects, and more!

A career with measurable results! Marketing provides you with so many career choices, from working in product and services industries and not-for-profits to creating your own business enterprise. If you like to think outside the box, are people-oriented, enjoy planning and strategizing and are results-driven, a career in marketing could be for you.

Confederation College’s Business Administration - Marketing three-year diploma program expands on your existing knowledge from our two-year Business - Marketing program. In the third year, you will take advanced courses in digital marketing, social media and retail management, as well as have the opportunity to fully plan and execute a fundraising event. Your last semester will be dedicated to a work placement so that you get real-world experience, giving you an even bigger advantage in the job market.

Highlights

• Provides more job opportunities and career advancement opportunities than two-year program
• Four-month work placement in the final semester
• Continue building your studies 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

If you are currently working in industry and would like to pursue your diploma, contact us for information on credits that you may be eligible to receive by participating in Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR).

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

Industry is experiencing a rapidly growing need for the expertise provided by the Mechanical Engineering Technician program. This two-year program of study will develop highly skilled personnel capable of meeting the constantly changing demands brought on by advancing technologies.

The program design is broad based, meeting the basic outcomes particular to the Millwright, Machinist, and Steam Fitter trades, while meeting the additional requirements associated with an academic program presented at the Technician level. An optional co-op placement in industry will be an integral part of the program, giving you hands-on experience above and beyond what traditional classroom instruction and laboratories can provide.

Top Highlights

• Balance of practical and coursework – you might be getting your hands dirty with a wrench one day, then be designing with CAD the next!
• One optional Co-op gives you a work experience in the field
• Prepares you for further apprenticeship learning in a variety of trades