Certificate in Mechanical Techniques (General Machinist)

at Niagara College - Welland Campus Canada

Are you a detail-oriented story-teller who excels at relationship building and boasts a strong range of skills including writing and research and strategic communications and analysis?
As a Public Relations (PR) Practitioner, you are a strong written and verbal communicator with an understanding of the importance of effective communication between an organization and its publics.

Program Highlights:

• Develop the public relations and strategic communication skills needed to succeed in the fast-paced and diverse world of PR.
• Gain hands-on learning experience via a 152-hour field placement and applied learning projects involving industry clients in the second term.
• Curriculum, including an emphasis on social media, is informed by a program advisory committee to ensure industry relevance and exceeds current provincial PR program standards.
• Program runs three days a week in both terms.
• Provides multiple networking opportunities for the students to meet industry professionals.

Are you interested in engineering innovative electronic equipment to help power next generation technology?
As an Electrical Engineering Technology graduate you will be able to respond to the growing need for faster, smarter and more energy efficient power electronic systems across many industries.

Program Highlights:

• Program focuses on power electronic systems and industrial automation in areas of electrical power generation, power distribution, protection and control; energy conservation; utility planning; and renewable energy systems.
• Extensive hands-on industry experience via three co-op work terms.
• Graduates with relevant experience can apply for the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) certification.

Are you passionate about leading a healthy and active lifestyle and want to motivate others to join your movement?

Become a leader in the Fitness and Health Promotion industry. A combination of classroom, hands-on and placement experiences allow opportunity to develop skills to counsel, motivate and educate others on various components of a healthy lifestyle. Specific course work will prepare you to challenge industry certifications required to assess, prescribe and evaluate exercise programs for individuals and groups.

Program Highlights:

• 150 hours of practical work experience during two field placement opportunities.
• Experiential learning opportunities implementing health and wellness initiatives for community partners, Niagara College staff and students.
• Graduates may challenge nationally and internationally recognized industry specific certifications to become group exercise leaders and certified personal trainers.
• Upon graduation, pathways to further education through articulation agreements.

Are you detail oriented with a desire to provide excellent patient care and customer service?
As a community pharmacy assistant, working alongside a registered pharmacist and/or pharmacy technician, you are an integral part of the health care team that provides community pharmaceutical services.

Program Highlights

• Enhanced learning experience in a simulated community pharmacy.
• Hands-on, applied learning gained through labs and field placement completed concurrently with academic studies.
• Build knowledge of the latest pharmaceutical products, practices and drug distribution systems.

Do you have a passion for capturing stories as they unfold from behind the scenes and enjoy the freedom of creative expression?
As a Television Production graduate, you are well-equipped to produce a wide variety of broadcast coverage for traditional, online and streaming outlets.

Program Highlights:

• Introduction to the radio, television, and film industries including hands-on learning opportunities offered in-studio and on-location and single and multi-camera training using the latest broadcast equipment.
• Facilities include a radio production training lab, fully HD television studio, digital radio broadcast studio and a $1-million high-definition (HD) production truck.
• LIVE weekly TV magazine show broadcasted and streamed in conjunction with Television Presentation students.
• Immersive seven-week broadcast industry field placement.
• High graduate employment rate working in sports, news and entertainment organizations across Canada.
• Students apply to Broadcasting – Radio, Television and Film and select a program concentration during the first year of the program.

Do you want to make a solid contribution to the structural development of industry facing a shortage of qualified skilled trade workers?

As a welding technician, you work closely with engineers, are skilled at determining the cutting, fitting and welding sequence, and have a thorough understanding of manufacturing codes and standards across a wide variety of industries.

Program Highlights:

• Hands-on experiential learning in a state-of-the-art, full-size weld shop and fabrication lab, and accredited Canadian Welding Bureau and Technical Standards & Safety Authority test-centre facility.
• Gain practical experience taking metal fabrication projects from engineering drawings through cutting and forming stages to welding processes.
• Gain an understanding of industry standard inspection procedures.
• Shares a common first year with Niagara College Welding Techniques 1 year certificate.

Do you have an aptitude for meticulous work and the desire to be part of the integrated health care team that provides oral care to individuals of all ages?
As a dental assistant you will play a key role in a dental practice, and will have the knowledge and practical skills needed to help patients achieve their oral health goals.

Program Highlights:

• Over 400 hours of hands-on, experiential learning in Niagara College’s new, state-of-the-art, fully operational dental clinic and labs.
• Unique interprofessional education experience in both classroom and clinical environments.
• Gain practical experience in a dental office field placement and combine theory with real-world experience.
• Accredited by the Commission of Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC).
• Graduates are eligible to write the entry to practice National Dental Assisting Examination Board (NDAEB) exam followed by certification by the Ontario Dental Assistants Association after successful completion of the NDAEB exam.

Looking to turn your fascination for solving electronic problems into a positively charged career?
As an Electronics Engineering Technician graduate you will solve complex technical problems with a high degree of accuracy and speed to improve organizational efficiency.

Program Highlights:

• Modern equipment and spacious lab facilities provide an optimal, applied learning experience.
• Further your studies by transitioning to the Electronics Engineering Technology (Co-op) program.
• Students are eligible to complete the Amateur Radio Operators & Technician-Level Certification.
• Graduates with relevant experience can apply for the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians & Technologists (OACETT) certification.
• Program is approved by the Canadian Navy Subsidized College Education Program. Students may enter the following occupations: Naval Electronics Technician – Communications, Naval Electronics Technician – Radar, Naval Electronics Technician – Sonar, Naval Weapons Technician.

Do you like the news? Music? Sports? Do you enjoy being in the spotlight?
As a Radio or Television Broadcaster, you are as versatile as the evolving media industry platforms that you report from.

Program Highlights

• Introduction to the radio, television, and film industries including hands-on learning in music, talk and news radio, electronic news gathering (ENGs), and in-studio hosting.
• Broadcast 24/7 on CRNC The Heat available LIVE online at crnc.ca.
• Facilities include a radio production training lab, fully HD television studio, digital radio broadcast studio and a $1-million high-definition (HD) production truck.
• LIVE weekly TV magazine show broadcasted and streamed in conjunction with Television Production students.
• Immersive seven-week broadcast industry field placement.
• Students apply to Broadcasting – Radio, Television and Film and select a program concentration during the first year of their program.

Mechanical Engineering Technologists learn to work independently in the design, development, maintenance and testing of equipment and technologies. The program focuses on design and manufacturing with components of robotics and industrial controls – exactly what modern manufacturers are looking for in graduates and new employees.

Program Highlights:

• Practical experience via four co-op work terms.
• Machine design and analysis using mechanical engineering principles and computer modelling.
• Industrial automation – robotics, CNC, and PLC programming, and the interconnectivity of these devices.
• 3D modeling and 3D printing.
• Manufacturing process design and support – machining, metal forming process, hydraulics, pneumatics, other processes, lean manufacturing.
• Quality inspection and analysis of data.