Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education-Infants and Toddlers

at North Island College - Campbell River Campus Canada

As an industrial automation technician you will design, install, and maintain electronics equipment used in modern industrial processes. You will work on a wide range of systems, from the simplest fuses and motors to sophisticated electronic computer interface boards, motor drives, programmable logic controllers, solid-state devices and robotics.  NIC’s Industrial Automation Technician program has been accredited by the Canadian Forces and graduates can gain advanced standing as a naval electronics technician.

This program is Transport Canada approved and meets the criteria for training and examinations to become an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer - Category ‘S’ (Structures).    Graduates who complete the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer License are then eligible to assess, plan and undertake structural repair of aircraft and receive an 11-month time credit toward the three-year requirement to complete your AME-S certification.

Learn the required skills to repair, maintain and install electronic circuits and equipment. Hands-on experiments teach you the correct use of tools, test equipment, troubleshooting procedures and soldering techniques. You will accumulate approximately 700 hours of hands-on lab time.

The Culinary Business Operations Diploma involves a blend of theory, professional culinary events, online learning, field trips and applied learning in NIC’s teaching kitchen and vibrant campus-based Café and Bistro.  The program is available to students who chose to pursue an apprenticeship and/or are seeking formal education in professional culinary education while gaining fundamental business competencies.  Students will have the opportunity to complete the required technical training and work-based training hours to achieve their Red Seal.

This unique certificate provides you with the technical skills and industry knowledge needed to conceptualize and create jewellery for artistic expression or as a source of income. It is well-suited to anyone who is interested in beginning or advancing their skills in jewellery making and design - be it for personal enrichment or career interest. No previous experience is required; however, some studio work or hobby experience is advantageous.  During the program, you will explore a wide range of topics and apply professional techiques in jewellery making through extensive hands-on studio practice as well as demonstrations and lectures from skilled jewellery makers. The program focuses on metal techniques, including student work in base and precious metals. Courses emphasize individual creativity, giving you the opportunity to apply your learning to create your own designs.

The Early Childhood Care & Education certificate prepares you to work with young children of varying abilities from 30 months to five years, in a variety of early learning settings. Program completion is the first step toward your BC Early Childhood Educator certification. This program also provides opportunities for you to work with children and their families in other related fields.

Program graduates receive NIC’s Early Childhood Care and Education certificate, which fulfills the provincial ECE curriculum requirements for certification and employment in the early childhood education sector in BC. Requirements for your BC Early Childhood Educator certification (including 500-hours of work experience) are posted on the BC Early Learning website.   The Early Childhood Care & Education certificate can be completed full time in 10 months or on a flexible, part-time basis.

Information systems skills are valued in nearly every type of business and industry and graduates with a Computer Information Systems certificate can find employment in a range of areas. Graduates may also choose to pursue further study. You will learn about the essential elements of modern information systems including hardware, software, and networking. You will gain practical applied skills from extensive lab exercises and projects. You will gain experience in the following areas; operating system installation and administration, basic network administration, programming, database development and administration, software development processes and quality assurance and web development

The Culinary Business Operations Certificate combines theory and practice to prepare you for entry and mid-level positions in the culinary industry.  The program is available to students who chose to pursue an apprenticeship and complete their Red Seal and prepares students to continue their training through NIC’s Culinary Business Operations Diploma.  Students will have the opportunity to register as an apprentice while completing the required technical training and work-based training hours to achieve their Red Seal.

As an NIC Engineering Foundations Certificate student, you will gain the same skills and knowledge that you would receive in your first year at institutions such as UVic and UBC, but with smaller class sizes and personalized instruction in classes and labs. Choose from part-time or full-time studies to manage your workload or complete the program in one academic year. Upon graduation, you will be well prepared to communicate your ideas effectively as you learn to solve math and physical science problems at the first-year university level, applying principles of math and science to creative problem solving and design.

In the Early Childhood Care Diploma program you will look at more challenging child behaviors and how to use creative problem solving to achieve positive results.  You can choose to concentrate your education in two areas: working with infants and toddlers and/or working with children who require extra support. Through 200 hours of supervised practice experience for each stream, you will have opportunities to apply your knowledge and skills while working with children who require additional supports, with infants and toddlers and with their families.

As a diploma student, you will be provided with an overview of professional childcare concepts that prepare you for administrative and leadership responsibilities in early childhood programs.  You will be prepared to work with infants and toddlers, children of varying abilities and their families.  Graduates practice in a variety of early learning settings.