Certificate in Commerce Industry Sales and Marketing

at Red River College Polytechnic - Exchange District Campus Canada

This program trains you for entry-level employment as an engineering technologist in the electrical industry, which provides a broad range of employment opportunities. You develop the conceptual knowledge base and troubleshooting skills to prepare you for a range of roles that include design, installation, maintenance, production, and technical sales and support.

Topics in the program include:

• Use and application of programmable logic controllers (PLCs), variable frequency motor drives (VFDs), soft starters, and data communication to link all of the preceding elements for the control of manufacturing systems.
• Planning, designing, and specifications of power systems with motor protection for buildings and industrial plants. You will generate AutoCAD drawings, calculate short circuit currents, and coordinate fuses, circuit breakers, and protective relays. Canadian Electrical Code instruction is delivered by journeyman electricians.
• Hydro electric power generation, transmission, and distribution systems with a view to operation, control, and protection.
• Assessment of power system harmonics concerns by measuring TDD and THD and offering solutions to improve performance.

Note: First year of the program will be held at the Exchange District Campus before transferring to the main Notre Dame Campus for the rest of the program.

This program develops the skills you need to work in entry-level baking and pastry positions in a wide variety of establishments.

You will learn how to produce commercial quantities of the following:

• Breads and rolls
• Sweet dough
• Plain and sweet pastry
• Danish and puff pastry
• Cookies
• Shortbreads
• Cakes
• Desserts

Your training will consist of classroom instruction, practical lab work, and off-campus work experience. It will also include sanitation and safe equipment usage and inspection, and basic bakery management using software.

This program develops the knowledge and personal selling skills you require for building and maintaining long-term partnerships and for achieving sales success. The program promotes a needs-satisfaction selling philosophy supported by strategic selling techniques. It focuses on the selling function of marketing and its relation to an overall marketing strategy.

Selling is well-suited to learning through application, with the use of oral presentations and salesperson and customer role plays. Throughout the program you will have many opportunities to practice your presentation and selling skills and to review your performance. You will study the various functions of marketing. You will strengthen your interpersonal skills and develop the persuasive communication strategies you need for success in sales.

The Career and Personal Development courses will expose you to the real world of business and help you identify the areas in the field of personal selling that you are interested in. In addition to exploring your career interests, you participate in a number of workshops to develop the skills that will help you both in the program and in your professional career. You will spend one full week with a sponsoring firm, where you will research the firm's sales and marketing strategies.

After you apply, you will be invited to attend an information session to inform you about your career choice and prepare you for the demands of the program. Although attendance is not mandatory, you are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity.

Creative Communications prepares you for a career in advertising, broadcasting, media production, journalism, communications and public relations. The program gives you the skills and knowledge necessary to obtain an entry-level position in this wide range of communication-based jobs. 

In addition to the areas listed above, students also take courses in electronic publishing, web design, social media, creative writing, photography, business and marketing. As a student, during your course studies, you have access to a media production/TV studio, photography studio, radio station, editing suites, model newsroom, model advertising agency, a Foley/sound recording studio, computer labs as well as other dedicated lab spaces.

The Network and Services Technician program is for individuals who wish to enter the Information Technology profession. No Information Technology pre-knowledge is required.
The Network and Services Technician program is an 8-month program that provides the student with a general knowledge base that can be applied in both the SOHO networking environment as well as targeting a junior position in a larger corporate IT department. The focus is to provide the graduate with a broad based basic competency in a number of key areas. The successful graduate has a basic to intermediate understanding of a number of IT areas. These include:

• Client Operating Systems: MS Windows, Linux
• Server Operating Systems: MS Windows, Linux
• Network Equipment Infrastructure: Cisco CCNA training
• Network Cable Plant Infrastructure: BICSI inspired instruction
• Wireless Communication: Cisco AP's
• VoIP: Cisco Communication Manager Express
• PC Hardware Support: A+ Hardware and Software

This program is designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills set required to analyze, design, and manage projects and businesses in the area of information technology. The Business Technology Management Diploma builds upon a combined set of information technology and business courses. Students in this program will be exposed to a variety of case studies and practical skills to be effective in advising or managing teams in the IT field. Students will apply their skills in an industry environment through the department's co-op program.

This program trains you for entry-level employment as an engineering technologist in the electrical industry, which provides a broad range of employment opportunities. You develop the conceptual knowledge base and troubleshooting skills to prepare you for a range of roles that include design, installation, maintenance, production, and technical sales and support.

Topics in the program include:

• Use and application of programmable logic controllers (PLCs), variable frequency motor drives (VFDs), soft starters, and data communication to link all of the preceding elements for the control of manufacturing systems.
• Planning, designing, and specifications of power systems with motor protection for buildings and industrial plants. You will generate AutoCAD drawings, calculate short circuit currents, and coordinate fuses, circuit breakers, and protective relays. Canadian Electrical Code instruction is delivered by journeyman electricians.
• Hydro electric power generation, transmission, and distribution systems with a view to operation, control, and protection.
• Assessment of power system harmonics concerns by measuring TDD and THD and offering solutions to improve performance.

CO-OP/Practicum Information
Co-operative education integrates classroom theory with related on-the-job-training by alternating terms of academic study and employment.
This program offers a co-operative education stream to give you direct industry experience, introduce your abilities to local employers, and help finance your schooling. 
Year 1 includes an optional co-op work term. Year 2 includes a mandatory co-op work term. Only students enrolled in the first or second year of Electronic, Electrical or Instrumentation Engineering Technology are eligible to enrol in the co-op work term.

Note: First year of the program will be held at the Exchange District Campus before transferring to the main Notre Dame Campus for the rest of the program.

Creative Communications prepares you for a career in advertising, broadcasting, media production, journalism, communications and public relations. The program gives you the skills and knowledge necessary to obtain an entry-level position in this wide range of communication-based jobs. 

In addition to the areas listed above, students also take courses in electronic publishing, web design, social media, creative writing, photography, business and marketing. As a student, during your course studies, you have access to a media production/TV studio, photography studio, radio station, editing suites, model newsroom, model advertising agency, a Foley/sound recording studio, computer labs as well as other dedicated lab spaces.

Digital Media Design is a one-year certificate program that teaches graphic design, web and mobile design and development, UI/UX, video and motion graphics, illustration, and 3D artistry (sculpting, modelling, lighting, texturing, and animation). The creative economy is booming and technology is playing an increasingly larger role in everything we do from games to movies, apps to animation. In DMD, you will learn the foundational theory, techniques, and technology you need to succeed in this industry.

Graduates from the DMD certificate program can enter into the one-year Digital Media Design — Video and Motion Graphics diploma program or the Digital Media Design — Interaction Design and Development program.

The first year of the Culinary Arts diploma program is designed to prepare students to work in the culinary industry by providing courses aimed at developing fundamental skills and knowledge; including basic business skills. Courses will be presented through a combination of classroom based theory and lab based practice. Students will also obtain certifications in Food Handler Level 1, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), First Aid, and Fire Safety.

The second year of the program will build on your culinary foundation through advanced and specialty theory and practice. Courses presented are a combination of classroom theory and lab based practice. Among other courses, students will serve and prepare Canadian regional cuisine in Jane’s fine dining restaurant and will obtain Smart Choices certification.