Diploma in Recreation and Community Development

at Saskatchewan Polytechnic - Saskatoon Campus Canada

If you like working one-on-one with kids with different needs, and you want to see them included in the classroom, becoming an educational assistant might be the career for you. Educational assistants provide the all-important one-on-one support that makes today’s inclusive classrooms possible. The Educational Assistant program is respected by school boards province-wide. We’ll teach you the skills and give you the hands-on experience you need to make a lasting difference in a child’s life.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic offers the one-year Educational Assistant certificate program in Saskatoon, as well as through regional colleges around the province. Or, you can take the certificate through distance education. Whether you study on campus or via distance learning, you’ll participate in two 4-week practicums - one in an elementary school, one in a high school.

Why Practicums?
Putting you in the classroom lets you apply what you’ve learned to helping children with different needs. You’ll see first hand the kind of technology being used and the curriculum being taught. You’ll have a package of guidance strategies to help deal with situations as they arise. Most importantly, you’ll gain a solid understanding of what to expect in a real classroom with real kids.

What You’ll Learn
Your job is to assist classroom teachers by working with children or youth with diverse learning needs. Saskatchewan Polytechnic provides the knowledge and skills you’ll need, including:

• Basic care skills (lifting to feeding)
• Classroom management and crisis prevention techniques and strategies
• Communication skills and professionalism
• Cultural awareness and family dynamics
• Exceptionalities (causes, characteristics and accommodations)
• Social, emotional, cognitive development (children and teens)
• Supporting teachers in specific subject areas
• Your role in the classroom

Mining is one of the fastest growing sectors in Saskatchewan. In the next 10 years, estimates predict over 15,000 new workers will be needed in the industry—including mining engineering technologists.

Mining engineering technologists work in hard and soft rock mining operations here in Saskatchewan, across Canada and around the world. It’s a well-paying career that can involve surveying, ventilation, ground control, mine planning or supervision. You need to be a team player, good at problem solving, comfortable working with new technology and committed to workplace safety.

Mining Engineering Technology is a two-year diploma program offered at Saskatchewan Polytechnic Saskatoon campus. In the classroom and in the lab, you’ll learn to apply scientific principles to basic mining engineering situations.

You’ll develop knowledge and skills in:

• basic geology, geophysics, electricity and instrumentation
• computer applications in mining
• fluid mechanics
• ground control
• mine hydrology and environmental concerns
• mine ventilation
• ore processing and transportation
• project management
• safety
• soil, concrete and shotcrete testing
• surveying and drafting

Hands-on learning involves everything from computer simulations, to geology and surveying labs, to mechanical and materials testing labs. Second year projects will help you build skills in mine design, blasting and ventilation. You’ll also carry out an applied research project. This emphasis on learning by doing ensures you’re ready to work from day one after graduation.

As an early childhood educator, you will support children as they learn through play. Your role will be to create developmentally appropriate curriculum and design inviting and effective quality learning environments. You will learn how to develop holistic programs that include early literacy and language, creative arts, numeracy, and open-ended play experiences both indoors and outdoors. Your responsibilities will include working alongside your colleagues to build relationships with children and families, community partners and other professionals.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic's two-year Early Childhood Education (ECE) diploma program is offered on-campus in Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon, or through regional colleges or distance learning, wherever you live.

Please note, based on availability your practicum may be outside of your program location.

It is a highly respected program that integrates the most current research on early childhood education. Topics of study will include:

• observation, assessment and documentation
• learning through play
• children with diverse abilities
• child guidance techniques
• family and community relationships
• play environments and program planning
• programming for infants, toddlers, pre-school and school-age children
• administration and child care regulations
• communication and employability skills

Employers across the country, from natural resource companies to hospitals and schools, to manufacturers and office-based businesses, to retailers - all must conform to occupational health and safety legislation. As legislation and standards become multifaceted, demand for qualified Occupational Health and Safety professionals grows.

This program is a great fit if you're looking to enter the Occupational Health and Safety profession, are already working in occupational health and safety and want to expand your career opportunities, considering or preparing to write the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) exam or Canadian Registered Safety Technician (CRST) exam or are looking to expand your knowledge.

Explore the career possibilities of Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Occupational Health and Safety certificate program. Our graduates work in a wide variety of industries, advising employers on occupational health and safety issues.

The program provides knowledge relevant to all workplaces in:

• Auditing safety management
• Contractor safety management
• Disability management
• Emergency management
• Ergonomics
• Law and ethics
• Incident investigation
• Industrial hygiene
• Risk management
• Safety management systems

Turn your passion for food into a career. Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Culinary Arts diploma program is hands-on, fast-paced, and cutting edge—and the only four-semester advanced culinary training program in Saskatchewan.

Get the professional training you need to launch a career in cooking, whether you’re interested in a career in restaurants, hotels, resorts, private clubs, catering, institutional settings or running your own restaurant. We train the next generation of culinary leaders.

Culinary Arts is a four-semester diploma program offered at Saskatchewan Polytechnic Prince Albert Campus, Regina Campus, and Saskatoon Campus, Idylwyld Dr. Your instructors are all experienced Red Seal chefs. They will introduce you to cooking principles and practices, everything from baking to breakfasts, garde manger to a la carte, and meats, seafood, and poultry to vegetables, starches, and pasta. Here are some of the exciting culinary subjects you will be exposed to:

• baking and pastry
• catering and special event cooking
• Contemporary cuisine and modern food trends
• field to fork experience
• fine dining
• meat cutting and cooking
• regional foods and Indigenous foods
• sauces and soups
• short-order food production
• vegetable cooking
• wines and beverages
• world cuisines

Intensive, Hands-On Education
From food prep to short-order cooking to fine dining, you will learn what it is like to work in a commercial kitchen—you’ll spend your time learning new skills and applying new knowledge through a combination of hands-on learning, online learning, and participation in actual food events.

The Cyber Security post-graduate certificate will prepare students for the challenges of identifying network and computer system vulnerabilities, conducting ethical hacks to determine system risk and designing organizational cyber security plans. The program content is based on the expectation that students will have developed problem-solving skills and basic research skills in their undergraduate information and communication technology degrees, and that the Cyber Security post-graduate certificate program will enhance their existing knowledge and skills. Cyber security is everyone's business, and developing current practical knowledge is important in this digital growth industry.

The goal of the program is to prepare internationally-educated graduates with degrees in information and communications technology for the fields of data analysis and machine learning. Humans have always wanted to better understand the massive amounts of currently available and newly gathered data and what that means for future potential.

Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics is the power to analyze and learn about large amounts of data from multiple sources and detect patterns to make future trend predictions. Business and industry benefits from predictive analytics to make decisions about production, marketing and development.

You will study

• Cost and benefit estimation for process change
• Conversion of business questions into data mining problems
• Enterprise data architecture and associated technologies
• Strategies to leverage the popular data science language Python
• Importance of business intelligence to the modern enterprise
• Application of artificial intelligence (AI) application programming interfaces (APIs) to business applications
• Application of algorithms to make predictions that form the foundation of machine learning
• Ethical issues surrounding big data
• Emerging application of AI to common business areas

The University of Regina and Saskatchewan Polytechnic jointly offer a collaborative program: the Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN)

As a Student in the SCBScN program you will begin your nursing education in Year 1 with opportunities to work directly with patients and clients. SCBScN is accredited by the Canadian Association of Nursing (CASN). This means that your nursing program meets national standards of excellence in nursing education.

Today’s library technologist is tech-savvy, socially engaged and passionate about life-long learning. It’s a great career for anyone interested in literacy, learning and innovation.

Library techs are in demand—because libraries have become the go-to place for everything from traditional books to e-books, multi-media and online resources.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic's two-year Library and Information Technology diploma program has been developed in accordance with the Canadian Library Association Guidelines to address ongoing advances in technology and changing library user needs. Offered at our Saskatoon campus, the program prepares you to support librarians in any type of library—or to manage day-to-day operations on your own in a small library.

You’ll take a variety of introductory academic courses to familiarize yourself with a wide variety of subjects, from world history to literature. You’ll discuss the impact of new technologies, the political and economic factors impacting information sharing, the benefits and risks of digital storage, and more. Through lectures, labs and hands-on projects, you’ll develop knowledge and skills in:

• Acquisitions, circulation and interlibrary loans
• Archives and records management
• Computer-based and traditional library management
• Database searching and reference research
• Descriptive and subject cataloguing
• Programming and public relations
• Reader assistance
• Website design and social media

If you’re interested in a hands-on trade, check out Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Welding program. We’ll get you started on a career that offers a lot of options, great mobility and excellent pay.

Welders are in high demand—in oil and gas, mining, manufacturing and construction. You need to be good with your hands and enjoy working with tools. You also need to be a problem-solver and a team player who’s able to follow instructions.

Welding is a one-year certificate program offered at all four Saskatchewan Polytechnic campuses in Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon. Build knowledge and skills in operating welding equipment and performing basic welding operations. You’ll get hands-on instruction in:

• cutting processes
• gas metal arc, gas tungsten arc, shielded metal arc welding
• general shop practice and shop safety
• operating fabrication equipment
• oxy/acetylene fusion welding
• quality assurance
• using blueprints