Diploma in Electrical Engineering Technician - Process Automation And Trades

at Sault College - Ste. Marie Campus Canada

The Metal Fabrication Technician (welder-fitter) program at Sault College will provide you with the thorough knowledge and understanding needed in the fields of welding and fabricating. The first year of this two-year program concentrates on covering welding techniques, while the second year focuses on more in-depth knowledge related to how to build structures made of metal. During your education, you will be taught how to safely and effectively lay out and then build the parts needed for large projects like bridges, buildings, towers and platforms. You will also learn how to construct and repair steel stairs, boilers, tanks, chutes, hoppers, stacks, and other assemblies and steel structures. Skilled instructors will teach you how to successfully plan interesting projects, quote the costs of materials needed, and use state-of-the-art equipment to make parts for projects with varying degrees of difficulty and assemble them.

Are you interested in being part of a profession that works to improve the lives of individuals, families, groups and communities? Are you ready to learn through classroom and hands-on field placement experiences? Join us in the Social Service Worker program to develop your knowledge and skills to assume the challenging and rewarding role of a helping professional.

The core skills that you will learn in the program involve taking strengths-based, ethical, problem solving approaches that promote social justice and social well-being. You will develop strong interpersonal, group and community capacity building skills that will enable you to provide support to individuals, groups, families and communities. You will gain an understanding from a social work perspective of the needs and strengths of diverse populations, and barriers to meeting these needs. You will learn theories that are based on an anti-oppressive approach to social work, and that involved empowerment and systems based approaches. You will expand and deepen your understanding of the multiple factors involved in both creating and addressing social inequities. Throughout the second year of the program you will experience approximately 500 hours of agency field placement which provides the opportunity to apply classroom learning within a community based organization.

Program Outcomes
A graduate of the Social Service Worker Program at Sault College will reliably demonstrate the ability to:

• Develop respectful and collaborative professional and interpersonal relationships that adhere to professional, legal, and ethical standards aligned to social service work.
• Record information accurately and communicate effectively in written, digital, verbal and non-verbal ways, in adherence to privacy and freedom of information legislation, in accordance with professional and workplace standards.
• Integrate a practice framework within a service delivery continuum, addressing the needs of individuals, families and communities at micro, mezzo, macro and global levels, and work with them in achieving their goals.
• Plan and implement accessible and responsive programs and services, recognizing the diverse needs and experiences of individuals, groups, families and communities, and meeting these needs.
• Examine current social policy, relevant legislation, and political, social, historical, and/or economic systems and their impacts for individuals and communities when delivering services to the user/client.
• Develop strategies and approaches that support individual clients, groups, families and communities in building the capacity for self-advocacy, while affirming their dignity and self-worth.
• Work from an anti-oppressive, strengths-based practice, recognizing the capacity for resilience and growth of individuals and communities when responding to the diverse needs of marginalized or vulnerable populations to act as allies and advocates.
• Develop strategies and approaches to implement and maintain holistic self-care as a member of a human service profession.
• Work with individuals, groups, families and their communities to ensure that service provider strategies promote social and economic justice, and challenge patterns of oppression, discrimination and harassment, and sexual violence with clients, coworkers and communities.
• Develop the capacity to work with the Indigenous individual, families, groups and communities while respecting their inherent rights to self-determine, and to identify and address systemic barriers that produce ill-effects, developing appropriate responses using approaches such as trauma informed care practice.

By taking any one of our ever-popular electrical engineering programs, you`ll learn about the fascinating field of electricity and electronics. You`ll also learn a wide array of skills in computer technology.
Sault College`s Electrical Engineering Technician - Process Automation and Trades program is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to pursue a career as an Electrical Engineering Technician and/or as an Industrial or Construction Electrician. Classroom instruction (semesters one through four) at Sault College will provide you with the basics of electricity and electronics as well as related subjects such as computer technology, industrial electronics, instrumentation, electrical machines, power electronics, and automated control systems. These skills will prepare you for a career in industrial environments with the electrical trades. Graduates will have a wide variety of skills including those required to install, test, modify, troubleshoot, and repair electrical systems.

Do you love making networks work? The Network Architecture and Security Analytics (NASA) program at Sault College is designed to build on your already-amazing computer skills and deepen your knowledge in the design,  operation, analysis and security of enterprise networks.

Become more in-demand as a specialist in information technology and network communications. Though this one-year post-diploma program you will:

• Use the latest technology to become a network architect. Learn about network planning, implementation and maintenance.
• Learn the skills of a cryptographer and how to assess security risks to digital infrastructure and develop security systems to protect sensitive information from hackers.
• Acquire professional and entrepreneurial skills for entry into the industry and self-employment.

The NASA program prepares you to obtain certification from Cisco Systems as a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) security specialist.

Few people have the skills and education needed to address the massive demand in this area across multiple sectors. Because of you, we know one more person who will keep us safe from spammers and identity thieves. Our personal information feels safer already!

This one-year graduate certificate program is geared to experienced internationally educated nurses holding a four-year bachelor`s degree in nursing.

Through theory, labs, simulation, and clinical practice, this program focuses on caring for seniors throughout the continuum of care in a variety of settings. It allows students to deepen their capability to care for seniors who are living with chronic illness and their families. Nursing excellence across the domains of practice is optimized within the context of the Canadian health-care system. A professional socialization framework will be emphasized.

Graduates of the Construction Project Management program plan, manage and supervise a broad range of construction projects within the residential, industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) and civil infrastructure sectors of the construction industry.

For someone with a background in Construction, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, this Ontario College Graduate Certificate program will provide the tools required to excel in the industry. The Sault College Construction Project Management program is designed for the recent graduate, or working industry professional to provide career growth opportunities in Construction and Project Management. The success of construction projects depend heavily on the management and execution of key project deliverables and knowledge of the construction industry.

As a student in the Occupational Therapist Assistant and Physiotherapist Assistant Diploma program, you will gain hands on experience to help prepare you to work in both fields of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist and/or a Physiotherapist. In addition you will:

• Learn to assist individuals regain or maintain independent function and mobility
• Participate in introductory fieldwork activities beginning in the first semester and gain valuable training from experienced clinicians in the workplace
• Experience student centred learning in active classrooms and small labs with individualized attention
• Have the opportunity to transfer to other Universities to pursue a degree

It may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but robots are replacing jobs! Over the next 10 years, nearly half of the Canadian workforce could be affected by automation.

The growth of automation means a growing industry in solution-driven product design, development and testing. We know you’re ready to change the future of industries. The Robotics and Automation program will have you thriving in a changing workforce. Gain knowledge, specialized expertise and professional skill related to robotic applications and automation. Use a state-of-the-art laboratory to simulate a manufacturing environment and put your ideas into action to solve real-world problems.

This one-year Ontario College Graduate Certificate program is designed to bridge the economic, environmental and social issues that influence communities. Students will develop expertise, skills and knowledge in sustainable community and business development by participating in theory and practice in the field with a focus on the current needs and trends of sustainable societies, communities, and organizations.

This program introduces effective tools to bring collaboration, dialogue, environmental protection and resource stewardship to the social, ecological and economic implications of change in varying communities. Students will develop strategies influencing the elements of environmental health to address challenges faced in developing a sustainable society.

In 8-months obtain a Business Fundamentals Certificate to enter the workforce faster or to discover your unique interest in Business by exploring the possible pathways and subject areas that lead into a 2 and/or 3 year Business program.

Join our well-respected Professors as you explore human resources, accounting, marketing and business principles and concepts toward a greater understanding of the world of business. Students will have access to curriculum that integrates the use of current technologies and innovative software in a look into the real world of business to give you an edge to succeed.

Sault College`s unique geographic location, bordering the United States, allows us the opportunity to provide a global perspective to the important study of business. You can rest assured that the Business Fundamentals program will provide you with a unique set of skills that are in increasing demand and highly regarded by the business community. At Sault College, preparing you for a successful career is Our Business.

Program Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Identify factors that have an impact on an organizations business opportunities.
• Explain the impact of corporate sustainability*, corporate social responsibility and ethics on an organizations business initiatives.
• Use current technologies to support an organization`s business initiatives.
• Apply basic research skills to support business decision making.
• Perform basic accounting procedures and financial calculations to support the operations of an organization.
• Describe marketing and sales concepts used to support the operations of an organization.
• Develop strategies for ongoing personal and professional development to enhance work performance.
• Outline the functional areas of a business and their interrelationships.