Diploma in Police Foundations

at Sault College - Ste. Marie Campus Canada

The Protection, Security and Investigation program prepares graduates in a wide range of skills, enabling them to pursue careers in customs administration and brokering and public safety. The program has a common first year with the other criminal justice cluster program, Police Foundations. The program deals with the development, purpose, and operation of the legal system generally, and law enforcement related to customs, immigration, and security specifically. It also involves knowledge of security operations to protect persons and property in both the private and industrial settings. A new component in the program will introduce students to firefighter and emergency care operations. Understanding human behaviour and the development of strong interpersonal and communications skills will prepare the graduate to function more effectively and humanely in professions which demand mature and responsible reactions. Below are the top 5 reasons to take Protection, Security and Investigation:

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.

You’re drawn to conservation and environmental law because you care about the future of our planet and protecting our natural resources. Right now, the world needs more people like you! We want to help you achieve your goals.

The Natural Resources/Environmental Law – Inspection and Enforcement program blends experiential learning and theory to prepare you for a successful career in conservation and environmental law enforcement.

Learn about fish and wildlife conservation enforcement along with investigation and conflict management techniques you can bring into the field. Study environmental law and how it relates to conservation. And gain real-world experience through off-campus field study.

Use of our state-of-the-art simulation training lab - Learn through over 800 realistic, on-the-job scenarios that you can interact with using voice recognition and use of force tools.

Whether you choose to make the world better as a conservation office, MNR officer, investigator or in private environmental law enforcement – we kind of like the real you.

This graduate certificate program is geared to experienced internationally educated nurses holding a bachelor's degree in nursing. The program will support you in acquiring essential nursing knowledge and skills required to practice within the Canadian healthcare system, with a focus on caring for seniors throughout the continuum of care. You will learn from experienced nursing faculty in active learning environments.

The 3-year Mechanical Engineering Technology advanced diploma program will give you what it takes to help bring design to life!
Through in-class instruction and a world-class lab simulating the manufacturing environment, gain the critical skills to become an integral member of today’s engineering teams, including:

• Quality control procedures
• In-depth performance testing
• Product development support
• Design and manufacturing
• Improving engineering designs through analysis

Are you interested in progressing to university? The General Arts and Science UniversityTransfer diploma gives you the opportunity to explore a wide variety of subject areas such as communications, social sciences, humanities, the arts or math and science at a postsecondary level, and discover what it is that interests you. The UniversityTransfer diploma program also provides you with an excellent foundation for a university education, another diploma program or a career that requires wide-ranging and flexible, transferable skills, which meet the needs of many employers. This program can be taken full or part time allowing you flexibility in your studies.

This 40-hour course is intensely focused on safety and will prepare students to assume the role of an entry-level forest fire crew member. Students will be trained to MNRF standards in the maintenance and operation of equipment such as the power pump, and in proper use of suppression hand tools, communications and camping equipment. Students will also learn basic fire behaviours and fire terminology.

Interested students can obtain the certification by enrolling in the Forestry Technician - Conservation program at Sault College. The SP100 certificate is embedded in the forest fire management course, which is offered in the first semester of the program.

Are you passionate about high-quality health care?  Do you have a degree or diploma in a health-related field? Do you love taking the lead? Then a career in Health Care Administration is waiting for you. You’re going to be amazing!

Earn your Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Health Care Administration at Sault College in only 2 semesters and become the one to hire in your field.  You’ll learn about leading health organizations and systems, and will gain practical skills in communication, ethics, policy and law, innovation, health informatics, evidence-informed practice, operations, health human resource management, and financial processes.  In your final semester, you’ll complete a capstone project that brings everything together.

What else makes this Program the program of choice for the next generation of health leaders?

• Faculty are industry leaders – hear firsthand the challenges and opportunities facing health care today
• Study alongside health care professionals from around the world – the high caliber of learner attracted to the Program enriches the education experience
• Graduate with a solid understanding of the Ontario and Canadian health care system – the curriculum was developed by current health leaders with future administrators in mind
• Learn practical skills to improve experiences and outcomes for health system users
• Make a personal connection with your Instructors – the Program prides itself on creating an intimate personalized learning environment

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.

The focus of the Business - Accounting program is to prepare you for the important role of a successful and in-demand operational management accountant. The Sault College Accounting program is part of the well-established School of Business and provides in-depth application of traditional and computerized accounting concepts that are continually called upon in any industry or organization. Well-respected faculty with both accounting designations and years of experience in the accounting profession, deliver engaging lectures that have been highly rated by students and graduates of the program, sharing the knowledge you need to learn in ways that make sense to you. The program is continually changing to be responsive to industry needs and to meet the demands of the students seeking career opportunities and advancement in a business environment, while adhering to the well-regarded Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities standards for Accounting. If you graduate from our 2-year Business - Accounting diploma program, you can seek to pursue further study at local and regional Universities including Algoma University, Laurentian University and Lake Superior State University (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan).