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This Month's Events
The School of Trades & Technology
The School of Trades & Technology plays a vital role in training tradespeople, technicians, technologists and artisans on Southern Vancouver Island. We offer a variety of programs and courses to meet your needs, be they to establish or further your career in the trades or technologies, bridge into a third year Engineering program or just for your own personal interest through Continuing Education.
IMPORTANT: This month the Technology Information Session will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 6:15pm in the Tec building, room 110. Information on the Trades Information Session can be found here: http://camosun.ca/learn/infosessions/
News & events 
Sail the international seas—without leaving Interurban Campus!
Posted Thu, 26 Apr 2012
Camosun's Nautical department can teach everything you’ll need for an exciting sea-faring career. With a combination of sophisticated technology and expert faculty, you can gain at-the-helm experience on the high seas—virtually, that is—using Camosun’s Transas Navi-Trainer 4000 desktop simulator! The simulator, located at the Interurban campus, is a teaching tool that gives students the experience of being out at sea through virtual exercises and labs.
Interactive exercises allow students to navigate through real world experiences that are difficult to simulate in a dry-land classroom, but are essential skills for anyone in command of a ship. Depending on the course being taught and the purpose of the exercise, instructors can program the Transas Navi-Trainer to mimic real environmental conditions like geography, weather and time of day. “The simulators are ideal tools for building and improving the navigational and manoeuvring skills of ship’s Masters and Navigation Officers,” says Ivan Oxford, Program Leader of the Nautical department. A student may not otherwise get to practise navigating through a winter storm on the BC Coast, or a windy day in Baltimore—the simulator provides them with these different situations and international locations.”
Students also receive valuable lessons in working with a crew because the majority of exercises are done in groups. “The simulator labs are excellent platforms for building team work, improving communication skills and increasing situational awareness, says Oxford. “Being able to manage a bridge is a critical part of being a captain or working on a ship. Some programs at other institutions cannot provide this, which is why we are incredibly fortunate to have the simulator.”
If you are looking for a career at sea there are a number of training programs and courses available through the Nautical department. Many of these use the simulator to strengthen the training in areas such as: chart work and pilotage, navigational safety, electronic navigation, meteorology, bridge resource management, electronic chart display & information systems and ship handling. The ship models include professional craft such as tug boats, freighters, tankers and passenger ferries as well as a pleasure yacht.
However if you want to learn more about pleasure craft, Camosun’s Continuing Education department offers courses that take as little as five days of training. Courses can also be customized to meet specific business or group needs.
Programs run throughout the year, and updated information can be found at camosun.ca/nautical. Whether you want to sail the international seas, or learn more about the oceans surrounding Vancouver Island, Camosun’s Nautical Department has a program for you!
Contact
Ivan Oxford
250–370–4016
Oxford@camosun.ca
Enrolment shuffle means better service for Apprentices
Posted Fri, 09 Mar 2012
Enrolment Services and the School of Trades and Technology have combined forces to provide trades students and apprentices with a convenient one-stop-shop. As a result, the Apprenticeship office in Jack White 122 is a busy and crowded place these days.
Kay Henry is currently filling the position of Trades and Apprenticeship Administrator, replacing Karen McNeill, who is taking on a new challenge as the Women in Trades Coordinator. Kay supports apprenticeship students and instructors by maintaining statistics required by the college and the ITA, reporting grades, and handling a myriad of other responsibilities.
Kay now has two new office-mates: in February this year, Admissions Enrolment Facilitators Clare Vining and Hayley Sanchez moved into the Apprenticeship office, sharing the space with Kay. Despite the physical relocation, they still report to the Coordinator of Enrolment Services as they process applications, manage waitlists, and do what has to be done to fill all the apprenticeship classes. They also answer questions about funding, how to register with the ITA and other general trades-related inquiries that come their way via email, fax, phone and face-to-face drop-ins.
Camosun offers the technical training for 20 different apprenticeship programs, with a maximum 16 students per class. Each calendar year a schedule is created and Clare and Hayley work through it month by month to match apprentices with the appropriate type of training. Unlike students in other programs, apprentices cannot apply or register online; it all has to be done in person, by phone or by fax. Apprenticeship classes are scheduled with continuous intakes, and at any given time, each trade might have as many as four levels running concurrently, with classes running for four to ten weeks in length, depending on the trade. It’s a complex process that’s critical to the college’s revenue stream.
Efficiency and customer-service are the main reasons for moving Clare and Hayley out of the Campus Centre and into the Jack White building. The close proximity has allowed Kay, Clare and Hayley to form a more productive and efficient team. Trades students now find it easier to access the information they need to proceed through their apprenticeship journey. It’s also more convenient for trades instructors to follow up on behalf of their students. Anyone is welcome to drop by in person to JW 122 at Interurban campus, or call the apprenticeship phone line: 250-370-3846.
And if you’re wondering where to find Karen McNeill, she now works from an office adjacent to the Plumbing and Pipefitting shop in the John Drysdale building. Among other accomplishments, Karen successfully met her recruitment goals by filling two full classes of the new 12-week Women in Trades Exploration program. The School of Trades and Technology is now in the process of applying for additional funding to support another intake of this unique program.
Congratulations to Student Services and the School of Trades and Technology for pulling together as a team, providing a culture of excellence for our students!
Trades students: Deadline to apply for Society of Vocational Instructors MAY 15
Posted Fri, 09 Mar 2012
More information at: http://svibc.ca/bursaries.html
Last updated: 26-Apr-2012 10:20 am
