School of Trades and TechnologySupporting Aboriginal Learning

School of Trades Mjand Technology Mj

Agenda

The Resources

MiningLoggingWater

Mining Programs

• Mining Essentials• Provides recognized credentials such as: 1)Flagging, 2)First Aid 3)Skid steer

4) Fall Arrest 5) Scaffolding, along with core courses

• Construction Craft Worker– Level 1 5 weeks

• Utility pipe work, surveying, formwork, concrete

• Delivered in Kitimat, Terrace, Kamloops, Lower Mainland– NEXT Quesnel and Williams Lake

– Level 2 3- weeks• Blueprint reading, surveying 2, CTST, soil compaction,

Mining Programs

• Heavy Equipment Operator– 7 intakes this year for BCAMTA• ITA Programs

– Road builder Foundation Program– Heavy Equipment Operator Apprenticeship Program– 8 weeks long, ITA C of Q exam on completion– 98 percent pass rate on first time writes– Very strong employment take up on completion

The Resources

• Logging

Logging Programs 2012

• HEO Program – Forestry Stream– ITA Program

– Daggle Head Processor– Loader– Track/Tire Skidder– Feller Buncher

– 8 week operators program

The Resources

• Water

TRU Water ProgramsWater Safe

Small Water System Operations

Small Wastewater System Operations

Certificate in Water and Wastewater Utilities

Water Treatment Technology Diploma Program

Continuing Education for Water Treatment Industry

Bachelor of Trades & Technology Management

Water Education & Research

Centre

First Nations Water Education Program

Developed a program tailored to address First Nations needs by:• Providing a comprehensive education

plan that includes provincial certification and TRU diplomas for First Nation operators

• Building capacity in British Columbia First Nation communities to maintain a safe, sustainable water supply

Value Added Training

• Housing• Solar Power• Wind Power

Aboriginal Housing Programs

• Bonaparte House Project

• 10 Carpentry Apprentices• Indentured to the Band

• TRU Instructor• Build house to Lock up on Bonaparte Subdivision

Aboriginal Building Programs

• Residential Building Maintenance Worker– ITA Program 6 weeks

– Projects• Old Masset Village• 10 students under the tutelage of a TRU instructor

repairing homes

Continuing to Support Aboriginal Learning

• Where: Provincially• Programs: Provincially Certified

• Industry certifications• Industry Approved

• Models of Education: Built with the Learner in Mind

Thank You