Advanced Diploma in Environmental Technologist

at Loyalist College - Belleville Campus Canada

Applicants come from across Canada for the "triple threat skill set" of multimedia storytelling through digital photography, video capture, and news and feature-writing.

Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that employs images in order to tell a news story. ... Photojournalists create pictures that contribute to the news media, and help communities connect with one other.

Experiential Learning
Get a well-rounded set of skills through hands-on learning in our Digital Media Centre:

• Develop skills in reporting, writing, electronic publishing, camera operation and lighting.
• Get a deep understanding of news judgment and the principles of storytelling.
• Learn advanced photojournalism techniques in digital photography, video capture and computer-based image processing.
• Get hands-on experience working for Loyalist’s award-winning online community newspaper, the Pioneer.
• Photograph, report, write and edit assignments for the student-run online news service, QNet News.

Customs compliance and border security have emerged as areas of national focus in public safety and global trade. Train for a career in this dynamic segment of the Canadian economy. Learn with leaders in virtual learning environments – Loyalist’s border simulations have been used by the Canada Border Services Agency to train new recruits.

Experiential learning
We believe in preparing by doing, with hands-on experience and cutting-edge technology:

• Through experiential learning, develop essential skills in listening, observing, critical thinking, conflict management and decision making.
• Gain a deeper understanding of global diversity through the development of your awareness and understanding of legislation and regulations.
• Experience the role of a border services officer in a virtual learning environment, completing the inspection procedure and questioning unknown travellers as you would in real life.
• Practise searching for and identifying contraband during forensic vehicle searches.
• Develop your proficiency in computer applications used in public and private customs-related industry

There are career-building opportunities in this skilled trade for people who enjoy working with their hands and take pride in a job well done. Loyalist students practise green and sustainable building methods as they work through a major carpentry or renovation project.

Experiential learning
Learning emphasizes practical hands-on work during a major carpentry, new construction or renovation building project:

• Practise your skills in carpentry and construction including, rough carpentry/framing, finish carpentry, base footings, insulation, vapour and air barriers, drywalling, window and door installation, interior and exterior finishes, fine finishing techniques, and roofing.
• Study building codes, work from blueprints, produce basic sketches, develop building details and create computer-assisted drawings using AutoCAD and SketchUp.
• Receive hands-on instruction in environmentally sound construction techniques, proper tool usage and jobsite safety.
• Second-year students develop advanced techniques in sustainable and alternative building, sustainable construction, green build and healthy homes, i.e., low VOC (volatile organic compounds), electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems.  
• Obtain industry-required certificates such as Working at Heights and First Aid.

A career in radio can take you from coast to coast. Get hands-on professional training at two College radio stations, and prepare for a variety of exciting opportunities on the air and behind the scenes.

Experiential learning
From the first week of classes you’ll get hands-on experience in a live, on-air environment, preparing you for actual broadcast conditions in the industry. In 2014, the CRTC renewed the broadcast licence for CJLX-FM for the maximum seven-year term, until 2021.

• First-year students operate Hot Hits, a radio station that streams online and is equipped with the latest automation system, production equipment and music scheduling software.
• Towards the end of their first year, students are ready to run 91X FM (CJLX-FM 91.3), a licensed, full-power campus-community College radio station serving the local region.
• Get experience in on-air performance, creative writing, audio production, sales, marketing, promotions, programming, and social media and web content development.
• Hear from guest speakers representing commercial radio stations and the music industry.
• Get valuable work experience during a four-week field placement anywhere in the country, with the potential to graduate into a job.

Behind every product and service we enjoy, there’s a business that relies on effective employees, practices and leadership. Business skills are needed in every industry, from aviation and food production to manufacturing and professional sports. A business education is an opportunity — where you take it is up to you!

Experiential learning
Explore a broad mix of business options in this interactive program, including:

• Social media marketing.
• Financial decision making and supply chain management.
• Effective workplace presentation skills.
• Corporate responsibility and sustainability — economic, social and environmental.
• How to develop a comprehensive business plan for your own business idea.

Projects with community partners provide concrete, hands-on experience, working individually and in teams to overcome real-world challenges. You could:

• Coordinate a conference
• Design a training program
• Develop a recruitment strategy
• Perform a market analysis
• Create a marketing plan
• Conduct an operational productivity audit

Hands-on instruction takes you beyond the classroom:

• Enhance your learning with faculty coaches and business mentors.
• All students have the opportunity to be involved in Enactus Loyalist — a student-run organization dedicated to finding solutions to economic, environmental and social challenges through entrepreneurship and collaboration.

In our increasingly connected world, a global career mindset coupled with business management skills can open doors to a range of unique career opportunities both domestically and abroad. Explore international perspectives on a variety of topics and develop the skills and knowledge necessary to become an effective leader in any business environment.

Experiential learning
Prepare for a career in global business management in various sectors and environments:

• Explore strategies and best practices for conducting business with diverse populations using ethical and culturally appropriate methods that are in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Learn how to effectively collect, process and analyze data used to support global business plans and influence sales.
• Gain experience planning, leading, executing and evaluating individual and team projects.
• Refine your leadership and teamwork skills and look at methods for establishing and maintaining successful working relationships.
• Engage in project-based learning with industry or community partners to gain real-world experience in a workplace setting.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The precision work of welders and fabricators holds up bridges and delivers miners safely underground. Gain skills in welding, fabrication, detailing and millwrighting that you can use across the country, from coast to coast, in virtually any industry.

Experiential learning
Prepare to meet increasingly complex industry standards through hands-on learning in Loyalist’s newly equipped The Bay of Quinte Skills Centre:

• Follow projects from the engineering drawings stage, through cutting and forming processes, to the completion of the job and quality inspection.
• Create with new and evolving technologies such as CNC press brakes, CNC plasma cutting and 3D designing.
• Practise welding techniques such as gas metal arc welding, shielded metal arc welding and gas tungsten arc welding.
• Participate in the Ontario Skills Competition and field trips to the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show.
• Expand your theoretical and practical skill set, along with in-depth trade practices and job planning skills, in the two-year diploma program.

By integrating science and engineering concepts with industry-specific technologies, civil engineering technicians and technologists assist in the monitoring and inspection of civil infrastructure projects. An education in civil engineering can offer many opportunities – leading to rewarding careers both in the office and out in the field, in areas such as structural design, municipal engineering, transportation construction and geotechnical engineering.

Experiential learning
This well-rounded program combines classroom instruction, hands-on learning, both outside (in the field) and inside, in our Building Sciences Lab using industry standard equipment.

• Get a strong foundation in surveying techniques, drafting principles and computer applications, using programs such as AutoCAD and AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Gain skills in structural, municipal and highway design, drafting, materials testing, surveying, inspection, construction supervision and project estimating, to name a few.
• Year one is common with the Construction Engineering Technician program, allowing for ease of transfer.

Before products hit the shelves, there’s a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes — from purchasing materials and coordinating inventory to the distribution of finished goods. As global trade widens and deepens, demand continues to rise for skilled workers in the areas of supply chain logistics and international trade compliance.

Experiential learning
Prepare hands-on for a career in supply chain management concentrating on trade compliance and logistics planning:

• Gain a depth of knowledge in customs, including compliance, risk management and the global movement of goods.
• Navigate international customs and business practices.
• Get applied knowledge of project management including planning and reporting, scheduling techniques, element interdependencies, and project costing and crashing.
• Explore consultative selling and marketing intelligence.
• Learn first hand during local field trips and presentations by guest speakers.
• Gain critical workplace experience with a four-week field placement.

From sustainable houses to sophisticated office buildings and community recreation centres, you can help design and build residential, commercial and institutional spaces that will shape our communities and the way people live.

Experiential learning

• Creative problem solving and real-world skills will build the buildings and cities of the future. In this program, students will learn the significance of architecture to human culture and how buildings are designed, developed and constructed.
• Learning combines studio work, classroom instruction and field trips to study the design and construction of major construction and renovation projects – working independently and in teams.
• Develop skills in manual and computer design and drafting (CADD), and then create 3D models using the latest software in our state-of-the-art design studios.
• During independent design projects, students determine a structure’s physical needs, and design solutions that creatively address the use of space, materials, codes, structure, construction methods, zoning and the environment.
• There will be an optional work integrated learning opportunity upon completion of semester four.
• In their last year, Technology students use 3D modelling software to design a public facility in a local community.