Diploma in Insurance

at Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology - Fennel Campus Canada

Contribute to business and individual insurance planning and security while preparing to earn important industry credentials.

Program Highlights

• Over 90% of our graduates obtain an insurance career position once they graduate.
• Mohawk has over 40years experience in educating insurance professionals. The insurance industry provides awards and scholarships in the amount of $10,000 annually.
• Very close links with the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry.
• Upon completion of a common first semester, you may choose to transfer into second semester of one of the following programs:
  • Business - Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Business Administration - Accounting
  • Business Administration - Human Resources
  • Business Administration - Marketing
  • Business - Financial Services)
  • Business - General
  • Business - Marketing

What you'll learn

• Prepare for the Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario License.
• Complete, on an accelerated basis, eight out of ten credits required for the Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation from the Insurance Institute of Canada.

Co-operative Education: Co-op integrates relevant work experience with your academic studies giving you an edge on the competition following graduation. Students must maintain an overall 70% GPA per semester in order to maintain co-op status and have no more than one failed or withdrawn course.

Support clients with dual diagnoses across the lifespan through the use of intervention strategies, research or policy development.

What you’ll learn

• Learn about mental health and disability separately in Semester 1 and how clients present with complex conditions as part of dual diagnoses in Semester 2.
• Practice intervention strategies appropriate for clients and families.
• Engage in simulation exercises that build awareness and empathy.
• Develop knowledge translation skills to successfully work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Work directly with clients or behind the scenes through research or policy development.

Develop an advanced level of skills and knowledge in the ever-changing industries of protection and crisis management.

Program Highlights

• Training embedded within the program includes:
  • Canadian Firearms Safety and Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety courses (PAL/RPAL)
  • ASP Baton and Handcuffing
  • Characteristics of Armed Persons seminar provided by members of the Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit
• Simulated judgmental training systems and tactical scenario-based learning.
• Work within a fully functional Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).
• Work towards designations and acquire certification in industry recognised and desired skills
• Gain a personalised understanding of fitness, health and general wellness needs for a successful career in the protection industry, while having the opportunity to prepare for industry standard fitness testing with experienced and respected trainers. 

What you'll learn

• Examine computer forensics, risk management, executive protection, threat assessments, intelligence gathering and analysis, and corporate asset protection.
• Work towards designation as a Certified Fraud Examiner and Business Continuity Professional.
• Experience practical exercises in advanced surveillance, close protection, intelligence gathering and event management.
• Research the extensive, professional career opportunities available in a rapidly expanding industry to career and professional development.

It’s a world of networks and connectivity ... learn about the systems that drive business and industry.

Program Highlights

• Our vigorous and comprehensive program of study will build a solid foundation from which you can launch an exciting career in information technology.
• Our emphasis on practical hands-on learning develops the essential problem-solving skills critical to securing employment.

What you'll learn

• Gain expert knowledge of networks and connectivity.
• Experience installing and configuring computer operating systems, server operating systems and services.
• Learn about Desktop Virtualization.
• Learn how to provide user support and troubleshooting techniques.
• Learn excellent communication, problem-solving and teamwork skills.

Use behaviour analysis to teach socially significant skills to improve quality of life for individuals with autism and their families.

Program Highlights
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental disorder that affects 1 in 66 individual in Canada. ASD can affect an individual’s ability to communicate, socially interact and will often engage in repetitive/ restricted behaviours. ASD is a spectrum therefore the degree to which an individual experiences these challenges will vary.

What you'll learn

• Apply evidence-based treatments and how they are used to teach individuals with autism.
• Design, implement and evaluate treatment plans using behavioural strategies.
• Comprehend and respond to needs of family members.
• Train caregivers to implement techniques with their children.
• Develop an understanding of the field of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), in the intensive behaviour intervention application with children with autism.

Develop foundational skills and learn best practices essential to the gas and oil-fired heating industry. Gain foundational knowledge of low-pressure steam boilers, refrigeration, and water treatment systems.

Program Highlights

• Accredited by the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
• Gain hands-on experience building, wiring, and troubleshooting gas and oil-fired equipment
• Prepares participants for provincial testing by the TSSA for Oil Burner Technician 3 (OBT 3) and Gas Technician 3 (G3) certification.
• Gain industry experience through field placement 
• Students have the option to transition into the second semester of the Gas and Oil Burner Technician || (049) program, in order to obtain their Oil Burner Technician 2 (OBT 2) and Gas Technician 2 (G2) certification. 

What you'll learn

•   Foundational skills and best practices essential to the heating industry including:
  • Safe operation of tools and equipment
  • Electrical wiring
  • Piping, soldering, and brazing
  • Equipment installation, commissioning, troubleshooting and servicing
• Knowledge of low-pressure steam boilers, water treatment, and refrigeration processes
• Optional training includes Ozone Depletion Prevention, Gastite and IPEX Certification 

Support clients with brain disorders across the lifespan through the use of intervention strategies, research, or policy development.

What you'll learn

• Learn about the neuroscience of conditions across the lifespan as well as treatments that support cognitive and physical rehabilitation.
• Engage in simulation exercises that build awareness and empathy.
• Gain understanding about community supports as well as cutting-edge research about the brain.
• Develop knowledge translation skills to successfully work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Work directly with clients or behind the scenes through research or policy development.

Explore pharmaceutical, biologic, genetic, clinical and other aspects of the biotechnology field as related to health.

What you'll learn

• Fundamentals of biotechnology, microbiology, pharmacology, genetics, bioinformatics and clinical testing associated with the health sector.
• Explore scientific methods and experimental techniques in accordance with accepted principles of quality assurance and manufacturing in the biotech industry.
• Prepare for a future career working in one of the most rapidly expanding fields in Canada.
• How to perform tasks in the following areas:
  • DNA analysis using electrophoresis, and PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
  • Protein analysis using electrophoresis, blotting and chromatography
  • Micropipetting, extractions, titrations, centrifugation and pH measurements using GLP (good laboratory practices)
  • Instrumentation including spectrometry
  • Basic techniques in microbiology

Program Highlights

• Graduates are highly trained to work in modern automated factories including those implementing Internet of Things and Industry 4.0.

What you'll learn

• Acquire competence in Computer Engineering with both hardware and software skills.
• Explore automation and robotics, computer networking, mobile and web applications through theory and hands-on practice.
• Study curriculum and contents from organizations including IEEE, CompTIA and Cisco Academy, Altera, Siemens and other industrial partners.
• Learn about computer hardware and interfacing, microcontrollers and embedded systems, computer networks and internet technologies, web and mobile applications, electronics and electrical systems, robotics and industrial automation.

Computer Engineering Technology ties together Automation and Robotics with networking and data handling. Graduates will be well placed to work in modern automated factories including those implementing IoT and Industry 4.0. Industrial applications include PLC programming, Human Machine Interfacing, pneumatic and hydraulic interfacing and control and Electrical Drive implementations. In addition students gain an understanding of the basics of electrical and electronic systems, microcontrollers and embedded systems on their way to the development of web interfaces and network enabled applications.

The program is a three-year program that can be studied with or without coop. Students can fast-track their studies by opting out of coop and graduating in three years. An early exit option permits students to graduate with a technician diploma after the first four semesters. The technician program does not have the coop option.

Experiential Learning

• Approximately 70% of the program is delivered in a lab where you will use, apply, design and build mechatronic and smart systems just as you would in the real world.
• Gain valuable experience during co-op work terms.

Recommend solutions to support organizational change through comprehensive analysis of business and enterprise need.

Program Highlights

• Apply your learning through real-world, experiential learning opportunities with community partners from a variety of industries.
• Attain entry-level Certified Business Analysis credential (e-CBA) through IIBA.
• Complete Lean 6 Sigma Yellow Belt
• Achieve micro-badges in Process Mapping and Analytics with the Mohawk/IBM partnership.
• Courses are being delivered remotely with a mix of self-directed online learning and scheduled online classes where we meet face-to-face via Zoom.
• Build your professional brand by participating in workshops and industry networking opportunities.

What you'll learn

• Use a variety of business analysis techniques, skills and knowledge to support new or improved innovative business processes.
• Develop and document business processes and business models according to established business analysis practices, timelines and project goals.
• Develop strategies to bridge gaps between requirements and existing systems using appropriate business analysis techniques and documentation to support change to a business system.
• Assess solutions to business improvements using established benchmarks and evidence-based decision-making techniques.
• Use a project management approach to communicate technical and business information to a variety of stakeholders.