Diploma in Photography

at Niagara College - Welland Campus Canada

Are you passionate about contributing to the development of renewable energy sources for a more sustainable environment?
As a Renewable Energies Technician graduate you will install, maintain, and repair equipment that provides renewable energy power sources including solar, wind, and geothermal.

Program Highlights:

• Experienced instructors, modern equipment and spacious lab facilities enable optimal learning including hands-on practical experience.
• Enjoy a wide variety of career options in renewable energy generation.
• High demand for graduates in the Niagara Region and throughout Ontario.

Are you fascinated by the science of generating and harnessing light, and see yourself creating advanced technology in this area?
No sector of business or industry remains untouched by photonics. Put yourself light years ahead in the job market by equipping yourself with photonics expertise with this advanced college program.

Program Highlights:

• Hands-on experiential learning in Canada’s largest undergraduate photonic labs and teaching clean-room facility.
• Gain advanced skills in precision optics, electro-optics, fibre-optics and laser technologies.
• Final program year includes an eight month photonics applied research project, providing extensive applied learning opportunities and putting graduates in high demand.

Do you have what it takes to become a leader in the emerging world of social media management? Are you creative, analytical, detail-oriented and digitally adept?

As a social media professional, you will plan, execute and analyze social media campaigns for a variety of organizations and clients, in both for-profit and non-profit sectors. You will create engaging communications using images, video and text to enhance brands and improve online engagement.

Program Highlights:

• Program is delivered over two semesters, four days a week.
• Hands-on learning in client-focused courses.
• Gain and improve collaboration and leadership skills required in industry.
• In-depth training in social media management platforms such as Hootsuite.
• Training in web site hosting, LMS management and social media analytics dashboards.
• Network among industry professionals to access the freelance market.
• Plan and lead a social media campaign for a community client in a capstone course.
• Gain business and marketing skills.
• Learn creativity techniques and develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

Are you a critical thinker with an aptitude for solving complex computer problems in today’s digital world?
As a computer programmer analyst you will possess a highly marketable and diverse skill set aimed at developing innovative, next-generation computer applications and solutions.

Program Highlights:

• Leading-edge curriculum focuses on the development of software applications for mobile devices, big data analytics and interactive multimedia via hundreds of hours of hands-on lab work.
• Extensive practical experience with co-op work term, community sponsored projects and applied research opportunities.
• Develop the teamwork, communications and entrepreneurial skills required in today’s I.T. world.
• Opportunity to transfer credits toward a university degree in computer science

Mechanical Engineering Technologists learn to work independently in the design, development, maintenance and testing of equipment and technologies. The program focuses on design and manufacturing with components of robotics and industrial controls – exactly what modern manufacturers are looking for in graduates and new employees.

Program Highlights:

• Practical experience via four co-op work terms.
• Machine design and analysis using mechanical engineering principles and computer modelling.
• Industrial automation – robotics, CNC, and PLC programming, and the interconnectivity of these devices.
• 3D modeling and 3D printing.
• Manufacturing process design and support – machining, metal forming process, hydraulics, pneumatics, other processes, lean manufacturing.
• Quality inspection and analysis of data.

Are you interested in a career where you support individuals in enjoying an improved quality of life?
As a recreation therapy professional, you will use meaningful recreation and leisure education, counselling and experiences to promote, restore, rehabilitate, and/or maintain quality of life and well-being. Therapeutic recreation supports the development of strengths while addressing social, emotional, physical, spiritual and cognitive needs.

Program Highlights:

• Receive specialized training and certifications designed to meet the needs of an aging population including: DementiAbility Methods: The Montessori Way Certificate; Validation Communication Techniques Certificate; and Nordic Pole Walking Instructor Certification.
• Earn a Level 1 Inclusion Certificate from Variety Village.
• Gain over 430 hours of practical field work experience.
• Benefit from Therapeutic Recreation Ontario student membership.
• Become eligible for your R/TRO DIP designation upon graduation.

Do you like the news? Music? Sports? Do you enjoy being in the spotlight?
As a Radio or Television Broadcaster, you are as versatile as the evolving media industry platforms that you report from.

Program Highlights

• Introduction to the radio, television, and film industries including hands-on learning in music, talk and news radio, electronic news gathering (ENGs), and in-studio hosting.
• Broadcast 24/7 on CRNC The Heat available LIVE online at crnc.ca.
• Facilities include a radio production training lab, fully HD television studio, digital radio broadcast studio and a $1-million high-definition (HD) production truck.
• LIVE weekly TV magazine show broadcasted and streamed in conjunction with Television Production students.
• Immersive seven-week broadcast industry field placement.
• Students apply to Broadcasting – Radio, Television and Film and select a program concentration during the first year of their program.

Are you fascinated by the scope of infrastructure development and envision a career where you can help design and build your community?
As a Civil Engineering Technician graduate you will play an important role in the design and construction of buildings, bridges, highways, dams, drainage and irrigation systems, streets, parks, subdivisions, and water supply and sewer systems.

Program Highlights:

• Gain broad knowledge and hands-on, experiential learning in computer-aided drafting applications, lab testing, structural design, geotechnical analysis, project management, and more.
• Graduates are eligible to write the house component of the Ontario Building Code exam.
• Immediate associate member status, upon application, with the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) post-graduation.
• Program is nationally accredited by Technology Accreditation Canada.
• Graduates can choose between workforce entry and progression into Niagara’s College’s Construction Engineering Technology program.

Are you looking for a career that combines your meticulous nature with a career in the pharmaceutical industry?
As a Pharmacy Technician you will be an important member of the health care team who is patient focused and responsible for delivering safe and accurate drug distribution in many health care settings.

Program Highlights:

• Hands-on, experiential learning via state-of-the-art community and hospital lab facilities featuring a simulated community pharmacy and sterile product room.
• Gain knowledge of the latest pharmaceutical products, practices, and drug distribution systems through a nationally accredited program.
• Unique interprofessional education is focused on patient-care delivery and includes approximately 360 hours of practical field placement experience.
• Graduates are eligible to write the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada licensing exam and if successful, may become Regulated Pharmacy Technicians with the Ontario College of Pharmacists.
• Program positioned to meet the requirements set by the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA), Canadian Pharmacy Technician Educators Association (CPTEA) and the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Are you passionate about leading a healthy and active lifestyle and want to motivate others to join your movement?

Become a leader in the Fitness and Health Promotion industry. A combination of classroom, hands-on and placement experiences allow opportunity to develop skills to counsel, motivate and educate others on various components of a healthy lifestyle. Specific course work will prepare you to challenge industry certifications required to assess, prescribe and evaluate exercise programs for individuals and groups.

Program Highlights:

• 150 hours of practical work experience during two field placement opportunities.
• Experiential learning opportunities implementing health and wellness initiatives for community partners, Niagara College staff and students.
• Graduates may challenge nationally and internationally recognized industry specific certifications to become group exercise leaders and certified personal trainers.
• Upon graduation, pathways to further education through articulation agreements.