Diploma in Photonics Engineering Technician

at Niagara College - Welland Campus Canada

Do you enjoy helping people and have an interest in a community service career, but haven’t decided on a specialty?
As a Pre-Community Services graduate, you have determined your career goal and are well-prepared for academic success in postsecondary community service programs at Niagara College.

Program Highlights:

• Program is designed to meet individual needs and facilitate the transition to post-secondary education.
• Benefit from individual educational support and planning with assistance from an academic student advisor.
• Graduates may be eligible to receive limited transfer credits based on their chosen post-secondary program.

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 passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals with special needs and ensuring everyone reaches their full potential?
As an educational assistant or developmental support worker, you will be skilled and compassionate about supporting students and adults with special needs in a community or educational setting.

Program Highlights:

• Benefit from this unique college program and develop the knowledge, skills and abilities to work in educational and community settings.
• 400 hours of practical field placement experience in both educational and community settings.
• Graduates receive vocationally relevant certifications in Non Violent Crisis Intervention & Person Centred Training.
• Students have many professional networking opportunities through school boards and community agencies.

Are you detail oriented with a desire to provide excellent patient care and customer service?
As a community pharmacy assistant, working alongside a registered pharmacist and/or pharmacy technician, you are an integral part of the health care team that provides community pharmaceutical services.

Program Highlights

• Enhanced learning experience in a simulated community pharmacy.
• Hands-on, applied learning gained through labs and field placement completed concurrently with academic studies.
• Build knowledge of the latest pharmaceutical products, practices and drug distribution systems.

As a Personal Support Worker, you will be a skilled and compassionate health care provider who assists clients with physical and psychosocial challenges during all life stages.

Program Highlights:

• Unique interprofessional education course designed to strengthen collaboration skills as a member of the health care team.
• 42 hours of hands-on experience in Niagara College’s state-of-the-art lab facilities and 266 hours of clinical placement in both long-term care and community settings.
• Graduate with 2 additional certificates: Managing Food Safety certificate, offering unique culinary curriculum focused on food preparation; and Gentle Persuasive Approach certificate, focused on caring for individuals with dementia and other cognitive diseases.

This program builds upon the foundation of mental health begun in pre-registration health care disciplines. It explores current issues and trends in mental health in Canada, current best practices in nursing and other health care professions for providing optimal care to clients with diverse mental health disorders across the lifespan, legal and ethical aspects of mental health care and the interdisciplinary approach to health care.

Program Highlights:

• Access to the Co-Curricular Record program, in which individuals gain recognition for student engagement, leadership and co-curricular activities pursued outside of the classroom.
• Experiential learning with standardized patients.
• Access to international student specific advisement and transition supports through the International Division

Do you imagine being a professional actor and entrepreneur in today’s ever-changing film and television sector?

As an actor, you are a highly versatile and authentic storyteller who understands the importance of a meaningful connection with your audience and the value of creating your own opportunities for success in the entertainment industry.

Toronto – sometimes called Hollywood North – and the surrounding region known as “The Golden Horseshoe” ranks third in film and television production in North America and ranks second as an exporter of television programming in North America.

Our focus continues to be superior actor training with courses in voice, speech, movement, scene study and auditioning for film and television. We are also one of the few Canadian post-secondary institutions that offer direct instruction in The Meisner Technique, one of the foremost acting techniques taught today. But in light of the changing nature of the industry you will also study film editing, screenwriting, stunt training, voiceover acting, self-marketing and acting with technology (eg. Green Screen), with an emphasis on creating your own work.

Program Highlights:

• Extensive hands-on experience taking scene study and short film projects from script to screen using the latest technology.
• Establish a professional portfolio including a resume, headshots, demo reels, and voiceover demo that reflects your individual style and acting technique.
• Collaborate with future directors and producers in Niagara College’s renowned Broadcasting – Radio, Television and Film program on short films, commercials and music videos.
• One of few Canadian programs to offer direct instruction in The Meisner Technique—one of the most popular techniques of modern acting.
• Recognized by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) with graduates granted immediate ACTRA apprentice status.
• Interact with working industry professionals (our instructors as well as directors, actors and producers) through our ‘Up Close and Personal’ series.

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.

Do you want to positively impact the quality of life of others and are seeking a pathway to a rewarding health sciences career?
As a Pre-Health Sciences-Pathway to Certificates and Diplomas graduate you will have streamlined your interests and will have the solid health sciences foundation needed to pursue further postsecondary studies to achieve your dream.

Program Highlights:

• Enjoy small class and lab sizes.
• Gain 75 hours of practical, hands-on, health-focused lab experience.
• Benefit from individual educational support and planning with assistance from an academic student advisor.
• Graduates may be eligible to receive limited transfer credits based on their chosen postsecondary program.
• Niagara College’s Pre-Health Sciences programs are the preferred preparatory programs for admission to postsecondary health programs at Niagara College. For competitive health programs (the number of qualified applicants exceeds the number of available seats), selection will be based on your academic average for all required courses at the time of ranking and selection. Your academic average can be based on a combination of high school and postsecondary courses. Additional recognition will be applied to your ranking during the evaluation process. This offer will be conditional upon you completing all graduation requirements of your Pre-Health Sciences Pathway program one (1) month before the start of classes.

Looking for a career where you can put your investigative skills into action to protect an individual or organization?
As a graduate of the Protection, Security and Investigation (Private Security) program, your critical thinking and investigative skills will serve you well in effectively responding to potential threats to organizations or private citizens.

Program Highlights:

• Curriculum is taught by former police officers with extensive investigative experience.
• Gain practical, in-field experience via volunteer opportunities with local service agencies.
• Hands-on experiential learning takes place in the Justice Studies Simulation Lab.
• Students who successfully complete first year and the First Aid course are eligible to write the Ontario Security Guard licensing exam.