Diploma in Recreation Therapy

at Niagara College - Welland Campus Canada

Do you have a strong background in math and science and want to explore a career creating advanced equipment using light?
As a Photonics Engineering Technician graduate you will possess the skills to build, install, test and maintain optical or fibre-optic equipment, including lasers, to create innovative devices for use in the manufacturing, medicine, and telecommunications industries.

Program Highlights:

• Niagara College offers Ontario’s only Photonics Engineering Technician program, with graduates in high demand.
• 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.
• Graduates may opt for direct workforce entry or complete Niagara College’s Photonics Engineering Technology program with an additional year of study.

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

Design your own interdisciplinary program to help you determine which post-secondary path to pursue and ready yourself for further post-secondary education as you prepare to enter the workforce with marketable skills.

Program Highlights:

• Flexibility to explore academic courses of interest before committing to a specific field of study.
• Work closely with an academic student advisor to determine your educational and career goals.
• Gain marketable skills with the possibility of receiving transferable credits to other college or university programs.
• Graduates are ready to pursue further postsecondary studies or enter the workforce.
• Explore common subjects of interest, including psychology; counselling; health and life sciences; sociology; global studies and current events; history; health and wellness; fitness; film; music; forensic sciences; and languages.

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.

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 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.

Are you passionate about helping individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to achieve their potential and gain greater independence?
As a behavioural technician or therapist you will have expertise in the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis and the skills to work with individuals with ASD in therapeutic and school-based settings.

Program Highlights:

• Develop an understanding of evidence-based practices for individuals with autism and how to design, implement and evaluate programs and intervention plans.
• Over 350 hours of field placement experience.
• Access to iBooks and applications that support classroom theory and field placement.
• Graduates meet the coursework requirements to take the Behaviour Analyst Certification Board Inc. (BACB) Board Certified Assistant Behaviour Analyst (BCaBA) Examination. Note: applicants must meet additional requirements to qualify.
• Certification in non-violent crisis intervention is available.

Are you a problem solver with an interest in how vehicles work and the impact of automotive technology on modern day cars and trucks?
As a Motive Power Technician graduate with a focus on the automotive sector you can choose to operate your own automotive shop, or work as an Automotive Service Technician or Parts Manager at an automotive body shop or commercial dealership.

Program Highlights:

• Hands-on, experiential learning opportunities include analyzing and solving complex motive system problems and diagnosing and repairing mechanical, electronic and electrical motive power components and systems.
• Use the latest technical equipment in state-of-the-art labs.
• Gain practical experience using troubleshooting techniques and test equipment to support automotive transportation in a co-op work term.

Are you a people person seeking a career where you can blend your aptitude for business with your interest in oral health care?
As a Dental Office Administration graduate you will oversee the daily operations of a dental office including patient care records, health insurance company claims, and appointment scheduling.

Program Highlights:

• Applied learning opportunities through a real-world teaching environment located at Niagara College’s new, state-of-the-art, fully operational dental clinic.
• Over 140 hours of hands-on field placement experience at a dental office.
• Excellent program reputation among community employers.
• Graduates are eligible to write the certification examination for dental receptionists through the Ontario Dental Assistants Association.

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.