Graduate Certificate in Industrial Automation

at Niagara College - Welland Campus Canada

Do you enjoy working with your hands and have an interest in building and improving residential and commercial spaces?
As a Carpentry and Renovation Technician graduate you will be well-equipped to safely and efficiently contribute to Ontario’s growing construction and renovation industry.

Program Highlights:

• High demand for graduates due to a chronic shortage of skilled trades workers in the construction industry.
• Critical knowledge and hands-on learning of project planning including estimating, management and delivery of a renovation project.
• Connect with industry leaders and gain practice experience via a co-op work term.
• Common first-year curriculum with Niagara College’s Carpentry and Renovation Techniques certificate program.

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.

Do you have a passion for education and the importance of fostering development in the early years?
As an early childhood educator, you will support early learning in a wide variety of educational programs and centres.

Program Highlights:

• Over 600 hours of practical field placement experience completely concurrently with course work.
• The opportunity to graduate with three additional certificates: Hanen Learning Language and Loving It; Quality Child Care Niagara; Red Cross Anti-Bullying Certificate.
• Diverse opportunities for employment including School Boards and Licenced Early Year environments.
• Program meets the registration requirements for the College of Early Educators.
• International employment/field placement partnership with Lerthah School in Thailand.

Are you interested in pursuing a rewarding career that enables you to gain teaching experience, travel the world and immerse yourself in new cultures and traditions?

As an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher, you are a global citizen with the skill set required to help individuals of all ages – from young children to business professionals – develop their English language skills in sectors including education, business and politics.

Program Highlights:

• Niagara College’s educational partners around the world offer employment opportunities for new graduates.
• Gain the knowledge and insight needed to teach in Canada or abroad.
• Professional-level program offers a practical focus that requires the use of a personal iPad to access iBooks and applications that support classroom learning and practicum teaching.
• Applied learning offered through a practicum that provides real-world classroom teaching experience.

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.

Do you enjoy making people feel good about themselves and want to apply your passion for helping and artistic flair to a career in hairstyling?
As a Hairstyling graduate you will be qualified for entry into a hairstyling apprenticeship leading to a rewarding career helping clients look and feel their best.

Program Highlights:

• Gain fundamental knowledge of hair design through hands-on learning in current hairstyling labs.
• Work closely with industry employers to learn innovative technical skills and styling trends.
• Learn from experienced faculty who encourage individual creativity.
• Graduates are eligible to register with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities as an apprentice in order to complete on-the-job, in-salon training.
• Completion of the apprenticeship term qualifies graduates to write the Provincial Certificate of Qualification Exam (C of Q) for their Hairstylist Provincial Licence.

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.

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 detail-oriented story-teller who excels at relationship building and boasts a strong range of skills including writing and research and strategic communications and analysis?
As a Public Relations (PR) Practitioner, you are a strong written and verbal communicator with an understanding of the importance of effective communication between an organization and its publics.

Program Highlights:

• Develop the public relations and strategic communication skills needed to succeed in the fast-paced and diverse world of PR.
• Gain hands-on learning experience via a 152-hour field placement and applied learning projects involving industry clients in the second term.
• Curriculum, including an emphasis on social media, is informed by a program advisory committee to ensure industry relevance and exceeds current provincial PR program standards.
• Program runs three days a week in both terms.
• Provides multiple networking opportunities for the students to meet industry professionals.

Do you have an engineering background and are fascinated by automation technologies and their role in business and industry?
As an Industrial Automation program graduate you will be well prepared to take on a variety of positions in the automation and control systems sectors.

Program Highlights:

• Curriculum focuses on programmable logic control, robotics, industrial networks and project management.
• Access hands-on learning opportunities via Niagara College’s high-tech manufacturing and design labs.
• Project-based learning results in well-trained automation specialists with highly skilled expertise.