Enter Fitness and Health Promotion Field After Two Years of Training

Those who are interested in assisting individuals to make healthy lifestyle choices that will reduce or prevent the occurrence of acute and chronic diseases by providing professional fitness assessments, recommendations for health and fitness exercise regimes and strategies to meet their health and wellness goals should consider applying for Centennial College’s Fitness Training Program. That’s because not only does this two-year offering result in an Ontario College Diploma, it also prepares students for positions as: instructors, personal trainers, fitness consultants and wellness/fitness program developers. These professionals may be hired in: their communities, corporate fitness, municipal recreation, retail fitness, hospitals and more. In addition, students of Fitness and Health Promotion have the opportunity to gain the skills necessary to become certified personal trainers according to the CSEPT-PT requirements and also learn course material related to the canfitpro nutrition and wellness certification.

But how does Fitness and Promotion get students from novices to lean, mean fitness machines? First and foremost, guided by faculty members who are experts in the field, students attend between five and seven courses per semester, which focus on mental health as an essential part of a holistic approach to well being, anatomy and physiology, fitness assessment, leadership skills, injury management, nutrition, fitness marketing, health promotion, computer skills and cross cultural awareness. These courses are actually designed around practical learning in laboratory and placement settings to offer students comprehensive academic grounding.

Because it focuses on offering students as much practical experience as possible, the Fitness and Promotion program sees students applying what they learn in the Fitness and Health Promotion courses at the newly constructed Athletic and Wellness Center located at Progress Campus. There is also opportunity for inter-professional student liaisons between Fitness and Health Promotion students and other programs (i.e. Police Foundations, Pre-service Fire and Paramedic students) at Centennial College to assist in the attainment of their fitness assessment goals.

Thanks to industry partnerships that provide supervised field placement opportunities in the fitness industry, students of Fitness and Promotion get to apply what they learn during two industry field placements. Prior to each program Field Placement, students require the following: an annual clear police check with vulnerable sector screening; successful completion of an annual renewal of a recognized course in CPR (health care provider level); as well as successful completion of a recognized course in standard first aid.

Among the abilities with which Fitness and Health Promotions students graduate are: assessing the fitness level, health issues and overall well-being of individual clients based on various assessment tools and strategies; applying effective practices to the design, implementation and management of fitness and lifestyle programs and events for individual clients intended to meet health, fitness and lifestyle goals; providing comprehensive training and evaluation of fitness and wellness programs to enable individual clients and groups to reach and maintain optimal well-being; and more.

To apply for the Health Promotion program, students must minimum an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature status (19 years or older). In addition, you must have completed the English Grade 12 C or U (minimum grade required) or equivalent, or skills assessment; as well as one Science Grade 11 or 12, C or U  (minimum grade requirement) or skills assessment (Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Exercise Science).

Fundraising Programs Offer Professional Outlook For the Field

When you are a child, you may fundraise for a field trip with your class or for new basketball hoops for the school gym. As you get older, you may get involved in fundraisers for different organizations and projects. If your interest in fundraising continues, you may want to consider attending Centennial College’s fundraising courses to learn the know-how to be successful in this increasingly popular field, which in Canada sees an estimated161,000 non-profits and charities raise billions of dollars each year. These organizations employ close to two million Canadians.

This Fundraising program is offered through Centennial College’s Continuing Education Distance Learning, which means it is geared towards mature learners who are comfortable with online fundraising courses that were designed with flexibility in mind. These courses offer a form of instructor-led study allowing students to work through material and assignments in their own time and space, with 24- hour access to the online classroom.

The focus of the Fundraising program is to help students plan projects and future fundraising needs, develop goals and strategies and promote their work through developing media and press relations. This offering consists of seven mandatory Fundraising courses: Introduction to Fundraising (provides students with an introductory understanding of the fundraising sector, principles, ethics and practices of professional Fundraising, and more); Methods of Fundraising (presents the issues and processes involved in planning and organizing special events); Entrepreneurship (covers a wide range of topics that a student should be aware of if he/she were to start and operate a small business); Strategic Management of Campaigns (examines the elements of a successful fundraising campaign); Donor Relationships in Fundraising (students learn the needs and motivations of donors and what sustains long-term partnerships with the non-profit sector), Fundraising as Management Process (provides students with an introductory understanding of the importance and role of volunteers in the fundraising process, as well as marketing and public relations and the financial management of fundraising); and Volunteer Management (students learn about the uniqueness of volunteerism and the spirit that is created by a strong core of volunteer support and the successful components of a volunteer program and the tools to make it happen).

For more information (including tuitions costs), visit the fundraising program’s Web page.

Once students complete their Fundraising courses, they may enter various careers in the field. One option is to become a fundraising consultant who researches potential sources of funding, including grants, past contributors, new donors, corporate contributors and foundations. He or she also comes up with short and long-term fundraising plans that are presented to boards or executive directors of the companies for which they work. Once plans are approved, the consultant with Fundraising program training may recruit, train and manage paid staff and volunteers to implement the plan. Other aspects of the consultant's job include creating all promotional materials and liaising with members of the external community.

Energy Systems Engineering Programs Produce In-Demand Graduates

Did you know that a widening skilled-labour shortage and quickly advancing technology in the energy sector are creating huge demand for energy systems technicians who possess a breadth of knowledge across the mechanical, electrical, electronic and automation engineering fields? The job of these professionals entails a few responsibilities. Overall, they implement energy solutions for commercial and residential buildings using knowledge of energy systems, energy efficiency and renewable/distributed energy systems. This is achieved through heat transfer, fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics and mechanics to industries such as: moulding and casting, integrated circuit packaging, heat exchanger/ boiler design and manufacture and petrochemical processing. In addition, energy systems technicians may operate power plants of various sizes; design and maintain heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration units; and work with architectural companies to integrate energy technologies into the latest green buildings.

In Canada, one of the respected Energy Systems Engineering programs is offered at Centennial College. It teaches students the fundamental skills to understand energy and its uses in modern society. The program is reputable as it offers a unique blend of technical, managerial and entrepreneurial skills that are highly sought after in the industry. To apply, students are required to have completed at minimum an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent or be 19 years of age or older. They must also have the credits for compulsory English 12C or U or skills assessment, or equivalent and Math 11M or U, or 12C or U, or skills assessment, or equivalent.

Once are accepted to the Energy Systems Engineering Technician program (as it is officially known), they will discover a strong focus on practical labs to enhance classroom rooms and applied research, and development projects to promote innovation skills. In addition, the opportunity exists for students to work on state-of-the-art energy systems. Throughout these learning methods, experienced faculty members, who teach a technical curriculum that is complemented by project management skills, lead students. Courses within the energy systems technician training include: Electrics Circuits (introduces the students to the fundamental principles and theorems of D.C. and A.C. series and parallel resistive circuits); Renewable Energy Systems (involves the description, theory design and operation of renewable energy systems. The renewable energy systems presented are: wind energy, solar systems, geothermal heat pumps, biomass, small hydraulics and fuel cells); Digital and Power Electronics (introduces the student to digital circuit’s theory and lab practice. Topics include number systems and codes, all common gates, Boolean algebra, mapping, basic arithmetic circuits, gated latches, counters, and shift registers); and more.

Upon completion of the Energy Systems Engineering program, students are prepared to enter the field. If however, they want to pursue further students, as graduates of the two-year energy systems engineering program, they have the option to enter year three of the Energy Systems Engineering Technology program.

Auto Body Repair Techniques Opens the Door to the Automotive Service Industry

In the world of auto body repair, it all starts with the technique and if you’re looking to obtain training in auto body repair techniques, look no further than Centennial College. Offering a 36-week program, the school is committed to providing exceptional training in providing an alternate route to hard-to-obtain apprenticeship positions. In fact, the auto body repair school’s commitment to the pursuit of excellence in the delivery of education and training has lead to the assessment of the program by the Canadian Automotive Repair and Service Council (CARS). The CARS National Accreditation Board unanimously endorsed the program’s full compliance with the national industry standards in 2001 and the program has been re-accredited until 2014. With this respected accreditation, students who want to train for positions as auto body apprentices, apprentice painters, service advisors, appraisal trainees and parts technicians can rest assured that their training will be both recognized and respected.

Facilitated out of Ashtonbee Campus, the province’s largest transportation training centre, the Auto Body Repair Techniques program is designed to offer about 40 per cent of students’ schedule to hands-on practice time. And there’s no better place to practice than Ashtonbee Campus, which houses real cars, tools found in the field and an auto body shop atmosphere. The curriculum of this particular auto body school is focused on courses approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

Among the specifics areas with which students become comfortable are: repairing automobile bodies and preparing them for painting, welding using MIG and oxy-acetylene equipment, auto body and frame repair, refinishing procedures and related mechanical systems. Specific courses within the auto body repair school portion include: Body and Frame Repair (an overview and introduction to all aspects of bumper systems as well as the fundamentals of fasteners and the techniques for removing and replacing trim and hardware); Applied Work Practices and Procedures (an introduction to the processes of oxygen acetylene heating, welding, cutting; personal, equipment and location welding safety as well as compression, single and twin prod welding methods); Trade Related Mathematics (an opportunity to review and apply mathematics for the solution of practical trade related calculations); and more.

To graduate, auto body repair techniques students are required achieve a minimum D grade in all subjects with an overall GPA of 2.0. Students graduate from this auto body school program with an Ontario College Certificate that is recognized by the auto industry. In addition, they may also have an opportunity for credit toward their apprenticeship requirements.

If you are interested in applying for the Auto Body Repair Techniques undertaking, you must have completed at least an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent or be 19 years of age or older. In addition, you must have obtained the compulsory English 12C or U or skills assessment or equivalent. Please note that possession of minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission.

Motive Power Technician Program Combines Practical Experience and Theory-Based Lectures

Did you know all you require to apply for Centennial College’s Motive Power Technician program (or Motive Power Technician (Automotive) – Technical program as it is officially known) is at minimum an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent or be19 years of age or older; compulsory English 12C or U credit or skills assessment, or equivalent and the Math 11M or U, or 12C or U or skills assessment, or equivalent. These requirements make the Motive Power Technician offering from other automotive programs that require students to be already employed in the field. However, it should be noted that possession of minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission to the program.

The Motive Power Technician program is geared towards preparing all students for a career in the automotive field. The emphasis of this offering is on motor vehicle technology, which is taught through a combination of theory and practical training. Taking two years to complete, the first semester of Motive Vehicle Technician offers courses that are common to both the administration and technical streams. This structure gives students the chance to determine which aspect of the industry interests them more. Among the topics covered in this first semester are: applied mechanics, engines, transmissions, fuels, alignment, vehicle technology, mathematics and more. Students then move onto learn about component design, transportation administration, applied vehicle dynamics, and higher levels of topics offered in the first semester. The last two semesters are concerned with offering students the highest level of topics such as engines, alignment, transmission and others such as air conditioning, technical drawings, properties of materials and more.

Weaved into all Motive Power Technician courses are labs that include a transmission lab, engine lab, fuels, electrical, electronics, and chassis systems. These labs are equipped with cars, car parts and the most up-to-date tools that are found in the industry. These facilities are further supported by the fact Ashtonbee Campus, which houses all of Centennial College’s automotive programs, is the largest transportation training centre in the province of Ontario. As such, students have the opportunity to network with peers and instructors from similar programs.

All of the in-school content taught in this motor vehicle technician program is the same as the Automotive Service Technician (AST) apprenticeship qualification. This ensures students are prepared to enter the industry as well as be successful on exemption testing for licensing qualification. Students who decide to pursue a career upon completing the Motive Power Technician program can apply for jobs as automotive apprentices, service advisors, lead hands, repair technicians, automotive service and parts management or automotive import/ export.

It is also worth noting that the Canadian Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) National Accreditation Board both accredit Motive Power Technician program.