The pandemic that forced educators to scramble to devise new methods of teaching is having a lasting effect that will enhance how students at the College of New Caledonia learn.
Course content in trades programs continues to evolve as technology advances. CNC automotive students have four new hybrid cars in their shop donated to the college to learn how to diagnose and repair battery-powered vehicles. Electrical apprentices are studying solar power generation and carpentry students are learning how to build homes and structures that utilize high-efficiency materials and renewable energy systems.
The B.C. government is reinstating a requirement that workers in 10 compulsory trades will soon have to be certified tradespeople or registered apprentices. The trades affected are electricians , automotive service technicians, autobody/collision technicians, heavy-duty equipment technicians, gasfitters, steamfitters, pipefitters, air conditioning mechanics, sheet metal workers, and powerline technicians.
Traditional four-year apprenticeship programs won’t work for some of those businesses and to encourage more employers to take on apprentices the province’s 15 postsecondary trades schools are consulting with the ministry to prepare alternate learning delivery models. “There’s an urgent need for civil engineering technologists, especially after the floods of last year and how much is needed to rebuild infrastructure to maintain infrastructure,” said Thompson.
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