| Instructor: | Jordan Sanchez – Red Seal Automotive Technician and Technology Education teacher |
| Location: | G.P. Vanier Secondary School – Automotive Shop |
| Program start date: | Semester 2, full time Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 3:15 pm One Work Experience Day per week |
| Course Credits:
*Up to 24 graduation credits |
Trades Sampler 12A (TSITA12A) Trades Sampler 12B (TSITA12B) Trades Sampler 12C (TSITA12C) Workplace Math 11 (WPM 11) *Workforce Training Certificate (WTC 12) |
| Field Trips: | Industry field trips to automotive, auto collision, motorcycle and heavy duty shops. There is a potential to also go see BCIT aerospace campus and Seaspan’s shipyard, both in the lower mainland.
NIC trade program sessions. Students may spend several days in the different NIC trades facilities working with NIC instructors. |
| Application: | Interested students should fill out a District Trades Sampler Application and note Metal Sampler for the program. |
| Co-op portion: | After the initial part of the program is complete and a few tours of industry taken, students will be set up on Work Experience 12A placements to make industry connection. |
Note: This program follows the school district calendar
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Transportation Trade Sampler is a cohort group immersion into the many careers related to the auto and transportation Industry. Students will explore interested career areas around the following trades: Auto Mechanics, Heavy Duty Mechanics, Marine mechanics, Aircraft mechanics. The course is mainly “hands on” by building skills, knowledge and the right attitude that employers are looking for.
There will be a focus on SkilledTradesBC (formerly the Industry Training Authority or ITA) essential skills, field trips to businesses that employ trades people, project building in the shop. Math will be interspersed with day to day learning. Electronics will be covered with relationship to the new trend to electric vehicles. This course is open to all grade 11 and 12 students in the Comox valley.
Applying: See your Careers Office to be put on the list and to receive a district application.
Space is limited to 16 students.
PATHWAY TO A NIC TRADES PROGRAM
Below are 4 sample timetables showing the pathway and required courses needed between Grade 10 – 12 so a student could take the Transportation Trades Sampler Program in Grade 11 or Grade 12 followed by a North Island College Trades Program in their Grade 12 year or after Grade 12.
Sample Timetable #1
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Grade 10 |
Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
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English 10 |
Science 11* Socials 11 or 12 * Elective 11 (CLE11*) English 12 |
NIC Trades Program
Auto Service Technician Note: Requires “N” license as program is in Campbell River |
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Socials 10 |
Transportation Trades Sampler CLC/Capstone |
Sample Timetable #2
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Grade 10 |
Grade 11 |
Grade 12 |
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English 10 |
English 11 Science 11* Socials 11 or 12 * |Elective 11 (CLE11*) |
English 12 CLC/Capstone *Grade 11 Academic? Elective 12 |
| Socials 10 Science 10 PE 10 Elective 10/Elective 10 |
Transportation Trades Sampler (Includes WorkPlace Math 11) |
NIC Trades Program
VCC Auto Collision Program
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Grade 10 |
Grade 11 |
Grade 12 |
| English 10 Math 10 CLE 10/Elective 10 Elective 10/Elective 10 |
English 11 Science 11 Elective 11 Elective 11 |
September NIC Program
Auto Service Technician Note: Requires “N” license as program is in Campbell River
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|
Socials 10 |
English 12 |
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Grade 10 |
Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
After Grade 12 |
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English 10 |
English 11 Science 11 Elective 11 Elective 11 |
English 12 CLC/Capstone Elective 12 Elective 12 |
September NIC Program
Auto Service Technician *NOT FULLY FUNDED by SD71 |
| Socials 10 Science 10 PE 10 Elective 10/Elective 10 |
Socials 11 or 12 Elective 11 (CLE11*) Math 11 Elective 11 |
Transportation Trades Sampler |
