June 2017 course catalogue

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2017 - 2018 Program and Course Catalogue
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About Seabird College
Our Mission
Seabird College is dedicated to teaching and learning. We believe that sound
education rests on a commitment to a code of academic integrity that stresses the
principles of honesty, trust, respect, fairness and responsibility.
We are committed to excellence and the highest standards. By providing students
with our unique wrap-around services we support them in achieving their
academic and training goals. At Seabird College every student is respected and
valued.
Our Approach
At Seabird College, our programs are
designed to meet the needs of our
students, combining book learning,
hands-on applications, and a work
experience placement.
Seabird College offers small class sizes
with in-class instruction, and additional
student supports like tutoring,
transportation from key locations and
other non-educational needs to remove
barriers to success.
Registration
Apply now to Bands for post-secondary funding deadlines.
Registration deadline for Seabird College is August 26, 2017. Students under 18
years of age may be admitted with the Administrator’s permission.
Courses will run when class size
minimums are met. See each individual
course for a description of criteria.
Criteria
Students may be eligible for
post-secondary funding support.
Speak to your Student Employment
Advisor to learn more about grants,
bursaries, and/or part-time jobs.
Funding
There are student advisors at Seabird
College to help answer any questions
you may have about our programs.
We can also refer you to other
organizations that may help with
potential funding.
Fees
Physical Location: 2812 Chowat Rd.
Agassiz BC
Mailing Address: PO Box 650, Agassiz
BC V0M 1A0
P: 604-796-6839 | F: 604-796-1124
Toll-Free: 1-800-788-0322
Email: admissions@seabirdcollege.ca
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ORIENTATION
Orientation is mandatory
for all students in all programs.
Orientation courses planned to run
September 5 - 15, 2017.
Students must commit to attend daily:
Morning sessions from 9 - 12 p.m.
OR
Afternoon sessions from
1 - 4 p.m.
• British Columbia Beauty
Council
• British Columbia Ministry of
Education
• BC Private Training
Institutions Branch
• Industry Training Authority
Accrediting Bodies
• Ministry of Advanced
Education
• British Columbia Ministry of
Education
• Employment and Social
Development Canada
• Indigenous and Northern
Affairs Canada
• Ministry of Jobs, Tourism
and Skills Training
• Stó:lō Aboriginal Skills and
Employment Training
Funding Bodies

Index
Programs
Adult Dogwood
Automotive Collision Repair & Refinishing
Bridging to Trades
Business Administration
Construction Craft Worker
Early Childhood Educator
Education Assistant
Hair Stylist & Introduction to Aesthetics
Health Care Assistant
Heavy Equipment Operator (Preparatory)
Heavy Mechanical Trade
Professional Cook 1
Speech and Language Assistant
Welding Foundations
Women in Trades
Short Courses and Professional Development
Cook Specialties
Counseling
Cultural
Manager / Supervisor
Professional Development
Prize Draw for $100.00
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In order to graduate with a BC Adult
Dogwood, students must complete 20
high school, credits including:
• Communications / English
• Mathematics 11 or 12
• Three 4 credit grade 12 courses
Students under 19 can take their BC
Dogwood or Adult Dogwood academic
requirements along with a trade or
vocation.
Students can be under 18 under special
circumstances but they must be enrolled
in the regular Dogwood Diploma
Program.
Contact us to see if funding is available to
earn your BC Adult Dogwood.
Taken with electives in a trade, the
combination of a BC Adult Dogwood and
trade certificate is a perfect way to obtain
both your high school credentials and a
trade or vocation.
Dual Credit Opportunities
Adult Dogwood
It’s never too late to graduate!
Courses are individualized to
the student’s specific needs and
abilities.
Your success is our goal!
Start Date:
September 5, 2017
Partner:
Seabird Island Community School
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or
admissions@seabirdcollege.ca

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This program offers the best basic
training for entry-level employment
in the auto body refinishing industry,
including:
• Tools and equipment
• Hardware and trim
• Surface preparation
• Oxy-acetylene welding
• MIG welding
• Sheet metal repair
• Structural repair
• Plastics and composites
• Undercoats and topcoats
After successfully completing the
program, students will be prepared for
employment opportunities in auto body
repair shops, custom paint and body
shops, independent shops, and specialty
shops such as restoration or custom hot
rods, fleet shops, fabrication shops, and
marine industries.
Career Opportunities
Automotive Collision
Repair & Refinishing
Students will get a thorough
introduction to the trade and
develop skills expected by
employers. Students will have the
opportunity to acquire a general
knowledge of most systems used in
current vehicles.
Start Date:
January 2018
Partner:
University of the Fraser Valley
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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The Bridging to Trades program provides
students with the skills needed for greater
access to trades training of their choice.
Students will gain 12-weeks of hands-on
and classroom experience in:
• Electrical
• Plumbing / Pipefitting
• Machining / Millwright
• Welding
This program will enable graduates to
pursue further education for careers as
plumbers, electricians, welders, and more.
Bridging to Trades
Have you ever wondered if a
career in trades is right for you?
The Bridging to Trades program
is an innovative introduction to
trades training developed by NVIT
to meet the growing demand to
“bridge” Aboriginal people to
trades training.
Start Date:
January 2018
Pending sufficient student enrollment.
Partner:
Nicola Valley Institute of
Technology
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or
Students can enter this program as part
of their BC Adult Dogwood program or
as graduates with a BC Adult Dogwood
(grade 12).
Prerequisites

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Business Administration provides
training in accounting, business computer
applications, data management, business
information and management.
• Introduction to accounting
• Accounting using Simply Accounting
• Business computer applications
• Data management
• Business information management
• Marketing
Students must have a reliable internet
connection and a newer computer
(Windows 7 – 2009 OS or newer).
Students will be provided with
Microsoft Office for duration of in-class
coursework.
Prerequisites
seek careers in office administration,
junior marketing, business ownership,
accounting or payroll assistant, marketing
and data entry.
Business
Administration
Develop professional skills and
knowledge in the field of business.
This program gives students a
broad understanding of business
practices. Qualifies for Level 1
post-secondary funding.
Start Date:
September 5, 2017 with orientation
at Seabird College
Evening classes at Chilliwack
Community Services. Classes
occur in Chilliwack, but students
enroll through Seabird College.
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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Construction Craft Workers install
utility piping, place concrete, construct
roads, perform selective demolition
and underground work, assist skilled
tradespersons such as carpenters,
bricklayers and cement finishers in
construction activities and more. This
program will cover:
• Safe work practices
• Tool and equipment use
• Work organization
• Site, concrete and road work
• Scaffolding and access equipment
• Utilities and pipeline
Students can either enter the program
as part of their BC Adult Dogwood
program or as graduates. This program
may be used for BC Adult Dogwood
requirements.
Prerequisites
This program will prepare graduates for
work in the construction industry.
Construction Craft
Worker
Build the skills and knowledge
you’ll need to enter the
construction trade. This 120
hour program prepares students
to become Construction Craft
Workers, an in-demand career in
the province.
Start Date:
September 5, 2017
Partner:
Thompson Rivers University
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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Students develop skills through courses
and practicum designed to integrate
academic and practical experiences.
• Current perspectives on practice
• Health, safety and nutrition
• Professional-family partnerships
• Administration and leadership
• Development and curriculum
• Children with diverse abilities
Current assurance of good health from
a physician. Two current letters of
reference written and dated within a
year of application, attesting to personal
suitability for working with young
children.
Prerequisites
This program will enable graduates
to pursue careers as Early Childhood
Educators in a variety of childcare settings
including pre-schools, daycares, drop-in
programs, home visiting programs, as
nannies, child advocates and more.
Early Childhood
Educator
Are you passionate about
working with children?
This program will prepare you
with the knowledge and skills
necessary to work with young
children and their families in
diverse early learning settings in
British Columbia. Qualifies for
Level 1 post-secondary funding.
Next Intake: January 2018. Come
register and reserve your seat now.
Partner:
Northern Lights College
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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The program combines a range of courses
that provides a balance between a strong
theoretical foundation and practical
experiences:
• Role of the education assistant
• Learning styles, lesson plans
• Cultural connections and
perspectives
• Reaching the hard to teach
• Work experience
Students can either enter the program as
part of their BC Adult Dogwood program
or as graduates. The Education Assistant
certificate plus Dogwood is preferred by
school districts.
Prerequisites
pursue a career as an Education Assistant
in public or private schools, as well as
centers for learning, recreation, early
learning, tutoring and group homes, and
pre-schools.
Education Assistant
Get trained for a career
supporting children and
teachers in inclusive learning
environments.
The Education Assistant program
prepares students for a career
in supporting students with
diverse needs in K-12 classrooms.
Qualifies for Level 1
Start Date:
September 5, 2017
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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Hairstylist & Introduction to Aesthetics
will include theory and practical work in
a professional environment.
• Hair and skin analysis
• Hair science
• Chemical texturing
• Business and marketing and more!
Students can enter this program as part of
their BC Adult Dogwood program. While
grade 12 is preferred, students may enter
with a grade 10 minimum.
Prerequisites
Graduates will be able to pursue further
education for careers in spas and in the
medi-spa environment for aestheticians.
They will have the hands-on experience
to pursue a career as a hairstylist in a
salon or to run their own business.
Hairstylist &
Introduction to
Aesthetics
Do you have a creative sense of
style? Do you have a passion for
hair and beauty?
The Hairstylist & Introduction
to Aesthetics program combines
skin and nail care with techniques
in hair design, shaping and
colouring. Qualifies for Level 1
post-secondary funding. Students
will write the BC Beauty Council
Exam.
Start Date:
September 5, 2017
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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Health Care
Assistant
The Health Care Assistant
program combines in-classroom
theoretical teaching with
hands-on, practical training.
The Health Care Assistant program
will prepare students to work in a
multi-faceted health care industry.
Start Date:
September 5, 2017
Partner:
Nicola Valley Institute of
Technology
Health Care Assistants promote and
maintain the health, safety, independence,
comfort and well-being of their clients.
They also provide personal care assistance
and services in a caring manner that
recognizes and supports the unique
needs, abilities and backgrounds of clients
and their families.
Students should be highshool graduates,
or have minimum grade 10 English,
Math, First Aid and Food-Safe. These
are available at Seabird College prior
to program start. Students will need to
complete a criminal records check and
updated immunizations report.
Prerequisites
This program will provide graduates
with the skills and knowledge to become
health care workers, residential care
attendants, health care assistants or
nursing aides.
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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Learn the basics while building the skills
you need to successfully enter the Heavy
Equipment Operator program.
• Safety
• Basic maintenance
• Equipment operations
• Site management
Students can either enter the program as
part of their BC Adult Dogwood program
or as graduates. Students must have “N”
Driver’s Licence or better.
Grade 10 math. If students do not have
grade 10 math, they will be required to
complete a math upgrade as part of their
program.
Prerequisites
This program will prepare graduates for
the Heavy Equipment Operator program,
which offers hands-on equipment
training for excavation and construction
equipment operators looking to get
employed in the forestry, mining, civil,
road building, and oil and gas sectors.
Heavy Equipment
Operator (Preparatory)
Start on your path to becoming a
Heavy Equipment Operator.
This program offers a combination
of courses that will help you
upgrade your skills in order to
apply to the Heavy Equipment
Operator program.
Start Date:
Contact our office to learn more
about future program schedules.
Partner:
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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The UFV Heavy Mechanical Trade
teaches you how to service and repair
commercial equipment such as trucks,
crawler units, and farm tractors. Basic
skills learned include:
• Using specialty equipment
• Starting and moving selected vehicles
• Servicing hydraulic systems, truck
components, track type equipment
• Servicing working attachments, gas
and diesel engine support systems
• Servicing air-brake systems
• Basic oxy-acetylene and arc welding
Grade 10 math.
Prerequisites
Graduates will be well prepared to enter
the trade as apprentices. Students will be
qualified to work on equipment in the
following industries: agriculture, mining,
oil fields, bus and transportation shops,
logging companies, trucking and heavy
equipment/truck shops.
Heavy Mechanical
Trade
This program can put students
on the road towards a career by
teaching them how to service and
repair heavy equipment.
Students will develop skills needed
to work in the trade.
Start Date:
January 2018
Partner:
University of the Fraser Valley
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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Students will learn about:
• Preparation and presentation
• Major techniques and principles
• Menu planning and costing
• Safety, sanitation and storage; and
• Customer relations
Grade 10 math and English. If students
do not have grade 11 math or grade 12
English, they will be required to complete
these courses as part of their program.
of their BC Adult Dogwood program.
While grade 12 is preferred, students may
enter with a grade 10 minimum.
Prerequisites
pursue careers in bistros, hotels, spa
and destination resorts, extended care
facilities and more, as assistant chefs, sous
chefs, line cooks and cook’s assistants.
Upon successful completion you
will receive a Professional Cook
Level 1 Certificate, Food Safe Level 1
Certification, WHMIS and First Aid.
Professional Cook 1
Start on your career path and get
trained to work in bistros, hotels,
destination resorts, care facilities
and more!
This program is an Industry
Training Authority program that
provides a comprehensive program
of technical and hands-on training
to become a Professional Cook.
Qualifies for Level 1
Start Date:
September 5, 2017
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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Speech and Language
Assistant
The First Nations Speech and
Language Assistant Program
is designed to improve the
individual’s knowledge of how to
support First Nations children
who have speech and/or language
needs.
Start Date:
September 2017
The overall goal of this program is to
train people in skills to deliver speech
and language assistance to First Nations
children with speech and language
challenges and to support their families.
Through this program, the student
will learn special techniques in how
to encourage the development of
communication in the early years. All
seven courses incorporate Stó:lō culture.
Students need to be 18 years of age
or older.
Prerequisites
work as speech and language assistants in
supported child development settings.
Career Opportunities Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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Students will learn:
• Foundations and occupational skills
• Cutting and gouging processes
• Fusion, braze, and shielded metal
arc welding
• Electric arc welding
• Semi-automatic welding
• Basic metallurgy
• Welding drawings
• Layout and fabricate components
• Submerged arc welding
Grade 10 math. If students do not have
grade 10 math, they will be required to
complete a math upgrade as part of their
program.
Prerequisites
pursue careers working in the welding
trade.
Welding
Foundations
Develop the skills and knowledge
for a career in welding.
This program is designed to
provide foundations training for
welding. A welder is a person who
has training in and is capable of
welding ferrous and non-ferrous
metals in all positions, on both
plate and/or pipe.
Intake:
September 2018
Partner:
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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Women in Trades
Are you ready to pursue a career
as a tradeswoman?
Today, the door is open to women
in every BC trade.
You’ve got great trade career
choices – from carpentry and
plumbing to aerospace and
horticulture. Women are finding
challenges, job satisfaction and
good pay in the skilled trades.
Start Date:
September 5, 2017
This entry level (pre-apprenticeship)
trades exploration, training and
employment program is targeted at
women interested in trades.
The program is also available for other
eligible British Columbians facing
barriers to entering trades occupations.
of their BC Adult Dogwood program or
as graduates with a BC Adult Dogwood
(grade 12).
Prerequisites
This program provides an introduction
to carpentry, plumbing, electrical and
welding. This will help guide students to
a career in the trades.
Have a question?
Contact the College
604-796-6839 or

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appointment to
speak to a Student
Employment
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Short Courses and Professional Development
Cooking Specialties
• Food Safe Level 1
• Pastry Making
• Nutrition (Elderly and Infant
Children)
• International Cuisine
• Stó:lō Cuisine
• Trauma
• Parent and Teen Relationships
• Personal Wellness
• Grief and Loss
• Dream Interpretation
Counseling
Culture
• Cedar Weaving
• Drum Making
• Guided Drawing
• Medicinal Herbs
• Organizational Behaviour
• Leadership
• Effective Discipline
Manager / Supervisor
Professional Development
• Aboriginal Responsible Adult
• Basic Chainsaw Operation
• Danger Tree Assessor
• Fire Arm Safety
• First Aid Level 1
• Forest Fire Suppression
• Ground Disturbance
• Pathways to Office Administration
• Pipeline Construction Safety
• Workplace Hazardous Materials
Information System (WHMIS)
Contact us to
discuss pricing
and dates.
Expand your horizons and enhance your employability by building new skills.

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Achieve your
education goals.
Register today!

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Physical Location: 2812 Chowat Rd. Agassiz BC
Mailing Address: PO Box 650, Agassiz BC V0M 1A0
Phone: 604-796-6839 | Toll-Free: 1-800-788-0322
Email: admissions@seabirdcollege.ca
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