General Arts & Science (GAS)- Pre-Trades Stream

This course provides instruction and practice in college and workplace communication skills with an emphasis on the development of strategies to organize and express ideas in a clear and professional manner. Course work also provides opportunities for the development of students' grammar, research, analytical, reading, and listening skills.

This introductory course provides the student with the information required for the safe use of hand tools and portable and stationary power tools. Careers in the construction industry are reviewed and an overview of the residential construction process from the footings and foundation to shingles is provided.

This is a course designed to help students adapt to the rapidly changing workplace. It provides an historical overview of our working society and how it has evolved. Issues such as employment equity, harassment, regulation of health and safety, unionization, professional organizations and codes of ethics are discussed. Students also identify strategies to meet the needs of current employers and to make interview processes work to their advantage.

This course provides students with an introduction to shop safety including the use of hand tools, power tools, and hoists, and other lift equipment. Additionally, course content focuses on bearings, seals and sealants, precision measuring tools, oxy-acetylene welding and cutting, and the use of computers for accessing trade-related information.

This course focuses on safe material handling, workplace hazards, and various pieces of legislation governing working conditions in the welding and fabrication trade. Students are also introduced to measuring, hand, and power tools and to the basic arithmetic, calculations, and systems of measurement routinely used in the workplace.

This course provides students with the opportunity to learn the distribution and marketing of automobile replacement parts and accessories and to conduct accurate parts research. Course content addresses basic marketing principles and how they affect consumer behavior. Students become familiar with sourcing parts using both traditional methods and current technologies. Maintaining and managing inventories is also discussed.

Prerequisite(s): AUTO1306 + COMP201 + COMM34

In this introductory course, students explore the range of skills and the knowledge required to become successful entrepreneurs. Course content focuses on the development of business ideas, business types, and business planning including feasibility studies and competition analysis, branding, promotion, and an overview of financial tracking.

This course content introduces the student to fillet and groove welding of mild and stainless steel using the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) process. Post-weld operations are also performed as are routine and required equipment maintenance procedures.

This course covers fundamental knowledge and skills as related to  Oxy-acetylene welding, Shielded Metal Arc welding (S.M.A.W.), Tungsten Inert Gas (T.I.G.) welding and Metal Inert Gas (M.I.G.) welding.  Theory is supported by shop activities that permit the student to develop a basic understanding of welding theory and process-related practice.