Camosun College

A shortage of medical lab assistants and techs is currently a challenge in health care amid COVID. The full-time Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant Program is a comprehensive one-year (ten months), entry-level certificate in pre-analytic laboratory sciences. Students learn to incorporate exemplary patient and client-centric behaviours while mastering the techniques of analytical sample collection and sample preparation.

In your first term, you’ll dive right into learning phlebotomy by actually performing venipuncture and capillary collections on your fellow classmates – and they on you! During your final term, you’ll participate in a 7-week clinical practicum designed to ensure that you meet the BCSLS provincial and CSMLS national entry-to-practice requirements. You’ll demonstrate your capabilities under the supervision of designated employees working as qualified Medical Laboratory Assistants and Technologists.

Camosun College is proud to be launching a diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology – Marine and Industrial.

This five semester (2 ½ year) program is part of the School of Trades and Technology based at the Interurban Campus and provides graduates with the knowledge needed to work in a variety of positions within the Marine sector, and industrial electrical field. Internship and co-op options can be added to the program, providing students with valuable work experience to enter directly into the workforce.

Within the program, students learn to develop skills with electrical devices such as VFD’s, PLC’s and Electrical Machines and will be able to design and document these complex electrical systems that can be applied in both marine and industrial projects. Students are also able to convert their diploma into a degree by applying to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Bridge. The eight-month bridge program leads directly into the third year of a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering at UVic.

Admission into the Electrical Engineering Technology – Marine and Industrial program includes English 12, Pre-Calculus 12 and Physics 11.

Professional Cook training uses an applied learning approach to combine technical knowledge, supported by daily hands-on practice in professional commercial grade kitchen facilities. You'll prepare and serve a variety of foods to staff, students and the public at the Interurban Campus Cafeteria and ClassRoom Restaurant. Training is also provided on board the Camosun Cuisine Machine, the first post-secondary food truck classroom of its kind in Western Canada.

This unique learning environment supports our mission to graduate outstanding professional cooks with exceptional technical skills, paired with a positive professional attitude. Professional Cook 1 is delivered over 28 weeks and provides 600 hours of industry work-based training, technical training and certification assessment (practical and written). You'll be trained in the many aspects of food preparation in modern industrial kitchens alongside professional standards of sanitation, personal hygiene, portion control, waste prevention, and nutritional considerations of common foods/diets.