Construction SHSM Sector
Overview:
The SHSM–Construction enables students to build a foundation of sector-focused knowledge and skills before entering apprenticeship training, college, university, or an entry-level position in the workplace.
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Courses:
Compulsory:
- CPR – C with AED
- Health and safety
- Working at Heights
- Standard First Aid
- WHMIS – generic (i.e., not site-specific) instruction
Elective:
- Advanced training in a technique
- Insulated concrete forming
- Chainsaw safety
- Sector-specific vehicle operation and safety
- Anti-oppression and allyship training
- Leadership skills
- Confined space awareness
- Suspended access equipment
- Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) – flat ozone-depletion prevention
- Elevated work platforms
- Trenching safety
- Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
- Power-actuated tools
- Fall protection
- Customer service
- Propane in construction
- First aid/CPR/AED awareness
- Energy efficiency training (e.g., Energy Star, LEED)
- Sector specific software 1
- Infection control
- Fire safety and fire extinguisher use
- Specialized skills training program/competition (e.g., Skills Canada provincial level, WoodLINKS)
- Land surveying basics
- Hoisting and digging
- Traffic control
- Lockout/tagging
- Advanced training in a technology
- Portfolio development
- Basic electrical safety
- Project management
- Scaffold safety
Flashpoint Certification
- Customer Service
- Leadership
- Portfolio Development
- Project Management
- CPR Level C/AED
- Standard First Aid
- WHMIS