Overview:

The SHSM–Justice, Community Safety, and Emergency Services enables students to build a foundation of sector-focused knowledge and skills before graduating and entering apprenticeship training, college, university, or an entry-level position in the workplace. Where local circumstances allow, boards may elect to offer one or more variants of the SHSM in a given sector, each with a particular area of focus. This SHSM may be designed to have a particular focus – for example, on legal services, policing and private security services, the armed forces, or correctional services. This focus is achieved through the selection of the four major credits in the bundle.

Courses:


Compulsory:

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) – Level C or Health Care Provider (HCP); both include automated external defibrillation (AED)
  • Conflict resolution
  • Standard First Aid
  • WHMIS – generic (i.e., not site-specific) instruction

Elective:

  • Mental health awareness*
  • Concussion awareness
  • Non-violent crisis intervention
  • Advanced training in a technique (e.g., climbing)
  • Military – basic
  • Customer service
  • Pleasure Craft Operator
  • Ambulation, lifting, and transfer
  • Personality inventory
  • Emergency preparedness – basic
  • Project management
  • Anti-oppression and allyship training
  • Portfolio development
  • Emergency services tools (e.g., fire hose)
  • Safe weapon handling
  • Compass/map/global positioning system (GPS)
  • Radio operator
  • Fall protection
  • Sector-specific software 1
  • Confined space awareness
  • Search and rescue
  • First aid/CPR/AED awareness
  • Wilderness first aid
  • Defensive driving
  • Self-defence
  • Group dynamics
  • Working at Heights
  • Emergency response techniques
  • Wilderness survival
  • Incident management
  • Ethical considerations
  • Advanced training in a technology
  • Ladder safety training
  • Fire safety and fire extinguisher use
  • Animal first aid
  • Legal terminology/language of law
  • Geographic information system (GIS)
  • Basic electrical safety
  • Life-saving (Bronze Cross or higher)
  • Health and safety – basic
  • Marine safety/marine first aid
  • Infection control
  • Mental Health First Aid   
  • Leadership skills
  • Legal/administrative procedures (e.g., handling subpoenas)
  • Lockout/tagging

Flashpoint Certification

  • Customer Service
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Ethical Considerations
  • Leadership
  • Portfolio Development
  • Project Management
  • CPR Level C/AED
  • Standard First Aid
  • WHMIS