This course provides students with experiential learning opportunities to develop and participate in personal, education and career planning. Learners will complete a variety of inventories and assessments related to education and employment and will become familiar with the provincial and federal legislative bodies and laws governing human and employee rights and responsibilities.
Instruction is delivered for WHMIS, workplace safety practices and procedures, and WorkSafeBC guidelines.
This course is part of the Career Awareness program.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- Interest inventories and assessments
- (CAAT; Becker reading free interest inventory)
- Online career exploration
- Employment terms and vocabulary Industry tours
- BC Human Rights Code, BC Employment Standards Act, Federal Employment Equity Act
- Role of unions
- Citizen and employee rights and responsibilities
- Education/workplace accommodations/adjustments and supports
- Safety signs, symbols, and equipment including WHIMIS
- Safety measures, procedures to follow in case of accident
- Role of WorkSafe BC
- Research job profiles
- Research education/training opportunities
- Participate in goal planning
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.