Employment Skills

Course code HMEC 1131

Credit 1.0

Length 25.0 hours

Course outline View

This course introduces students to shop resources, record keeping practices, job action, diagnostic procedures, and employment preparation. Topics included are from the Industry Training Authority Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Program sections A8, A15, A16, and A17. See: http://www.itabc.ca/sites/default/files/docs/partners/RTO/heavy-mechanical-foundation-march-2014.pdf for more information.

This course is part of the full-time Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation program

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • Shop resources and record keeping practices
  • Job action
  • Diagnostic procedures
  • Employment preparation

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
42741 June 8, 2026
to June 10, 2026
Shop/Teaching Kitchen VCC Broadway Building B See full schedule

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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.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.