Do you WANT

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Do you WANT

• Good Pay?
• Job Satisfaction?
• Opportunity?

Jump start your future in one of our Career
Programs!
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Each day, I do something new
I have the opportunity to create and design
food that people enjoy. I can see the results
of my work, and it is very gratifying. Kayla
Arnold 19 year old, ACE-IT Cook Thriftys
Central Kitchen
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Follow your DREAMS
After taking one year of university, I realized
that I wanted to do something where I could be
outside, work with my hands, and see the direct
result of my work at the end of the day.
Patrick Clark Carpenter
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What is a Career Program?

• Provides the opportunity to investigate a career
  while still in high school
• Specifically designed for grade 11 12 students
• Provides specific job skills and knowledge
• Includes at least 100 hours of on-the-job work
  experience
• May lead to dual-credit at Camosun College
• Allow you to graduate with both a Grade 12
  Diploma and a Career Program Certificate

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Why Choose a Career Program?
I can become a supervisor or manager.
I can represent my trade in a business, trade or
labour group.
I can become a business owner.
I can become an executive chef.
I can become a trade instructor.
Eric, 17 Spectrum Culinary Arts Student
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Skilled people are in DEMAND!

• The Conference Board of Canada predicts that an
  additional 1 million skilled workers will be
  needed by 2020.
• 48 of the workforce will be eligible to retire
  in the next 5 10 years.

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Skilled people Earn GREAT PAY!

• Skilled workers are REWARDED!
• Career Program graduates can earn excellent
  salaries depending on their expertise, location,
  and desire to work!
• Career Programs leading to the completion of a
  trade earn salaries that are approximately 3.1
  above the average of all the careers combined in
  Canada.
• Your SUCCESS will depend on GOOD WORK ETHIC,
  QUALITY SKILLS, and a GREAT ATTITUDE

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Skilled people have OPPORTUNITY!
Skills shortages are already being experienced
in some sectors and regions
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Myths REALITIES About Career Programs
Setting the Record Straight

• REALITY!
• This is simply not true and is probably the most
  common misperception about Career Programs.
• The reality is that Career Programs require
  individuals with a strong academic foundation in
  reading and writing, math, and sciences.

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Myths REALITIES About Career Programs
Setting the Record Straight

• REALITY!
• Pursuing a career program in a trade or
  technology is also a ticket to a good future,
  given the high demand, good pay, and
  opportunities to travel.
• There are also many chances for advancement
  within a career from supervisory positions, to
  management positions, to the possibility of
  owning your own business.

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Myths REALITIES About Career Programs
Setting the Record Straight

• REALITY!
• Physical work does not solely imply strength. In
  fact, skilled trades require dexterity, stamina,
  good hand-eye coordination and balance all
  attributes that women equally possess along with
  men.

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How do I know if a Career Program is for me?

• Do you enjoy
• Working with your hands and putting things
  together?
• Understanding how things work?
• Being physically active?
• Learning by doing?
• Working with new technologies?
• If you say Yes, consider taking a Career
  Program!

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What skills are needed to be SUCCESSFUL?

• Generally, Career Programs require traits and
  talents such as
• Good literacy
• Mathematical and analytical skills
• Good communication skills
• Aptitude for technology
• Creativity and imagination

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What are the STEPS to participate in a Career
Program?
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Career Programs _at_ Spectrum

• Automotive Technology
• Program Coordinator John Sumner
• Carpentry
• Program Coordinator Rick Ashton
• Culinary Arts
• Program Coordinator Lauri Humeniuk
• Electrical Program
• Program Coordinator Joe McAnally
• Entrepreneurship and Marketing
• Program Coordinator Chuck Groot
• Health Sciences
• Program Coordinator Heidi Fraser

• Law CareersCriminology
• Program Coordinator James Wauthy
• Media and Fine Arts
• Program Coordinator Rene Schwarz
• Outdoor Recreation Leadership
• Program Coordinator Keith Grew
• Secondary School Apprenticeship Program
  Technology Orientation Program
• Coordinator John Sumner

For more information regarding any of these
programs, please contact the program coordinator,
one of our counsellors, or visit the Spectrum
website _at_ www.spectrum.sd61.bc.ca