84 Life Skills Certificate Programs

This program is registered with Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. CFP Board is a certifying organization whose mission is to benefit the public by fostering professional standards in personal financial planning.

Master the science and art of making your clients look and feel their best as an esthetician with our Certificate in Esthetician. You will develop communication and business skills as you help manage the student-managed spa. And most importantly, you’ll work with real clients to polish your skills.

The Motorcycle and Powersports Product Repair Techniques program will be your gateway to the motorcycle and power sports industry. Through training in the enviable Ashtonbee campus, Ontario’s largest transportation training facility, you'll learn essential diagnostic skills, practice hands-on techniques and gain the theoretical knowledge to best position yourself for employment in this exciting field. The best part? No previous experience is necessary. The program will teach you everything you need to know.

This Certificate of Higher Education in Children and Families is ideal if you want to develop your interest in health and social care in the area of working with children, young people and families. It’s especially suited if you’re directly engaged in this area (or hope to be) as a paid or unpaid worker or carer. You will be introduced to key issues relating to the welfare of children and young people, including how health and social care services and practices are organised.

The Certificate of Home Staging provides students with the basics of the Home Staging business, including in site-training with a Professional Home Stager. Cañada College is the only community college in the Bay Area offering this certificate.

This program provides you with the credentials to work in institutions or children's programs at the childhood level from birth to age twelve. The program focuses on key areas of childhood growth and development, diverse abilities, program strategies, building and sustaining strong rapport between children and their families, professionalism in the workplace, as well as incorporating practical learning experiences. 

Ongoing societal changes and the statistics show it: Psychological stress in the workplace is increasing. One in five employees is absent from work long-term due to psychological stress, and every second sick leave is also for this reason.

By studying this Certificate of Higher Education in Economics and Personal Finance, you'll appreciate how economic theory helps understand real-world important issues in areas such as government policy, international trade, business decisions, work and innovation. You’ll discover how economics and the economies have evolved.

The Automotive Technology curriculum is designed to prepare students for employment as apprentice auto mechanics or to allow students to continue toward a Baccalaureate degree in other advanced schools of technology in preparation for future management and teaching careers in the automotive industry.

Learn professional cosmetic services in salons, resorts, casinos, dermatologist’s offices, and other related industry establishments. In-depth study of skincare and related sciences.

Ship repair is an integral part of a ship’s lifetime cycle. Whether it is planned as a routine event a long time in advance or arranged on an “as required” basis to keep a ship operational, it is a process all ships will encounter. This Certificate in Ship Repair Contract Management course will help students understand how to manage the process from a contractual point of view, and how to manage the repair taking into consideration quality, guarantees, risk, and more.

Enhance your communication, language, literacy, and numeracy skills and gain increased confidence to enter the workforce or undertake further study. Within Australia, many people do not possess the literacy and numeracy skills needed to participate fully in modern life and work. Facilitated by expert teaching staff who understand that each learner is different, you will be provided with the support and guidance you need to complete your studies.

Basic Life Support (BLS) replaces the certification formerly known as CPR Level HCP. This course is for in-facility care providers, including nursing staff, care aides, medical and dental professionals, and pre-hospital care providers, which may include professionals in a fire service, rescue team, sports-medicine, lifeguards and ski patrol. Participants will gain confidence in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and learn the steps to perform a rapid assessment, Basic Life Support (BLS), and rapid defibrillation.

This program is Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certified through National Automotive Technician Education Foundation (NATEF). Certificates of Proficiency are designed to prepare the student to enter the workforce, proficient in specific skills, trained by NATEF standards under ASE certification.

Whether you are looking for a job in restoring antique furniture to give it a facelift or updating your antique car, this is the class for you. We offer Certificates of Proficiency in Household Upholstery and Automobile Upholstery. This program provides the student with college credit and invaluable workforce skills.