8 Technology Certificate Programs in Canada

Police officers keep the peace, protect people and property, prevent crime and enforce both criminal and civil laws. They reassure victims, arrest criminals, and act as peacemakers or mediators. Police work is a career that demands maturity, courage, and strong communication skills. Through classroom teaching and practical experience, students in the three-year Police Technology program are prepared for a career in law enforcement with police forces, not only across Québec but throughout Canada.

Do you enjoy hands-on work but don’t know which trade to pursue? Or maybe you’re drawn to the field of engineering technology and want to know more. Explore career options and improve your technical, math, and English skills while you learn the fundamentals of the electrical, mechanical, and carpentry fields. Cambrian’s comprehensive program helps you enhance a wide range of core and technical skills by combining theory with hands-on training in labs and trade shops.

In just five months you can acquire knowledge and skills across a spectrum of construction processes—from foundations to framing, to interior and exterior finishing—that position you for careers in one of Canada’s most in-demand industries. In-class building projects allow you to sharpen your skills and rapidly apply class lessons to real-world scenarios, the employability and essential skills you acquire through MITT’s Work Skills Series workshops help you develop vital on-the-job teamwork and communication skills. Graduates who meet specific criteria can earn credit toward Apprenticeship Manitoba Level 1.

Learn the guiding principles of tree management in sustainable urban ecosystems, this four month long program will equip you with current industry safety standards and practices while you hone your skills in the trees. Led by industry trained instructors, you’ll have the opportunity to explore the life of trees by conducting ground and aerial operations, pruning and performing tree risk assessments.

Climb your way to an exciting career in urban forestry with the Arboriculture Technician Certificate. Learn the guiding principles of tree management in sustainable urban ecosystems, this four month long program will equip you with current industry safety standards and practices while you hone your skills in the trees. Led by industry trained instructors, you’ll have the opportunity to explore the life of trees by conducting ground and aerial operations, pruning and performing tree risk assessments. As the only program of its kind in Alberta, you’ll have the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience practicing your skills in our 12,000 square foot on campus Landscape Pavilion, along with Olds College of Agriculture & Technology's urban forest.

Sky Wings Aviation Academy offers a two-year diploma in Aviation in partnership with RDP. Academic courses for a Business Certificate are taken at RDP. You will graduate with a strong background in business and subjects related to flight in modern high-performance transport aircraft.

Theory and comprehensive hands-on projects ensure Electrical Applications students gain the knowledge and skills necessary to install, operate, troubleshoot, service and repair electrical equipment in residential, commercial and industrial settings. Motors, generators, transformers, electrical systems, and a wide variety of control equipment are among the many topics covered during the program, and graduates who meet specific criteria can earn credit toward Apprenticeship Manitoba Level 1 and 2.

Architectural drafting may be the career for you. Drafters work behind the scenes to create technical drawings and plans based on sketches, specifications or notes made by architects, engineers, surveyors, or other industry professionals. They use advanced computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) software to bring designs to life.