EDUCATION IS often the key to
employment — whether looking entering the work force.
for a new career, a promotion, or

30 — Sunday, January 5, 1992 ~ North Shore News

CAREER OPTIONS FOR ‘92

A SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE OF THE NORTH SHORE NEWS

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Malaspina College, on beautiful Vancouver
Island. is now accepting applications for
admission to the third year of the Bachelor of
Arts in Liberal Studies degree program,
commencing September, 1992. This degree is
offered by the University of Victoria and taught

of entering or re-

North Shore Continuing Educa-

tion offers a variety of courses for
those who want to upgrade their
academic skills, improve their
employability, or learn more
about a chosen pastime.

Many of their clients are
“finishing unfinished business,’’
said Barbara McBride, program
administrator, referring to the
many people who come in simply
to get theiz high school diploma.

While standard Grade 11 and !2.-

courses are offered, mature stu-
dents may opt for the Adult
Senior Secondary Program with
fewer courses required for gradua-
tion.

An orientation session for peo-

ple interested in high school
classes will be held Jan. 22 at 8
p.m. at the Lucas Centre, 2132
Hamilton Avenue in North Van-
couver. Pre-registration is re-
quired.

The Adult Learning Centre —
open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. —
offers a self-paced program for
people with more extensive re-
quirements, including’ illiterate
people wishing to learn how to
tead and write, said McBride.

And, although it doesn’t carry
the same weight as a diploma, the
high school equivalency program
offers a certificate accepted by
some college courses or

employers.

The Youth Learning Centre is
geared toward 16, 17, and 18-
year-olds who have left school but
now want to graduate, learning in
a different environment.

People re-entering the
workforce may choose from
courses to refresh their skills in
maths, sciences or English, or
choose from programs including
three office-oriented courses,
McBride said.

Office upgrading, receptionist
training, and computer/word pro-
cessing courses will provide the
skills needed to work in a modern
office environment.

Orientation sessions for these
courses will be held Jan. 8 from

exclusively at Malaspina College.
9:30 to 11 a.m. and 7 to 8:30

p-m., and Jan. 9 from 1:30 to 3
p.m. at the Lucas Centre.

The office-related courses. are
typically held three times annual-
ly, depending on enrollment, she
said.

McBride added that the centre
offers ‘ta whole range of shorter
courses,’’ including bookkeeping,
filing, legal programs, computer
keyboarding and medical termi-

* nology.

Their computer training is done
on both IBM (at the Lucas Cen-
tre) and Macintosh (in high school
computer labs) computers.

Through Job Starts programs,
classes are taught in specific career
skills such as cooking, custodial
work, graphic. design, and
welding.

These courses require no prere-
quisites and typically offer enough
training for an entry level position
in the trade, explained McBride.

As well, if prospective students
do not have the English skills nec-
essary to take the classes, the
Lucas Centre offers English as a
second language, she added. Ori-
entation sessions are being held
Jan. 7 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
and 7 to 9 p.m. a

Another popular course, said
McBride, is .a career. assesment
workshop that helps students to
choose career goals. :

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