Overview
This part-time online certificate is designed for tradespersons who would like to develop the skills needed to manage a trades business.
Learners will develop a variety of relevant business-related knowledge and skills including operations, planning, finance, marketing, human resources, health and safety, and ethics. Graduates will be well-positioned to manage a small to medium-sized trades-related business, to start their own trades-related business, or to use their newly developed skills and knowledge to improve their existing business.
Courses
| OEL1292 - 3 Building and Maintaining Customer Relationships |
| OEL1294 - 3 Occupational Health and Safety |
| OEL1295 - 3 Marketing a Trades Business |
| OEL1296 - 3 Operating a Trades Business |
| OEL851 - 2 Human Relations |
| Electives: Choose one elective:
OEL1293 - Financial Processes in the Trades OEL856 - Finance LDS |
Requirements & Program Information
Entrance and Certificate Requirements
- Students must have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, and be 19 years of age or older.
- Students must successfully complete all courses within 7 years of acceptance into the program in order to graduate.
- Students must obtain a G.P.A. of 2.0 or 60% or higher to obtain this certificate.
Certificate Completion
- Once all Continuing Education certificate requirements have been successfully completed, a student may apply to graduate from their program of study.
- Program admission requirements, if applicable, will be reviewed at the time of application to graduate.
- All courses must be completed within the stated timeline outlined on the certificate webpage.
- Students who graduate from a Continuing Education, part-time certificate are eligible to attend a Convocation ceremony, with details provided upon confirmation of completion. A non-refundable graduation fee will be applied.
- Students must email conedregistration@saultcollege.ca when they believe they have fulfilled the requirements to graduate.
Have you been educated outside of Canada and/or have your studies been completed in a language other than English? Please follow this link for additional admission requirements and considerations Admission Requirements for students educated outside of Canada
Certification
Upon successful completion of the online Business for trades certificate program, students will obtain a 91探花 certificate.
Career Path
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