Off Campus Programs

Work Experience 3 to 10 credits each

Prerequisite: HCS 3000:Workplace Safety Systems

Work experience provides students with the opportunity to explore possible career options, learn job related skills, learn appropriate work-related attitudes, and develop responsibility.  With the help of the Work Experience Coordinator students select a work site in the community.  Students can earn 3 credits for working 75 hours and 5 credits for working 125 hours.  Evaluation is completed by the employer and the work experience coordinator.  Work experience is limited to a maximum of 15 credits.  Students also earn one credit in Workplace Safety Systems.

Work Experience Contract 

Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP)

Traditionally, apprenticeships in Alberta began following high school graduation, however, some students identify their career interests at an earlier age and are ready to learn and practice their future trade while still in high school. RAP is an ideal program for these students.

RAP students are both full-time students and registered apprentices, dividing their time between an approved work site and their high school studies. They take regular courses such as English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science and Math in order to earn their Alberta High School Diploma or Certificate of Achievement.

The time a RAP student spends at school and on the work site can be quite flexible. The student, school and employer jointly agree on a suitable schedule. The student may work as a RAP apprentice for a semester, for half of each school day, or for one or two days per week, or during summers, holidays and weekends.

The RAP apprenticeship ends when the RAP apprentice completes high school. The RAP apprentice is then automatically registered as a regular apprentice and the credit earned while in RAP is applied to his or her apprenticeship through the apprenticeship program.

Contact the RAP coordinator, Ms. Westgard for more information.  Click here for the RAP Brochure and more information

The Green Certificate Program provides trainees with opportunities to enter a variety of agriculture-related, structured learning pathways as a part of their senior high school program and to earn up to 16 Grade 12 diploma credits and a credential leading to a career in agribusiness.

Students learn on the job, under the direction of experienced farm personnel and under the supervision and administration of Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and Alberta Education.  Please contact Ms. Westgard for more information regarding this program

Dual credit provides high school students with the opportunity to explore post-secondary education and career pathways while earning credits at both the high school and post-secondary institution levels. Dual credit studies are designed primarily for grade 11 and 12 students. 

Dual Credit Partners:

SAIT

Lethbridge Polytechnic

Bow Valley College

Olds College of Agriculture and Technology

Prairie College