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Math for Trades: Volume 2
Author(s): Chad Flinn, Mark Overgaard; BCIT
Updated: May 16, 2022
Description: The Math for Trades: Volume 2 textbook continues where the first volume left off. Volume 2 increases the challenge with topics such as converting units and working with equations, perimeter, area, and volume. Once again the material is presented from a trades perspective with easy-to-understand examples and videos explanations accompanying questions. The goal of this volume is to take the material you learned in Math for Trades: Volume 1 and apply it to more advanced topics that you may encount...[more]
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Trades Access Common Core Competency B-3: Use Interpersonal Communication Skills – 2nd Edition
Author(s): Camosun College
Updated: Apr 26, 2022
Description: No matter what your job is, you will need to communicate with other people. Your communication skills determine how successfully you receive and transmit information. Communication is arguably the most important of all life skills and plays a significant role in all aspects of work and home life. Communication is verbal, written, and non-verbal, and every gesture, voice inflection, or facial movement speaks volumes and conveys information to others. An effective communicator is also an active l...[more]
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Line B - Employability Skills Competency B-3: Use Interpersonal Communication Skills
Author(s): Camosun College
Updated: Apr 13, 2022
Description: THIS BOOK WILL BE ARCHIVED ON October 1, 2022, AS IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW EDITION. No matter what your job is, you will need to communicate with other people. Your communication skills determine how successfully you receive and transmit information. Communication is arguably the most important of all life skills and plays a significant role in all aspects of work and home life. Communication is verbal, written, and non-verbal, and every gesture, voice inflection, or facial movement speak...[more]
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Trades Access Common Core Competency B-2: Describe Expectations and Responsibilities of Employers and Employees – 2nd Edition
Author(s): Camosun College
Updated: Apr 12, 2022
Description: As you enter the workforce, it is important to understand the major trends in employment and how to find this information. In this competency, we’ll look some of the current major trends in employment in Canada and British Columbia. This review includes an overview of the economy, skills that employers look for, employee expectations, and effective strategies for entering the labour market and finding a job.
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Trades Access Common Core Competency B-1: Apply Study and Learning Skills – 2nd Edition
Author(s): Camosun College
Updated: Apr 12, 2022
Description: This resource is one of twenty-three competencies that make of Trades Access Common Core (TACC). After completing this competency, students should be able to use effective study habits; effective listening techniques; effective note-taking techniques; techniques for reading textbooks effectively; ways to research materials; and effective techniques for preparing for and taking notes.
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Trades Access Common Core Competency B-4: Describe the Apprenticeship System – 2nd Edition
Author(s): Camosun College
Updated: Apr 12, 2022
Description: This Competency provides the information necessary for you to understand the trades training system and how to explore any trades you may be interested in. Careers in the trades can be highly rewarding. Forecast shortages in skilled trades mean that there will be significant opportunities for new workers to enter many of the trades.
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Line B - Employability Skills Competency B-4: Describe the Apprenticeship System
Author(s): Camosun College
Updated: Apr 5, 2022
Description: THIS BOOK WILL BE ARCHIVED ON OCTOBR 1, 2022, AS IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW EDITION. This Competency provides the information necessary for you to understand the trades training system and how to explore any trades you may be interested in. Careers in the trades can be highly rewarding. Forecast shortages in skilled trades mean that there will be significant opportunities for new workers to enter many of the trades. The following list of lines and competencies was generated with the goal...[more]
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Line B - Employability Skills Competency B-2: Describe Expectations and Responsibilities of Employers and Employees
Author(s): Camosun College
Updated: Apr 5, 2022
Description: THIS BOOK WILL BE ARCHIVED ON OCTOBER 1, 2022, AS IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW EDITION. As you enter the workforce, it is important to understand the major trends in employment and how to find this information. In this Competency, we’ll look some of the current major trends in employment in Canada and British Columbia. This review includes an overview of the economy, skills that employers look for, and employee expectations. We’ll also look at employee expectations and effective strategies for...[more]
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Line B - Employability Skills Competency B-1: Apply Study and Learning Skills
Author(s): Camosun College
Updated: Apr 5, 2022
Description: THIS BOOK WILL BE ARCHIVED ON OCTOBER 1, 2022, AS IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW EDITION. Every learner has different abilities, backgrounds, and life experiences. Some individuals will be entering a trades program directly from high school as part of a dual-credit program or youth initiative and have limited experience outside of the classroom. Others may have been out ofthe formal education system for a number of years, but bring valuable years of work experience into the classroom. Regardless...[more]
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Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements
Author(s): Michelle Nakano, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Updated: Jan 26, 2022
Description: Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements is an adaptation of KPU HORT 1155 Introduction to Plant Materials Lecture Notes. It is an editable, open access learning resource with interactive web-based experiences customized for horticulture students studying plant identification. This edition supports student achievement of the Level 1, 2, 3, and 4 learning goals for Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Line F2.
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