Skills Discovery Day provides a non-competitive and non-threatening introduction to the Skills Canada program, encouraging more students to register for the annual Regional Skills Competition. By providing more students with access to the related college programs, faculty and labs, we can eliminate some of the “fear factor” and establish a realistic view of how participation in the Skills Canada program can be a positive experience and a support to future career decision making.
Students will have the opportunity to explore 1 or 2 Regional Skills areas throughout the day, including a general introduction to Skills Canada.
Please note: Interested students should possess skills at a level that would support them to compete. This is NOT an exploratory event.
Date: December 20, 2023
Time: 9:00am-2:30pm
Location: Lethbridge College
Registration Process:
- Schools request spots specific to a Skills pairing (package and link coming September 15, 2023)
- Request link closes – November 14, 2023
- Schools receive school-specific registration form containing their allocation – November 21, 2023
- Deadline for student names and contact information – December 12, 2023
*** Spots at the event are NOT guaranteed through the request form – please wait until you receive your school registration form to confirm your number of spots.
Want more information? Teacher package – Skills Discovery Day (2022 edition – update coming in September)
2022 event details below – watch for updates in September
Please see pre-requisite courses and/or PPE required for various Skills areas. These MUST be followed in order to participate in the corresponding area.
- Automotive/Welding
- Completed or currently enrolled in Industrial or Automotive course, AND
- Completed or currently enrolled in Fabrication 10 AND
- Wear steel-toed boots AND
- Wear coveralls (recommended) or jeans and long-sleeved shirt
- Lethbridge College and Career Transitions will provide additional PPE
- Baking/Culinary Arts
- No open-toed shoes allowed
- Cabinet Making/Carpentry
- Completed or currently enrolled in Construction 10 course AND
- Steel-toed boots are recommended however Career Transitions will have toe caps for student who do not have steel-toed boots (no open-toed shoes allowed)
- Lethbridge College will provide additional PPE
- Photography/Video Production
- Experience with Photoshop AND
- Base knowledge of video editing AND
- DSLR Camera (can be borrowed from Lethbridge College)
2022 Event details – update coming in September
During the day, students will:
- Find out more about the Skills movement and what it means for them
- Spend one to two hours with professionals in two Skills fields (Graphic Design exception)
- See what past competitions have looked like, including reviewing previous contest description documents
- Explore the labs and get more comfortable with the layout of the competition area
- Enjoy a full campus tour of Lethbridge College
Automotive
- This session will include an electrical activity/exercise such as building and testing an electrical circuit. Another skill area covered will involve gearing principles and/or transmissions, which may include calculating gear ratios.
- This session is paired with Welding. Students will spend 1 hour in each Skills area, plus receive a 1 hour Lethbridge College tour.
- Steel toed boots are required. Coveralls are recommended but jeans and a long-sleeved shirt is acceptable. Students will be provided any additional PPE required.
- Students should have completed or be currently enrolled in an Industrial or Automotive class and Fabrication 10
Baking
- Students will have hands on work and demo with cupcake/cake mixing, baking and icing, following Skills scope requirements, including a discussion of temperature time and mixing methods to create high quality products.
- This session is paired with Culinary Arts. Students will spend 1 hour in each Skills area, plus receive a 1 hour Lethbridge College tour.
- No open toed shoes are allowed.
Cabinet Making and Carpentry
- The students will be able to look at past Skills Regional Competition Projects, see the work space that they would be competing in if they choose to compete in March, and complete a small hands-on project. There are miscellaneous small projects that students can work on (some projects are hand tools only and some may involve a few power tools). Finally, the process of the competition and the preparation leading up to it will be outlined and described.
- This is a combined session – students will explore both Cabinet Making and Carpentry at the same time for 1.5 hours followed by a 1.5 hour College Tour.
- No open toed shoes are allowed. Students will be provided with safety glasses and hearing protection.
- Students should have completed or be currently enrolled in Construction 10
Culinary
- Students will have a hands-on work and demo with making fresh pasta sauces or soups, following Skills scope requirements. This will include a discussion of temperature, time, presentation and mixing methods to create high quality products.
- This session is paired with Baking. Students will spend 1 hour in each Skills area, plus receive a 1 hour Lethbridge College tour.
- No open toed shoes are allowed.
Graphic Design
- Students will get an overview of what the regional design competition looks like and participate in a hands-on activity. The activity will guide participants through designing and developing a poster for a fictitious live music event. Students will receive a client brief and we will discuss how to create4 a poster in Illustrator that used colour, font, and layout to communicate visually about the event. Finally, you will properly export the poster for sending to a print shop.
- This is a stand alone session. Students will spend 2 hours in the Graphic Design area, plus receive a 1 hour Lethbridge College tour.
- Students should have some sort of experience with graphic design software (Adobe Suite, Publisher, GIMP, etc)
Photography
- Students will enjoy a themed, hands-on photography and editing exercise, while exploring the competition area and becoming familiar with the contest format.
- This session is paired with Video Production. Students will spend 1 hour in each Skills area, plus receive a 1 hour Lethbridge College tour.
- Students need to bring a DSLR Camera (one can be borrowed from Lethbridge College if requested at least 2 weeks a head).
- Students need experience with Photoshop plus a base knowledge of video editing is helpful.
Video Production
- Students will get an opportunity to see examples of past winners and discuss why they won. We will talk about the different ways to tell a story using videos and the importance of the technical considerations. We will look at what video gear would be best suited to the Skills Canada experience and answer questions about what the students can do to make their presentations better.
- This session is paired with Photography. Students will spend 1 hour in each Skills area, plus receive a 1 hour Lethbridge College tour.
- Students need to bring a DSLR Camera (one can be borrowed from Lethbridge College if requested at least 2 weeks a head).
- Students need experience with Photoshop plus a base knowledge of video editing is helpful.
Welding
- Students will enjoy a hands-on exploration of the welding trade, while also learning more about the competition project and becoming familiar with the layout of the competition area.
- This session is paired with Automotive. Students will spend 1 hour in each Skills area, plus receive a 1 hour Lethbridge College tour.
- Steel toed boots are required. Coveralls are recommended but jeans and a long-sleeved shirt is acceptable. Students will be provided any additional PPE required.
- Students should have completed or be currently enrolled in Fabrication 10 and an Industrial or Automotive class
Parking details are being confirmed. Please check back in later November for an update on this.
