Prerequisites

• OCT MEMBERSHIP
• WORK EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION
  • Educators with existing technological education qualifications do not need to provide additional documentation. 
  • Educators without technological education qualifications need: 
    • a Certificate of Qualification and Registration 
    • five years of work experience, including business or industrial experience, or a combined total of five years’ post-secondary education and work experience, including: 
    • at least two years’ business or industrial work experience, at least four months of which were continuous, and post-secondary education acceptable to the OCT consisting of: 
    • an apprenticeship program acceptable to the OCT, and… 
    • work experience demonstrating competency based on an assessment of advanced skills and knowledge, related to a technological education subject listed in Schedule B of the regulation. 
  • *Experience teaching Green Industries Grades 9/10 is accepted as part of the five-year requirement at a ratio of two years experience to one year of the required total e.g., four years teaching Green Industries Grades 9/10 is equal to two years of the required five years experience.
    

Eligible work experience must use skills and knowledge related to the subject and may include business or industrial experience in the following areas: 

• Arborist 
• Farming 
• Fish hatchery 
• Floristry/gardening/botany 
• Forestry 
• Greenhouse 
• Landscaping & design 
• Sawmill 
• Surveying 
• Veterinarian 
• Use of GPS equipment 
• Interfacing (connecting electronics to the computer and controlling it from software, input and output, such as switches and LED lights) 

*One year of work experience can be interpreted as 1,700 hours of work experience. 

**If you were self-employed, you must submit an affidavit and a business license to confirm years of work experience. 

Materials

There are no additional resources required for this course.

Technology

• Laptop/PC: Windows 10 or higher or equivalent operating system with recommended 8 GB of RAM and at least 16 GB of free hard disk space and Wi-Fi capabilities.
• Access to reliable  high-speed broadband internet access (Cable, DSL, LTE) with a minimum bandwidth of 15 Mbps is recommended.
• Included integrated webcam and microphone recommended.

This is an asynchronous, cohort based, instructor-led course with defined start date, end date and specific module due dates. Learners are not expected to be online at a certain time of day, but they are expected to work through the material alongside other learners. Learners should expect to spend 16-18 hours on coursework throughout each week to stay on track.

To successfully complete your program, you will complete all assignments, activities and discussions by the posted deadlines in the program.

Your progress will be continuously evaluated using a variety of formative and/or summative assessments to receive a final mark. Information about these assessment methods will be provided in the Learning Management System on the first day of the program.