Community Education & Workplace Training
Join a community of life-long learners with Selkirk's College's Community Education & Workplace Training. Explore our flexible adult learning options and find the path that's best for you. Our training can help update your credentials or up the skills of your entire team.
With CEWT at Selkirk College, you can:
- Take individual courses or complete a certificate program
- Enrol in seminars and workshops
- Attend conferences and events
- Have courses contract training or first aid courses custom designed for you and your workplace
View courses: (watch for these links to become live!)
- Arts and Culture
- Business, Finance and Leadership
- Children & Youth
- Computer & Digitial Technology
- Environment & Sustainability
- First Aid
- Health & Wellness
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Industry & Trades
- Languages
- Learning in Retirement
- Online Learning
- Recreation & Leisure
- Safety Training
- SPECTRUM
Register online through the above links or contact CEWT Registration.
Employer Resources
Contract Training - Work with us to design, develop and deliver training that will keep you and your team at the top of your game. If the need is to stay current, refresh skills or find a new perspective, we can customize training content and schedule it to fit your needs, goals and budget.
Employer Training Grant - The BC Employer Training Grant (ETG) provides funding to offset up to two-thirds of training costs for existing or prospective employees.
Employee/Student Resources
Professional Development Credits - Stay current in your profession by maintaining your certification with professional development credits earned right here in the West Kootenay - Boundary region.
Project Based Training - providing tuition-free group-based training based on industry need and workforce shortages.
BladeRunners - targetting at-risk youth (15-30 years of age) providing them with basic training designed to facilitate entry into the labour force.
Career Counselling - Selkirk College counsellors assist with career and education decisions.
Teaching Opportunity
Interested in teaching a CEWT course? Contact a Community Education & Workplace Training Coordinator with your workshop proposal or expression of interest in teaching one of our current courses.
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In the News
Connecting individuals who are seeking new careers to the education and background then need to succeed, the Selkirk College Pathways to Employment in Trades & Industry Program brought together 16 students for a 19-week exploration of exciting opportunities.
First-year Ski Resort Operations & Management Program students embarked on a thrilling field trip Selkirk Snowcat Skiing north of Meadow Creek in late-January to complete an avalanche training course and get a peek at one of the province's outstanding outdoor destinations.
Up to 16 West Kootenay residents are receiving the training they need at Selkirk College for jobs in their communities thanks to the federal-provincial partnership under the Canada-B.C. Job Fund Agreement.