Callum goes to “Eureka”
Spending the day on a TV show set with his Grandmother, Dixie Cutler was an amazing opportunity for Callum. His Grandmother is a “Unit Publicist” and her job is to arrange for press interviews with the actors, producers and/or directors as well as organize the written and photographic materials for the studio or TV network to advertise the show. A university degree in public relations, communications or journalism would be excellent preparation for this work.
Callum’s favourite part of the day was looking around at the sets for Eureka. He says the job of Publicist involves a lot of standing around waiting for information which he’s not sure he would enjoy. However, he had a chance to watch actors at work and in particular the “Special Effects Coordinator” whose work was very interesting to Callum.
Ashleen: a long commute to work!
Going to work with Dad on Wednesday morning involved going downstairs into the family’s garage. Ashleen’s Dad has owned and operated his own printing company “CanDel Printing” for the past 12 years. He’s very busy and has always relied on his daughters to help out with a wide variety of work – heat and screen printing of logos on clothing, design & printing menus, flyers, brochures, business cards and much more.
Ashleen says creativity and accuracy are very important – she looks forward to her media arts courses. Some of the printing machines require special training to run but a number of the jobs rely on computer aided design skills. Mr. Kumar also points out that when you run your own business, you must have knowledge and skills in billing and accounts management and understand how to market your business and provide good customer service.
A Day In A Metal Fabrication Shop for Dylan!
Dylan’s uncle Dave Humphrey designs and builds screening machinery for companies around the world. His machines are used to sort and size a variety of materials in the Forestry and Grain industries. His fabrication shop BM & M Screening Solutions is located in Port Kells and is a family owned business. Dylan enjoys being in the manufacturing area. He said something new is always happening as the huge machinery goes from one stage to the next in production – “sparks are always flying”.
Dave has seen a number of changes over the years with manual drafting and design being taken over by CAD and now 3D imagery computer modeling. Following high school, students can enroll in Mechanical Engineering Programs at places like BCIT. The company also hires grads trained in welding and metal fabrication. Dylan’s uncle encourages students to look into ACE-IT partnerships as a great way to get started in these trades.
Helping Others at Delta Community Living Society!
A very special day for Taylor working alongside her cousin Brandy Chapman in her job as Community Support Worker as she guides and helps young men and women with various challenges in life to enjoy a day away from their homes
The day started with Taylor helping to do a newspaper route, then back to the centre to help with lunch preparation. The afternoon includes helping with another job folding and preparing boxes. As Brandy says, this work requires patience and caring as you help with food and personal care. You have to work with people with a variety of challenges and getting training in a community support program at places like Douglas College will help you be prepared. Besides a caring personality, Brandy also noted that you need a special driver’s license to drive up to 15 passengers, First Aid and specialized training in Job Coaching.
Taylor says she enjoyed her day with her cousin as she got to meet some very special people and understand how important this job is!
Learning about Vancity Financial Services!
Rebekah’s Mom, Leah has worked at Vancity for the for the past 19 years and is a Financial Services Representative. Rebekah noted that everything moves at a fast pace, starting with counting cash and observing as the ATM machine was set-up and organized for the day. It is important to be organized, good at math and have good people skills. Leah says that Vancity provides training to high school graduates who want to learn financial services but there are programs in financial planning at places like BCIT that are also good preparation for this work.
Rebekah learned a very important piece of information about the people who come to Vancity for financial services such as bill paying and savings accounts etc., they are not customers but members and Rebekah enjoyed watching her Mom help all the members that she met on the job!
…and what about those who couldn’t go to the workplace?
Grade 9’s at Delview Secondary, who were not able to spend the day on the job, worked in groups in the school’s Career Centre completing an assignment and discussion about career ideas, work preparation and education planning.
