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Skills 101

Learn the basics

Skilled trades and technologies, career exploration, and dad jokes. It’s Skills 101.

Meet Chris, your virtual skills teacher for career exploration. This engaging 10-part video series will teach you all about skilled trades and technologies, labour markets, and SCNS programs, all while encouraging you to think about your own goals and ambitions.

The Basics

How Do We “Find” Our Passions During Career Exploration?

The Journey

What are Skilled Trades?

What are Technologies?

Skilled Trade and Technology… Competitions?

The Skills Experience

What’s After High School?

The Essential Skills

The Next Step

BONUS VIDEO: Ships Start Here (Irving Shipbuilding)

  • The Basics 5:10
  • How Do We “Find” Our Passions During Career Exploration? 5:25
  • The Journey 4:54
  • What are Skilled Trades? 5:39
  • What are Technologies? 5:20
  • Skilled Trade and Technology… Competitions? 7:22
  • The Skills Experience 4:27
  • What’s After High School? 4:51
  • The Essential Skills 3:59
  • The Next Step 3:48
  • BONUS VIDEO: Ships Start Here (Irving Shipbuilding) 5:31

Resource links from Chris

Here is a list of resources that Chris mentioned in the videos above. Each of these links will help you to continue your career and skills exploration.

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