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.

Class #1: The Basics

Class #2: How Do We “Find” Our Passions During Career Exploration?

Class #3: The Journey

Class #4: What are Skilled Trades?

Class #5: What are Technologies?

Class #6: Skilled Trade and Technology… Competitions?

Class #7: The Skills Experience

Class #8: What’s After High School?

Class #9: The Essential Skills

Class #10: The Next Step

Class #11: BONUS VIDEO: Ships Start Here (Irving Shipbuilding)

  • Class #1: The Basics 5:10
  • Class #2: How Do We “Find” Our Passions During Career Exploration? 5:25
  • Class #3: The Journey 4:54
  • Class #4: What are Skilled Trades? 5:39
  • Class #5: What are Technologies? 5:20
  • Class #6: Skilled Trade and Technology… Competitions? 7:22
  • Class #7: The Skills Experience 4:27
  • Class #8: What’s After High School? 4:51
  • Class #9: The Essential Skills 3:59
  • Class #10: The Next Step 3:48
  • Class #11: 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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