The B.C. government is spending $4 million of its federal-provincial economic recovery funds to start B次元官网网址渕icro-credentialB次元官网网址� programs that offer an introduction to in-demand job skills on a short-term and usually online basis.
are being offered at 14 post-secondary institutions that made proposals, creating an expected 2,000 student spaces for courses. They include an introduction to mass timber construction at B.C. Institute of Technology, medical terminology for office administration at North Island College, facilities maintenance at Selkirk College and digital marketing skills at University of the Fraser Valley.
B次元官网网址淭hese micro-credentials are for people whose jobs were affected by COVID-19, and who are looking to re-skill for a new career, or up-skill in an existing area,B次元官网网址� said
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B次元官网网址淭hese micro-credentials are for people whose jobs were affected by COVID-19, and who are looking to re-skill for a new career, or up-skill in an existing area,B次元官网网址� said Anne Kang, B.C.B次元官网网址檚 minister of advanced education.
They are designed to fit in with peopleB次元官网网址檚 work and family obligations, and courses take weeks rather than months to complete.
The program is funded 50-50 by the federal and provincial government from its COVID-19 economic recovery programs.
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