This course will introduce students to the role and significance of metrology in TQM and Quality Assurance. Basic techniques on the use of precision instruments, their calibration, and applications are introduced. The basics of surface measurement and geometric measurements are introduced.
Health and wellness is a key component of a mature health and safety program. In this course, students learn about workplace health promotion and the various programs that support health and wellness, including injury, illness and disease prevention programs; employee and family assistance programs; wellness programs; disability management programs; and addiction control programs. Additional...
This course provides an overview of applied safety fundamentals. The course allows students to apply the principles used when identifying hazards and applying controls to a variety of common workplace safety risks. Topics include powered mobile equipment and handling systems, hoisting and conveying equipment, automated systems, working alone/remotely, workplace inspections and accident...
Workplace dynamics have a significant impact on employee satisfaction, health and productivity. In this course, students explore how positive and negative workplace dynamics contribute to healthy and unhealthy workplaces. Topics include organizational culture, organization of work, working in teams, and employee engagement. Students reflect on their own experiences with workplace dynamics and...
Occupational hygiene is the science of anticipation, recognition, evolution and control of workplace hazards that may result in illness, disease or injury. This course provides students with basic knowledge of airborne hazards, physical hazards, and biological hazards, the common routes of entry for workplace hazards, and related occupational illness and disease. Topics include indoor air quality...
This course is built upon Patissier techniques acquired in previous courses, which will allow the student to study the more intricate aspects of baking and the patisserie arts. The student will have the opportunity to create more complicated and intricate cakes such as tiered celebration cakes, display items and artistic showpieces produced with chocolate, boiled sugar, gum paste and pastillage.
This course inspires the student to build on skills previously learned. It provides the opportunity to refine decor and presentation of pastries, gateaux, and contemporary plated desserts. The student will also experience the creation of a wide range of cookies and confections such as pralines, nougat, caramels, candies, brittles, bonbons, chocolates, and truffles, petit fours, Othellos, Macaroons...
This course focuses on creating accessible, compliant, search-engine friendly web sites using the latest web standards. Students will learn to code clean, responsive pages with a consideration for basic design principles. Current web trends are explored and students will incorporate typography, css transitions, transforms and animations to create rich, interactive experiences.
Continuing from Programming Fundamentals, this course introduces the object-oriented programming concepts of encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism, class design using UML, exception handling, GUI development using the Swing and JFX packages, event-driven programming, and using the JDBC package to connect to databases.
The online course is designed to provide students with an introduction to probability and statistics theory, including descriptive and inferential statistical computing. Topics include basic descriptive measures (mean, mode, median, standard deviation and variance), the central limit theorem, the normal distribution and its application, probability theory, linear regression and correlation...