Fleming College to host Skills WORK! Camp
Peterborough ON – (July 3, 2014) – Fleming College will once again host a popular summer day camp that teaches students about the skilled trades.
The Skills WORK! Camp will have 18 campers and will run July 7-11, 2014. The camp will take place at the McRae Campus, with a one-day trip to the Frost Campus on Thursday, July 10 to explore careers in heavy equipment and arboriculture.
The camp is offered in partnership with Skills Canada – Ontario, and provides students in grades 7 and 8 with an opportunity to explore careers in skilled trades.
Throughout the week, campers develop communication, problem-solving and teamwork skills through various activities and hands-on workshops in carpentry, plumbing, electrical, welding and final assembly. Students also participate in an entrepreneurship project, which will be presented at a Campers’ Showcase on Friday, July 11.
The schedule is:
Monday, July 7
1 to 4 p.m. – Carpentry Workshop
Tuesday, July 8
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Plumbing Workshop
1 to 4 p.m. – Electrical Workshop
Wednesday, July 9
9 a.m. to noon – Welding Workshop
12:30 to 4 p.m. – Project Painting/Final Assembly
Thursday, July 10 – FROST CAMPUS
9:45 a.m. to noon – Heavy Equipment Activities (Heavy Equipment Centre)
1 to 2 p.m. – Campus tour
2 to 3 p.m. – Arborist/Tree Climbing Demonstration
Friday, July 11
1 to 4 p.m. – Campers’ Showcase (Mayor Darryl Bennett will be attending)
All of the workshops take place in lab rooms 205 or 204 at the McRae Campus on Bonaccord Street.
If media are interested in attending the camp, please contact Jan Watson, KTTC Employment Market and Student Success Specialist, at 705-749-5530 ext. 1642 or jan.watson@flemingcollege.ca.
About Fleming College
Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Community Development and Health, Continuing Education, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Science, Justice and Business, and Skilled Trades and Technology. Fleming College has more than 5,900 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and more than 68,000 alumni.
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For more information:
Laura Copeland, Communications Officer, laura.copeland@flemingcollege.ca or 705.749.5530 x 1370