PARTNERED PLACEMENTS
The Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre (Sask DLC) has extended partnership agreements with the Saskatchewan Automobile Dealers Association (SADA) and the Saskatchewan Association of Autobody Repairers (SAAR) to help offer work placement options for high school students. Both associations have signed a two-year partnership extension with Sask DLC to enhance learning opportunities through work placement options for students taking online mechanical and automotive or autobody courses.
SAAR will provide an annual investment of $20,000 to fund a coordinator position with Sask DLC that will also facilitate work placements enrolled in Sask DLC’s autobody courses. Here, students taking Autobody 10 will be able to do full-online theory or combine it with a 25-hour work placement. Moreover, students in the program’s Autobody A20 and Autobody B20 will be able to complete 50 hours of online theory as well as a 50-hour work placement. SADA will continue an annual investment of $40,000 to fund the delivery of Sask DLC’s mechanical and automotive program, including a coordinator position to set up student work placements.
Sask DLC currently offers five mechanical and automotive courses for students across the province, including a 10-level introductory course where students can choose to do full-online theory or participate in 75 hours of online theory with a 25-hour work placement. At the 20 and 30 level, each course is combined with 50 hours of online theory and 50 hours of in-person work placement at a local business.
