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"TNT Day" provides female students in grades 7 to 10 with the opportunity to learn and work in a college shop setting.

Students will take part in hands‐on activities related to careers in construction, engineering, architecture, and the industrial and motive power sectors. This experience will provide young women with exposure to the trades, promoting better informed academic pathways and career decisions.

These activities will be run by senior trades and technology students and apprentices under the direction of college faculty and in consultation with local secondary school teachers.

Students will also be introduced to the pathways from secondary school to apprenticeship and related college programs.

Carpentry workshop students will be given a shop orientation along with basic tool safety training. Participants will practice their skills by creating a small carpentry project using tools such as tape measures, skill saws and cordless drills.

Welding workshop students will be given a shop orientation along with basic safety training. Participants will then practice their welding skills to create a small project to take home with them.

Time:

9:30 AM - 1:45 PM

Location:

Conestoga College, Waterloo Campus, 180 University Ave. E.

To register:

Please have student registration forms filled out and submitted to Carolyn Pesant by Thursday, February 4, 2016. Confirmations will be sent to participating schools by Friday, February 12, 2016.

For more information, please contact Carolyn Pesant at 519-748-5220 ext. 2840.