WORK EXPERIENCE in POLICING

Partnering with Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain, and the District of North Vancouver, students will volunteer with the RCMP “Keeping our Community Safe and Crime Free” Be ambassadors for North Vancouver Learn Police Leadership Skills Be a presence and deter crime Observe, Record and Report any Crime detected. Training and tshirt provided. This program is designed to decrease theft and damage to vehicles during the tourist season.

To volunteer see Ms. Parmar or contact Dave MacRae dmacrae@cnv.org 604-990-2342

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Posted by Ms. Neeru Parmar, nparmar@nvsd44.bc.ca

Collections Assistant North Vancouver Museum & Archives

8-week Temporary Position The Friends of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Society, acting on behalf of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, is seeking two energetic, conscientious individuals to provide assistance to the Museum Collections Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities: The Collection Assistants will assist with a variety of museum collection management tasks, such as creating and updating documentation on artifacts used in educational programs; preparing artifacts for storage; organizing and inventorying artifacts; scanning images; filing; updating data in the museum database records. The positions are suitable for mature high school students or recent secondary school graduates interested in pursuing work in the cultural, historic or preservation field. At the end of the work term, the students will have gained experience in museum practices and procedures, record keeping and data entry, care of historic artifacts, documentation, and artifact handling and storage techniques.

Qualifications: The successful applicants will have an interest in history and in pursuing a career in museums or other cultural organization, a high degree of computer literacy, ability to follow directions precisely and maintain accuracy, able to walk up stairs and lift up to 20lbs, effective interpersonal and organizational skills, and excellent written and spoken English language skills.

Terms of Employment: This position is funded by the Canada Summer Jobs program of Service Canada and subject to hiring restrictions imposed by that program. The position is open only to applicants between the ages of 15 and 30, who attended school full time last year and intend to return to school full time next year. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants and must commit to the entire work term.

Work Week: 35 hours per week (7 hours/day; Monday-Friday) Start Date: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 End Date: Monday, August 27, 2012 Salary: $13.00 per hour plus 4% vacation pay, to be paid with final cheque. Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Please submit resumé and covering letter by e-mail to nvmac@dnv.org, specifying ”
Administrative Services Manager, North Vancouver Museum and Archives,
3203 Institute Road, North Vancouver, B.C. V7K 3E5. Collections Assistant Position” and your name in the subject line, by fax (604.987.5688), or by post addressed to Jan Manaton, The Friends of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Society is an equal opportunity employer. Students of aboriginal heritage and members of visible minorities are encouraged to apply.

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Posted by Ms. Neeru Parmar, nparmar@nvsd44.bc.ca

Apply NOW!!

If you’re thinking of a trade this is a great way to go.  It’s a one month mandatory safety course- offered at Douglas College every 2nd month. Once you have this you may apprentice with companies such as Kiewitt in road building. Must have GRADE 10 MATH

http://www.douglas.bc.ca/training-community-education/bc-roadbuilders.html

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Posted by Ms. Neeru Parmar nparmar@nvsd44.bc.ca

Ear WEX Credits at a Forensics camp this summer.

http://www.bcit.ca/cas/forensics/csiacademy.shtml

CSI Academy

Summer Camp for High School Students

Are you a high school student interested in a career in Forensics?
Do you know a high school student who might want to explore a Forensics career?

This summer camp is the perfect opportunity for someone who wants to get hands on experience with real forensic techniques. Learn how real investigators examine and process crime scenes, as well as analyze evidence and use DNA technology to try to solve a crime.
We’re looking for high school students going into grades 10, 11 and 12 who want to gain insight into the educational requirements for entrance into the field of forensics, as well as information about programs here at BCIT that they can take to further their forensics careers.
What do students do and learn about at the Academy? Here’s some of the hands on experience they’ll receive:

• Identifying and packaging evidence from a crime scene
• Looking for and identifying trace evidence
• Analyzing DNA using basic lab techniques

Students will also get the opportunity to learn first hand from real, practising professionals in the following fields:

• Crime Scene Investigation
• Trace Evidence Analysis
• Forensic Anthropology
• DNA Analysis
• Forensic Video and Photography
• Forensic Knot Analysis

The next intake of the CSI Academy will run July 9-13, 2012 and has already started accepting applications. For more information about the Academy, contact the Coordinator, Steen Hartsen¹ by email at Steen_Hartsen@bcit.ca or by phone at 604.432.8381.

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Posted by Ms. Neeru Parmar nparmar@nvsd44.bc.ca