Certificate in Action Sports Parks Development

Algonquin College - Pembroke Campus

Canada,Ontario

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12 Months

Duration

CAD 16,823/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 95

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Canada, Ontario

Type: College

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1967

Total Students: 19,957 +

Int. Students: 4,000 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

1, 1 College Way, Pembroke, ON, K8A 0C8, Frank Nighbor St, Pembroke, ON K8A 0C8, Canada

Certificate in Action Sports Parks Development

Program Overview

The one-year Action Sports Park Development Ontario College Certificate program offers a one-of-a-kind learning experience at Algonquin College`s Waterfront Campus in Pembroke. This program provides you with skills that are essential for the design, development or management of action sports facilities, such as:

  • Resort terrain parks
  • Skate and ride parks
  • Dirt jump and BMX tracks
  • Bicycle skills parks
  • purpose-built mountain bike trail systems
  • Municipal action sports facilities

Learn about construction, maintenance and program planning specific to these facilities. Develop business skills such as event planning, marketing, and risk management to succeed in many areas of the action sports industry.

Spend 40 per-cent of your time in the field training. You have the unique opportunity to explore action sports parks in the Ottawa Valley and learn from real-world examples.

Acquire and practice skills that are relevant to the action sports industry, with courses such as:

  • Bike Park Maintenance
  • Snow Terrain Park Maintenance
  • Sustainable Single Track Trail Construction
  • Ramp Fabrication

Upon graduation, benefit from having a certificate that reflects a program unlike any other in Canada. You also earn built-in certifications that can enhance your career options, including safe chainsaw operation and welding.

Graduates may find employment as a(n):

  • Action sports program coordinator
  • Snow terrain park staff member
  • Indoor/outdoor action sports facilities
  • Trail maintenance crew member
  • Municipal action sports park
  • Action sport event staff/coordinator
  • Action sport facility designer
  • Four-season resort action sports park and facilities

Graduates may also find work with a park builder using private facilities, contracted-builders and municipalities.