Colleges and universities interestingly enough have no formal standards for this and will ‘generally’ hire competent people from the field.
I don't know where he got his engine skills but the chap teaching small engines locally was a history major
It would be interesting to know the 'flow' of shop teachers in today's system. Are they accredited ('regular') teachers who took a course or two for further accreditation, with or without some inherent interest and skills, or did they come from industry and jumped through the regulatory hoops. As I mentioned - somewhere - back in the day, all of my shop teachers came from industry, and my high school had every shop imaginable (wood. metal, electrical/electronics, auto, HVAC, construction, and I've probably missed a few). I'm not sure they exist to that extent now. I know my daughter's high school had wood, metal and auto but I don't remember if that carried over when they built the new school.
Interesting question and it might have personal considerations, such as home life (tired of chasing work, looking for regular hours, etc.), health, etc. Back when big box reno stores first broke into the Canadian market, like Home Depot and Rona, a lot of the employees came from the trades. The ones I spoke to had simply retired but some had health issues that prevented them from some physical aspects of their trade. Of course, most of that is gone now since they mostly hire part-timers who have little clue.
for at least the course offerings it seems to depend heavily upon the school board's focus on education. I don't believe that there is a standard, at least for Ontario. My school offered pretty much the same as yours but it no longer exists.
But I'm not bitter ...
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Under him, the party would do really well in farm country ridings that rely on TFWs.
I was being sarcastic but, you are right in the sense that any opposition party that shows itself to be a credible government-in-waiting would take a bite out of the Conservatives. Their brand is getting long in the tooth, but the alternatives currently don't look too promising.
I tried to enroll my daughter into a hobby welding course, there was nobody offering such, despite the proliferation of cheap small welders on the market. Also all of the shop classes in my area are gutted and at best are a mere shadow of what they once where.
Personally I don't like Ford and never have, way to corrupt for my liking. That being said the reason he has been so successful is the lack of any reasonable competition. Voter turnout reflects this, I didn't vote last provincial election, they all sucked as options to the point of not being worth even a protest vote.
