NOVEMBER 09, 1984 VGC-VANCOUVER Vo£HYiift4:l »V 1 '6 1984 LIBRARY UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN Our United Way Campaign is drawing to a close. In the usual VVI way, we have wound it up with a bang! The pancake breakfast was a great success - over 575 people joined us for breakfast, raising a total of $1,155! An excellent meal, preapred by our very own chefs. Rumour has it that a representative of the BC Flapjack Association was on hand scouting the talent to represent B.C. in next year's World Flapjack Contest. Way to flip 'em guys! It could not have taken place^without the hard work of Mr. Fred Naso, to round up all the food. Donations were made by the following companies: Neptune Food Suppliers, C.S. Ruby Distributer, Intercity Papers, Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association, Dickson's Coffee, Westside Meats and Russell Food Equipment Ltd. Special thanks to Mr. Naso and the staff and students of the Food Trades Department for their participation. Awards have been presented by Mr. Dave Grenall for the Run/Walk which was held October 25 and 26, 1984. VVI raised the most money for the Run, in excess of $1,700 and still counting. If you haven't turned in your pledges, please do so as soon as possible. An award went to Bob Malone for the most money and recognition went to George Clark, for the greatest number of pledges. If all the names of people who helped with this year's campaign were listed, I would surely miss one; but there are a few I would like to extend a special thank you to, namely, Dalton Kremer, Steve Odwin, Myrna Breikss, Dottie Demosky and George Clark - for all their recruiting. I would also like to thank Mr. Manera and Dr. Pearce for their participation in our pancake breakfast. Last but not least, thanks to all the supporters. Without your participation, many'worthwhile agencies could not exist. Anyone wishing to submit a pledge card is asked to do so as soon as possible, so that we can arrive at a grand total for VVI. If you want a pledge card, please contact Janet Corns, local 435. Don't forget the Casino/Dance Night, November 17, 1984, 7:30 pm - 1:00 am at the King Edward Campus. GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY! JC DEVELOPING QUALITY COMPANIES The Faculty of Bus'iness Administration, Simon Fraser University, is offering a two-day workshop for senior line managers who wish to explore strategies and methods for developing quality companies. The workshop will be held November 26 & 27, 1984, at The Vancouver Mandarin Hotel. The fee for this program is $315.00. To reserve a space, or for further information please call Charlene McAllister, 681-5035 or 687-2677. t^NCOUI/ER COMMUNITY COLLEGE TV/pVp* Vancouver Vocational Institute 1 1 1 - ¦ - — ! 1985 DESK CALENDARS The desk stationery for 1985 is now available. Please order your supplies on a "Request for Supplies" form, one request per department. The following items are now in stock: Ideal Calendar Pads $1.05 each Scmds Fjr Above L.20 each Jumbo Pads L.35 each Stands For Above l.b5 each 5 Week-At-A-Glance 2.40 each #800 Day-At-A-Glance 3.10 each Orders are now being accepted for the above items. TRRiM PRESIDENT Vancouver Community College, the largest and oldest college in B.C., requires a Chief Executive Officer. With a faculty and staff of approximately 1,000, student enrollment in excess of 20,000 and a budget of approximately $50 million, the College delivers comprehensive education in the academic and vocational fields through a multi-campus mode requiring complex communications and decision making systems. Reporting to the College Board, the President will provide leadership and advice in the formulation of educational and administrative policies and act as principal advisor to the Board on such matters as organization, staff and long and short term planning. This position requires an innovative and creative leader, an experienced administrator fully conversant with educational developments and with a good knowledge of government policies. A participative management style, the ability to effectively communicate with the broad college constituency and exceptional human relations skills are essential. Please reply in confidence, stating full personal and business details to C.M. Davies or T. J. Wall, attention file #2244, Woods Gordon Management Consultants, P.O. Box 10101, Pacific Centre, 700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C. V7Y 1C7 by November 30, 1984. OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE - VCC, VVI requires a Department Head - Machinist Department. Applications should be forwarded to the Personnel Department no later than 1985 January 04. CHAIRMAN, BUSINESS AND HEALTH DIVISION Congratulations to Mr. Syd Hartley on his reappointment to another three (3) year term as Chairman of the Business and Health Division. MEL DEPARTMENT HEAD, HAIRDRESSING DEPARTMENT The Division Chairmen extend their congratulations to Ms. H. Janssen, on her appointment to the position of Department Head, Hairdressing Department. PARKING To accommodate the inter-campus visits of the VCC Administrators, parking stalls #13, 14, 15 and 17 are reserved for their use. If you wish to havs space reserved for a visitor, please contact Janet Corns, local 435, or myself, local 433, one day in advance to make the necessary arrangements. GBC 1985/86 TRAINING PLAN OVERVIEW General statements on each program grouping are provided to emphasize VVI's activity focus for 1985/86. 1. Business The relatively long pre-employment programs (ten to twelve months) will be replaced with shorter ones (three to six months), which lend themselves to the needs of the business office employee wishing to take specific upgrade training for both advancement as well as maintenance of technological currency. The emphasis will shift away from the traditional Accounting, Bookkeeping and Clerk Typist programs to programs which emphasize data and information processing as Well as supervision. The health-clerical sector is expected to grow substantially. It is currently showing a healthy employment rate. Five programs with increased training capacity will be representing this employment sector. 2. Educational An ever increasing need for trained industrial/vocational instructors or trainers has been created by a number of federal and provincial industrial training activities. In order to meet this need, the VVI intends to do such training on both the part-time and full-time basis to interested individuals. Also, the College's needs to upgrade its own employees in all areas as well as to provide the Instructor Diploma training on campus suggests that educational offerings in this sector be made available. Health The status quo in the Practical Nursing and Dental Assisting full-time programs is complemented with substantial part-time upgrading courses either for certification, licencing, and employment advancement opportunities, or for bridging purposes from lower or into higher level programs. The major revamping of the pra-apprentice anJ apprantice trailing in the Dental Technician and Dental Mechanics disciplines is prescribed by the Ministries of Health, Labour, and Education's joint effort to upgrade the level of training and qualifications in this Province. This upgrading includes pre-employment students as well as individuals practising in this field. A significant amount of part-time upgrading of courses based on various grandfather clauses will have to take place. The Nursing Aide and other Long Term Care programs will be a growing field of training in order to serve the rapidly increasing aged population of the Province. Tightening of regulations in health and care matters are expected to create more training requirements than ever before. The issue or possibility of the transfer of the Dental Hygienist program from U.B.C. to VCC remains on the horizon for the fall of 1985. Industrial The emphasis will be on all of the high tech and electronic/computer program areas. Normal drafting training will shrink about 40%. Some 20% will be replaced with upgrade training in Computer Aided Drafting. The Electronics Technician program cannot hope to train its graduates in the broad subject areas now containing electronic components. A special focus will continue to be Computer Electronics. Telecommunication requires a new focus and improvement and the home audio & video equipment market requires competent technicians to serve it. The Power Engineering programs can expect increased demands for its graduates by 1988. In the meantime, specialized training is required in Energy Management, Refrigeration Operator and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems. In order to produce the value-added components to our export products and the made-in-B.C. industrial products, specialized welding training will be required. In the Printing Production (Commercial Graphic Arts) sector many new techniques are now being introduced. The training in this industry will be much more specialized than in the past. However, training the specialists in these areas requires significant capital equipment expenditures and small class sizes. VVI is the designated Ministry of Education's location in B. C. to do this type o£ training. As tne information aga advances, this important component ot information transmission/communication will groxtf. The industrial programs will see shifts in emphasis, more specialization, more upgrading, and incorporation of computers in all areas. 5. Services In spite of the economic slowdown, people continue to eat, dress, and look after their personal hygiene. It appears that this sector will be the strongest employment area in the near term. The hospitality and tourism industry is rapidly increasing in importance in B. C. VVI is downtown B. C. and has shown in the past that it can do a good job in this area. We expect the basic programs as well as some new areas to grow over the next few years. In Hairdressing and Men's Hairstyling, we hope to restore the historic levels of training. In the Food Trades area we hope to introduce a few new specialty programs as well as some very basic management programs. LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS The following materials have come into the Library and are now available for use: The Binary Brain: Artificial Intelligence In The Age Of Electronics; Canada: A Celebration; Education For Tomorrow's Job; PMS, Premenstrual Syndrome and You; Using Canada Post; Community Mental Health Action; The following film will be shown on November 13, 1984, at 12:00: "Clockwork": Through rare archival and up-to-date documentary footage, this film transports viewers from tumultuous and often inefficient nineteenth-century factory to today's quiet, almost sterile, computerized work place. En route, it studies the role of Frederick Winslow Taylor in the monumental transformation of manufacturing. His captioned quotes confirm how far ahead of his time Taylor was.