Planning 10 Career Project

Career one

Name: Aidan Heemskerk

Career Name: Vancouver Police Officer

1.
Education required and or recommendations: Bachelor of law enforcement
studies

2.

Suggested Post Secondary Institutions: Justice Institute of British Columbia

3.
Cost of Training in Canadian ( full program cost for all years ) $: $2,652 for
the schooling

4. Salary Range:$95,000 - $125,000

5.
Job Description: Police officers uphold law and order through the detection,
prevention and investigation of crime.

6.
Number or people employed in this occupation (indicate whether the
number refers to BC or Canada)
About 400 civilian employees and 1,300 sworn police officers
7.

Employment prospects: None right now

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BC

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Related Jobs (list at least 3)

1. Security Guard
2. Highway Patrol Officer
3. Drug Enforcement Officer (DEA)

9.
Skills or characteristics required: Excellent Character, Physically fit and
overall healthy, Good eyesight, A valid class 5 driving license and minimum
driving records, no criminal convictions.

10.
Disadvantages of Occupation: Can have very long hours and late hours.
You will see death and a lot of bad people.

11.

Describe how your values, skills and interests relate to this career option

I am Very athletic and very healthy, I have good eyesight. I have always been
interested in what cops do and I feel I am an overall good fit for the job.

12.

What courses and grades are needed to enter this Occupation?

Law course is needed. Grade 12 diploma or equivalent, plus a minimum 30 credits

of academic post-secondary education from an accredited university or college,
e.g. economics, social sciences, history or literature
13.
Working conditions: The shifts are 11 and 12 hours, depending on the shift.
You'll work rotating shifts meaning you wont have to switch days and nights in the
same week unlike many other departments

13.

Typical hours of work: 11-12 Hours 4 days a week

14.
Describe what has influenced your choice of this occupation: I have always
been really interested in the police force like what they do. And how they do it all

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What are the Future Trends of this occupation: The future trend for the
project will be that it will be needed a lot more in the future with the growing
population we will be needed to control the streets from bad people.

16.
Go to Work Futures Website (http://www.workbc.ca/) and list 2 points of
information you felt were important and were not covered.
1. Put more about the work environment.
2. Amount of Police Officers at this time.

Career two
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Name: Aidan Heemskerk

Career Name: Cinematographer

1.
Education required and or recommendations: Bachelors degree is typical;
certificate and associates degree programs are available. Other requirements Film
experience

2.
Suggested Post-Secondary Institutions: Confederation college Film
Production

3.

Cost of Training in Canadian (full program cost for all years.) $:

4.

Salary Range: $53,000 - $ 66,000

5.
Job Description: cinematographer can apply to various jobs ranging from
camera operator to director of photography, or top cinematography on a film

6.
Number or people employed in this occupation (indicate whether the
number refers to BC or Canada)
BC

7.

Employment prospects: none right now

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Related Jobs (list at least 3)

1. Director
2. Actor/Actress
3. Producer

9. Skills or characteristics required: creativity and talent, the ability to visualize

the finished products before its completion, the ability to learn by doing, good
communication and leadership skills.

10. Disadvantages of Occupation: long work hours a camera man is called upon
to record live events, he usually works as a fair share of evenings, weekends and
holidays. Assignments can last a long period of time.

11. Describe how your values, skills and interests relate to this career option: I
have always been very interested in film and movie production so feel like I would
enjoy this job a lot. And I have always been interested in ow movies/T.V shows are
made filmed and edited

12. What courses and grades are needed to enter this Occupation? Degree
options- Digital cinematography degree, Digital filmmaking and production
degree, film degree master options Master Film production, Master in
entertainment Business Bachelor degrees (recommended)- Bachelor in digital
cinematography, Bachelor in film, Bachelor in Show Production.

13.
Working conditions: Cinematographers experience a variety of working
conditions depending on the type of production. They could work indoors or
outdoors.

13.

Typical hours of work: 10 12 hours a day

14.
Describe what has influenced your choice of this occupation: I have always
been interested in cinematography for example how its made, filmed what the
environment is like when they arent filming and all of that stuff.
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What are the Future Trends of this occupation: This occupation may not be
needed as much in the future because with technology advancing as fast as it is
some of the stuff a cinematographer will do may be replaced by some of that
technology.

16.
Go to Work Futures Website (http://www.workbc.ca/) and list 2 points of
information you felt were important and were not covered.
1. Should hace put info about the amount of people you may be working with and
what their job may be since there are different jobs around a studio.
2. Should have put some training resources with the page.

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Trades Career

Name: Aidan Heemskerk

Career Name: Electrician

1.
Education required and or recommendations: High school deploma or
equivelant, Apprenticeship

2.

Suggested Post Secondary Institutions: Electricians trade training

3.
Cost of Training in Canadian ( full program cost for all years ) $: $4,600 and
$800 for books and materials so a total of $5,400

4.

Salary Range: Average of $61,000

5.
Job Description: Electricians work in small spaces with wiring, rerouting and
working with lights or lighting.
6.
Number or people employed in this occupation (indicate whether the
number refers to BC or Canada)
12,000

7.

BC

Employment prospects:_ A friends dad works as an electrician

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Related Jobs (list at least 3)

1. Electrical
2. Electronics
3. Communications Engineering

9.
Skills or characteristics required: troubleshooting determining causes of
operating errore and deciding what to do, repairing machines or systems using the
needed tools, active listening, critical thinking.

10. Disadvantages of Occupation: hours are inconsistent and you need to travel a
lot. Injuries can occur in the following cuts, falls and shocks

11.

Describe how your values, skills and interests relate to this career option

I have a knowledge on how to deal with certain things that an electrician may
have to deal with and I have always been interested with being an electrician after
taking electronics.

12.
What courses and grades are needed to enter this Occupation? Having a
high school diploma, complete a diploma, degree or certificate program in the
field, having a high level of mental and physical aptitude, completing an approved
apprenticeship program to gain work experience

13.
Working conditions: Electricians work indoors and outdoors, in homes
businesses, factories, and construction sites. Because electricians must travel to
different work sites, local or long distance commuting is often required

13.

Typical hours of work: 40 hour week

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Describe what has influenced your choice of this occupation: I really
enjoyed taking electronics the past couple of years so I chose to be an electrician
for my trade.

15.
What are the Future Trends of this occupation: The future trend for this job
is that it will be very needed in the future with all of the new technology that is
being invented everyday.

16.
Go to Work Futures Website (http://www.workbc.ca/) and list 2 points of
information you felt were important and were not covered.
1. They should have put more information about the apprenticeship programs.
2. Should have put stuff about the tools they work with and how many people you
typically work with.

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