Health & Wellness SHSM
Interested in becoming a Health & Wellness SHSM student? Talk to your teacher or guidance department today!
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The Health & Wellness sector includes a broad range of careers!
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In the Specialist High Skills Major – Health & Wellness program, students can focus on a career
pathway that matches their skills and interests.
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Students will get a better understanding of the Health & Wellness sector through course selections
and opportunities to connect their in-school learning to real world environments, including
Co-op work experience, postsecondary reach ahead experiences, industry-based experiential
learning, training and certifications.
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At graduation, students will receive a specially designated diploma.
The SHSM - Health & Wellness program may be for you if you are interested in any of the following careers:
Apprenticeship Training
- Early childhood educators
- Educational assistants
- Social and community service workers
College
- Correspondence, publication, and regulatory clerks
- Dental hygienists and dental therapists
- Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
- Funeral directors and embalmers
- Health information management occupations
- Licensed practical nurses
- Massage therapists
- Medical administrative assistants
- Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists' assistants
- Medical laboratory technologists
- Medical sonographers
- Nurse aides, orderlies, and patient service associates
- Other assisting occupations in support of health services
- Paramedical occupations
- Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists, and cardiopulmonary technologists
- Social and community service workers
University
- Allied primary health practitioners
- Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
- Chiropractors
- Dentists
- Dietitians and nutritionists
- Family, marriage, and other related counsellors
- Optometrists
- Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
- Other professional occupations in therapy and assessment
- Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
- Pharmacists
- Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses 3012
- Specialist physicians 3111
- Technical sales specialists – wholesale trade
Workplace
- Nurse aides, orderlies, and patient service associates
- Other assisting occupations in support of health services
- Personnel clerks
- Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport, and fitness
- Receptionists
- Specialized cleaners
The Health & Wellness SHSM will also provide students with opportunities to earn an assortment of trainings and certifications specific to the sector. These may include:
- first aid/CPR/AED awareness
- health and safety – basic
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