Sports SHSM

Interested in becoming a Sports SHSM student? Talk to your teacher or guidance department today!

• The Sports sector includes a broad range of careers!

• In the Specialist High Skills Major – Sports program, students can focus on a career
  pathway that matches their skills and interests.

• Students will get a better understanding of the Sports 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.

• At graduation, students will receive a specially designated diploma.

The SHSM - Sports program may be for you if you are interested in any of the following careers:

Apprenticeship Training

• Conference and event planners

College

• Announcers and other broadcasters
• Broadcast technicians
• Facility operation and maintenance managers
• Film and video camera operators
• Other technical and co-ordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting, and the performing arts
• Photographers
• Photographic and film processors
• Recreation, sports, and fitness program and service directors 

University

• Authors and writers
• Dietitians and nutritionists
• Journalists
• Other professional occupations in therapy and assessment
• Producers, directors, choreographers, and related occupations
• Professional occupations in advertising, marketing, and public relations
• Psychologists
• Recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants, and program officers
• Secondary school teachers

Workplace

• Athletes
• Coaches
• Operators and attendants in amusement, recreation, and sport
• Outdoor sport and recreational guides
• Other technical and co-ordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting, and the performing arts
• Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport, and fitness
• Retail and wholesale trade managers

The Agriculture 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 
• other sector-related trainings and certifications