BCIT Education

I have received a few E-mails from people asking what education is required to become a Technology Education Teacher in BC.
As far as I know, the BCIT / UBC Partnership is the only accredited educational path available in BC.
(1 year) 18 credits university transferable credits
(2 years) British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) for shop training
(1 year) University of British Columbia (UBC) for Bachelors of Education (B.Ed)

I am the youngest of 3 children in my family. By the time my parents paid for my older siblings education, vehicles, ect, there was no money set aside for me. I managed to save enough money to pay my way through by working and racking up debt on student loans, but the total cost from 2001-2005 was over $35,000

you can expect to pay more than that now as both the cost of living and tuition have gone up in Vancouver. This Shop Certification is valid in Australia, New Zealand, and The United Kingdom; as for Germany, I am not sure.

My time at UBC was a bit of a waste but i learned to perfect my skills while i was at BCIT. I completed many projects while at BCIT, Below is a picture of a CAD / CAM project, I also made a large shaker style kitchen table while there but have since misplaced the pictures.

This is a business card holder with a small picture of Mr. T on it. The image was drawn in AutoCad and converted to G code and cut on a CNC Machine. Stay tuned in September I will be documenting how to build your own CNC Machine.

First Post

The purpose of this blog is to document the various aspects of my professional and personal life as it relates to technology.

The Blog will be chronologically ordered starting with the year 2006. Over the 5 year period from 2006-2011 you will see 4 major shifts.

1. Wood Work - Various fine wood projects as well as outdoor carpentry and joinery.

2. Metal Work - Various projects for metal work with the foundation of "advanced fabrication" and "tool building" that will allow for further tool construction. In essence, tools that allow the construction of other tools.

3. The creation of my Art Metal program, this shift revolves around various art metal processes and projects which include stained glass, bead making, enameling, as well as creative metal art.

4. The last shift centers around the construction of educational facilities, tool boards, lockers, welding booths, tables, stools.

From 2011 onward, the blog will shift again this time to focus more on Electronics CAD / CAM application technology and open source technology as well as web technology and micro processor programming.

Stay tuned for more updates!!!!