Program Overview
The Border Services diploma program provides a foundational knowledge in customs, immigration and food inspection. Students will become familiar with the pertinent legislation, procedures, and documentation required moving people and goods across the border. In addition, they will also develop important communication, dispute resolution and critical thinking skills. The program is designed to provide graduates with foundational training to enable them to seek careers in the many industries and government agencies responsible for facilitating the movement of persons and goods across the borders.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Students utilize a variety of methods, including role playing, to demonstrate their understating and ability to combine the material covered in the core courses of this program: Border Service; Immigration; Brokerage; Food, Plant and Animal Import Requirements; Counterfeit Documents and Fraud Detection; Investigation, Interviewing and Evidence as well as Criminal Code and Federal Statutes.
- The focus of the Control and Defensive Techniques course is for students to gain an understanding of the authority and the importance of being able to articulate why a particular use of force was exercised.
- In the Extremism & Fundamentalism in Canadian Society course students examine the complexity and dynamics of political and religious fundamentalism using an integrated and interdisciplinary perspective.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Graduates from this program will be prepared for the demands of being on the front line of global trade; seek careers in the many industries and government agencies responsible for facilitating the movement of persons and goods across the borders as well as careers in law enforcement.
Program Outcomes:
Protection, Security and Investigation (Ontario College Diploma) (MTCU Code 53007)
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
1. Work in compliance with established standards and relevant legislation in the protection, security and investigation fields.
2. Make decisions in a timely, effective and legally defensible manner to uphold protection and security.
3. Carry out delegated duties and responsibilities in compliance with organizational policies and procedures.
4. Act equitably and justly with diverse populations.
5. Work effectively as a member of a protection and security team.
6. Prevent and resolve crisis, conflict and emergency situations by applying effective techniques.
7. Conduct and/or contribute to investigations by collecting, preserving and presenting admissible evidence.
8. Monitor, evaluate and accurately document behaviors, situations and events.
9. Develop and implement ongoing effective strategies for personal and professional development.
10. Utilize border services enforcement tools in field-related situations.
11. Identify people who are inadmissible to Canada, including those involved in terrorism, organized crime, war crimes or crimes against humanity and execute appropriate criteria for their removal.
12. Adhere to protocol as it relates to the health and protection of food, plants, animals, and Canada’s resource base.
13. Abide with policies and procedures for the import of goods and services as they relate to the protection of Canadian industry from injurious effects of dumped and subsidized goods.