HCS 3000 is a course that is found in the Career and Technology Studies program of study. HCS stands for Health Care Services. HCS 3000 is about workplace safety systems.
At PCHS, it will now be compulsary that every student in grade 10 take the Health Care Services 3000 module which goes into depth about workplace safety. Regardless of whether your son/daughter will take work experience or not, this module will be helpful at some point in their lives. It teaches them how to conduct themselves at work in a safe and responsible manner. With recent statistics reporting that the most often injured workers in Alberta fall between the ages of 14-24 years old. Eventually the students will find themselves in the work force and they should be aware of the some the rules and regulations of work place safety.
This module will take approximately one week of class time in which your son/daughter will be placed in a classroom for one period a day for five days. They will go through the module in those five days. Once completed they will earn one 30 level credit and then they will be eligible for the Work Experience program at PCHS or any school in Alberta. If it is not completed within the week, they may have extra time during Teacher Advisory days and/or they will have to complete this module for homework. There is no option to “opt” out of this module.
I am a New Work Experience Coordinator in Edmonton and I have been looking at what other schools are doing, particularly how they are progressing with HCS3000. We are currently directing students to complete the HCS3000 course online with Alberta Distance Learning but the students are struggling to complete it in a timely manner. I see you will not have that stumbling block as your students are completing it in a classroom setting. I am also impressed to see that HCS3000 is mandatory in your school. Well Done!
We just started taking students out of class to complete the module. I have been using the module developed by Dr. M. Alpern. It still is a difficult module for our students, but my first group of students did get through it. They are writing their final exam today. We’ll see if they retained anything.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at mrichter@wolfcreek.ab.ca
thanks,
Mark