SHSM - Manufacturing

Specialist High Skills Major: Manufacturing

What is a Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM)?

A SHSM is a ministry-approved specialized program for all students and student pathways through secondary school. A SHSM program allows a student to focus her/his learning within a specific economic sector while meeting the requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). This will help a graduating student in the transition to any of the four post-secondary pathways: apprenticeship training, college, university, or the workplace. 

The SHSM in Manufacturing provides students with a strong foundation for a wide variety of careers in the manufacturing sector .  Our SHSM program includes the following components:

1. A bundle of nine Grade 11 and 12 credits that includes:

• • 4 major credits that provide knowledge and skills specific to the manufacturing sector (choose from courses in Technology,   Computers and Sciences)

  • 3 other compulsory credits in English, Math and Science from the Ontario curriculum

  • 2 co-operative education credits that provide authentic learning experiences in a manufacturing-related workplace setting 

2. Six sector-recognized certifications and/or training courses 

3. Experiential learning and career exploration activities

4. “Reach ahead” experiences connected with a student’s post-secondary plans

What are some future career paths (and National Occupation Codes)  for Manufacturing majors?

Please view the Ministry of Education website for more details about the SHSM-Manufacturing program:

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/morestudentsuccess/sector/manufacturing.html