Off-campus Education

Off-campus education provides opportunities for junior and senior high school students to explore and expand their career interests, skills and knowledge related to work and other life roles.

The Off-campus Education Handbook provides guidance for school authorities to offer off-campus education programming for their students and covers work-related activities that take place outside the school classroom environment. The Off-campus Education Handbook represents updates to legislation regarding workplace health and safety, and incorporates recommendations to support a meaningful and safe educational experience for students. 

The Off-campus Education Handbook is provincially mandatory as of September 1, 2011.

Prerequisite safety courses specified in the Off-campus Education Handbook include:

• HCS3000 Workplace Safety Systems – prerequisite course for the first off-campus learning experience
• HCS3010 Workplace Safety Practices – recommended prerequisite course for students enrolling in the Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP)
• AGR3000 Agriculture Safety – prerequisite course for students enrolling in the Green Certificate Program

CTS courses specified as prerequisites in the Off-campus Education Handbook are listed under the Health Care Services (HCS) occupational area of the Health, Recreation and Human Services cluster (HCS3000, HCS3010) and under the Agriculture (AGR) occupational area of the Natural Resources cluster (AGR3000).

Implementation Support

Professional development focused on workplace health and safety training and implementation of the CTS courses identified as prerequisites for off-campus education will be offered by the Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia (ARPDC). Guidance for using the Off-campus Education Handbook will also be available. Information regarding professional development is available on the ARPDC website.

Off-campus Education Handbook, 2010 (961 kb)

Frequently Asked Questions (114 kb)

Career Internship 10, 2011 (37 kb)

Work Experience 15–25–35, 2011 (22 kb) 

For more information, contact Joe Shelast, Curriculum Manager, Dual Credits, Citizen and Career Pathways Branch at 780-643-6419. To be connected toll-free inside Alberta, dial 310-0000.