Our full-time program provides 12 months of instruction in 4 levels that features the following general objectives for teaching English:

• Enabling students to communicate effectively in different situations and settings with native and non-native speakers alike using authentic, appropriate, and correct linguistic forms.
• Enabling students to communicate effectively in general subject matter areas.
• Equipping students with the requisite linguistic skills for pursuing university education in their fields of specialization.
• Developing students’ critical thinking skills.
• Promoting students’ positive attitudes toward the English language.
• Enhancing students’ abilities to work with others.

The CAEL Assessment offers a unique alternative to other standardized tests of English because it is a topic-based performance test. It comprises an integrated set of language activities. The content for this program is drawn from introductory university courses. McKenzie College’s CAEL exam preparation is for students at Upper Intermediate and Advanced levels of English.

For a list of Universities that accept CAEL and their admission requirements please click here and be directed to the CAEL web site.

Alarm and Security

Technology and Business Programs

McKenzie College provides a number of business and technology programs that are in demand in the modern workplace. Computerized Accounting, Medical Transcription, Security Alarm Installation and Journalism and Professional Writing can provide you the skills you need to find the career you want.

Dump Truck, Class 3

Driving Programs

McKenzie College has identified the need to train people as operators for commercial truck and earth moving operations. These skills are highly employable in Cape Breton by a wide variety of employers. We offer Straight Truck training as well as Earth Moving (Class3, dump truck, backhoe and mini-excavator). We are also offering the CTHRC Earning Your Wheels program to provide professional drivers for the long haul trucking industry.

English as a Second Language

English Language

McKenzie College offers part time and full time English programs that prepares students for both academic and social situations. Class programs are designed to effectively develop communication skills and fluency in speaking, listening, reading, writing and grammar (core skills).  McKenzie College use a combinations of in-class lessons, social activities and projects to provide students plenty of opportunity for language development.

McKenzie College is delivering the CTHRC Earning Your Wheels Program. Earning Your Wheels is an intensive  program that includes a minimum of 120 hours in the classroom and 85 hours behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer. This is followed by a minimum of 100 hours behind the wheel during four weeks of supervised workplace experience with a partnering carrier. Students will learn to operate a commercial vehicles and be trained to safely and efficiently transfer and deliver loads of materials.

The program is delivered exclusively through accredited schools, and by certified coaches and instructors. you can learn more about the CTHRC Earning Your Wheels Program by visiting their web site.

Career Opportunities
The McKenzie College Earning Your Wheels / Class 1 Program is designed for those students who wish to obtain a Class 1, Nova Scotia license for Tractor Trailers.  The program includes preparation for the Nova Scotia Air Brake test, professional driving skills instruction for both urban and rural driving. Carriers across Nova Scotia are actively recruiting Drivers for Class 1, long haul routes. Successful graduates of the Earn Your Wheels program are in demand across Canada.

What makes our program unique?
The McKenzie Earning Your Wheels/Class 1 program is the only program of its kind available in the industrial Area of Cape Breton. We offer a 15-week program that includes extensive worksite experience and hands on training. Our program will meet both the requirements of the THRSC (Atlantic Trucking Sector Council) and CTHRC (Canadian Trucking Sector Council). Don’t settle for less than our professional 15 week course.

We have developed the  Earning Your Wheels/Class 1 program to address a wide range of job descriptions in the logistics and transportation industry. Students receive industry recognized safety certifications needs by most employers in the transportation sector. Our program includes air-brake instruction as part of the program and students do not have to write their air-brake certificate before enrolling in the program.

Facilities
McKenzie College provides a modern learning environment that includes both in class and on site educational resources. In-class session take place at our campus on the corner of Charlotte and Townsend Street, while field instruction takes place at our Sydport facility.

Program Modules
Air Brakes
Pre and Post Trip Inspections and Coupling
Vehicle Systems
Driving Theory and Regulations
Professional Driving Theory
Cargo and Load Securement
Yard Maneuvers
Urban Driving
Rural Driving
Worksite Safety
Workplace Math
Communications and Customer Relations
Computer Technology and Business Equipment
Resume Building
Road Test

Applicants to the Earning Your Wheels program are asked to provide the following documentation prior to receiving acceptance:

Valid Class 5 license with the N removed

Completed application form

$50.00 registration fee

Drivers abstract

Personal resume

Successful completion of TOWES test

Personal interview

Letter on intent

Medical examination

Eye examination

Psyco-Physical and testing

Mechanical aptitude test

Submit to drug testing