Technology Education

‘M’ Designated TVE Courses and Third Party Accreditation

All Technical-Vocational Education (TVE) courses are designated as ‘S’, ‘E’ or ‘M’. Students who successfully complete one of the 19 clusters listed below, with all ‘S’ or ‘E’ designated courses, may be eligible for accreditation from a third party. This is because the ‘S’ and ‘E’ courses contain the entire curriculum prescribed by a third party (such as the Level 1 technical training accreditation in a trade from Apprenticeship Manitoba).

However, students who complete a cluster with one or more 'M' designated courses, would not be eligible for third party certification, which requires students to complete the entire curriculum. Modified (M designated) courses have had changes made with respect to the number, essence or content of grade level provincial Expected Learning Outcomes. These changes are made to the course to meet the learning needs of a student who has been identified as having an intellectual deficit through specialized assessment. However, changes made to the provincial Expected Learning Outcomes will mean that the course will not meet the criteria for third party accreditation.

TVE Trade Clusters

Students who complete the following trades clusters with one or more ‘M’ designated courses would not be eligible Level 1 technical training accreditation in the corresponding trades from Apprenticeship Manitoba:

  1. Aircraft Maintenance Technology
  2. Automotive Technology
  3. Cabinet and Furniture Making
  4. Carpentry
  5. Collision Repair and Refinishing Technology
  6. Culinary Arts
  7. Electrical Trades Technology
  8. Esthetics: Nail Technology
  9. Esthetics: Skin Care Technology
  10. Hairstyling
  11. Heavy Duty Equipment Technician
  12. Horticulture
  13. Machining Technology
  14. Motosport Technician
  15. Plumbing and Pipe Trades
  16. Welding Technology

TVE Non-Trade Clusters

Students completing the following non-trade clusters with one or more ‘M’ designated course would not be eligible for their third party accreditation.

  1. Dental Assisting:
    1. The National Dental Assisting Examining Board could not allow student with one of more ‘M’ designated course to write their examination.
    2. The Manitoba Dental Association could not register those students who completed one or more ‘M’ designated course in their program.
  2. Health Care Assistant: Manitoba regional health authorities and other health care assistant employers could not recognize graduates of Health Care Assistant programs who completed one or more ‘M’ designated course in their program.
  3. Pilot Ground School: Transport Canada could not recognize those students who completed one of more ‘M’ designated course in their program as having completed the ground school component of their Private Pilot Licence.