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even if the company they work for
uses different equipment, the skills
are stiil totally transferable."

In total, the course is worth 33
college credits and results ina
Diploma in Office Systems and Records
Management. With the three year
work experience requirement, it is
expected students will have already
reached the equivalent of a college
certificate.

And while the full time program
takes up approximately 30 hours a
week, there are seats available ona
part-time basis, Hill says.

— GRADUATES GETS JOB

Gary Stevens, a 1984 CIS Diploma
Graduate, was informed on Monday,
February 11, 1985, that he had been
hired by I.C.B.C. as a Programmer-—
Analyst for their Financial Systems
Department. He starts at $24,000/
year. Gary was one of five Computer
Programmers hired out of eighty
applicants. (Two successful appli-
cants were graduates of U.B.C. and
S.F.U. and the two other successful
applicants had previous Computer
Programming work experience. )

 

Closer to home, here in New Westmin-
ster, another CIS Diploma Graduate,
Ralph Turney, was hired by Canfor
for their Computer Operations Depart
ment.

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WORKERS’ COOPERATIVES

Many good business ideas are being
overlooked by people who do not know
what economic alternatives are avail
able, or how to implement these new
ideas.

Bill Day, President of Douglas
College, prides himself on having
an open mind. Recently, he intro-
duced an unusual economic plan to a
group of New Westminster community
leaders in the hopes of broadening
their horizons.

The plan was the 'Mondragon Experi-
ment', the story of a region in the
Basque provinces of Spain where all
economic activity is based on one
premise - a workers' collective.

In MOndragon, the employees of the
Caja Laboural Popular, a credit
union style bank, are also the owes
of their own businesses.

Since its inception in the 1950's,
Mondragon has grown until it employs
over 120,000 people today, provides
Management and development for new
businesses, and produces almost
everything needed by the people in
the region.

"In these times, any economic base
that shows success deserves to be
looked at," Day says.

And the showing of a video chroni-
cling the success of the Mondragon
Experiment will be one highlight in
a special four session program at
Douglas College called "Workers'
Cooperatives: History, Theory,
Practice and Prospects".

Beginning the first week of March,
this workshop will feature Dana
Weber of the Common Owner Developmert
Association as the guide through this
unique look at ways to stimulate the
economy and create local jobs.