Academic Partnership Programs

Academic partnership programs are credit programs offered in collaboration with partner institutions and organizations. Graduates receive a completion credential from SIAST and/or the partner institution.

Commercial Pilot Program

• offered as a partnership between SIAST and the Saskatchewan Aviation Council
  
  
• combination of training at a flying school and on-campus courses

Certified Financial Planner Program™

• offered as a web-based program in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Financial Planning (CIFP)
  
  
• program satisfies the Financial Planners Standards Council's (FPSC) education requirement for the CFP™Certified Financial Planner™ designation

Social Housing Management

• provides housing administration staff with the knowledge and skills needed to manage houses and apartment buildings
  
  
• delivered in partnership with the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation and is currently only available to Saskatchewan Housing Corporation employees

Radiation and Environmental Monitoring Technician

• presented in a modular format
  
  
• delivered in partnership with Northland Regional College and includes pre-testing for admission into individual modules, accrediting work experience and industrial on-site training

Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan (NEPS)

• designed to prepare graduates with the knowledge, skills, abilities, values and attitudes necessary for professional nursing practice in a variety of health care settings within a changing health system
  
  
• partnership of SIAST's Nursing Division, the University of Saskatchewan's College of Nursing and the First Nations University of Canada, Northern Campus

Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan (NEPS) Second Degree Entry Option

• program is held at the University of Saskatchewan with clinical experiences being assigned anywhere in the province
  
  
• partnership of SIAST's Nursing Division and the University of Saskatchewan's College of Nursing
  
  
• graduates receive a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and are eligible to apply for licensure with the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association (SRNA)

Power Engineering Technician

• provides practical training in boiler operations, maintenance techniques and tool usage
  
  
• offered in partnership with Southeast Regional College and Cypress Hills Regional College
  
  
• graduates eligible to challenge the provincial exam to obtain the Refrigeration Engineers Certificate and may enrol in year 2 of the Power Engineering Technology Program

Underground Mining Raise Boring

• provides instruction and skill development training activities that will introduce students to the concepts and procedures associated with operating a raise bore machine
  
  
• offered off campus at northern mine sites in partnership with Northlands Regional College

Underground Mining Core

• provides instruction and training to students for entry-level positions and with additional underground experience, to advance to become development and production miners
  
  
• level-1 program offered off campus at rural or remote communities or mine sites in partnership with Northlands Regional College
  
  
• level-2 program offered off campus at northern mine sites in partnership with Northlands Regional College

Underground Mining Shaft Operations

• program prepares mining personnel to work as deck persons, cage tenders, skip tenders and shaft inspectors
  
  
• program offered off campus at northern mine sites in partnership with Northlands Regional College