Service Hour Criteria
- The service must be people focused and should
include a sharing of time, talents, and gifts
- Community involvement activities may take place
in a variety of settings including businesses, not for profit
organizations, public sector institutions and informal settings. Settings
may include church ministries, mission/service opportunities, or youth
group service events.
- Students may not fulfill the requirements
through activities that are counted toward credit (coop. or class hours),
through paid work, or by assuming duties normally performed by a paid
employee
- The requirement is to be completed outside
students’ normal instructional hours
- Students will maintain and provide a record of
their community involvement activities. Completion of the required hours
must be confirmed by the supervisors or their delegates.
- Completed forms are kept in the OSR folder
Additional Criteria:
Ineligible Activities
include any activity which:
- Is a requirement of a course or class in which
the student is enrolled (e.g. coop/job shadow/placement)
- Takes place during allotted instructional time
- Takes place in a logging or mining environment,
if the student is under sixteen years of age
- Takes place in a factory, if the student is
under fifteen years of age
- Takes place in a workplace other than a factory,
if the student is fourteen years of age and is not accompanied by an adult
- Would normally be performed for wages by a
person in the workplace
- Involves the operation of a vehicle, power
tools, or scaffolding
- Involves the administration of medication or
medical procedure to other persons
- Involves handling of substances classed as
‘designated substances’ under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- Requires the knowledge of tradespersons whose
trade is regulated by the provincial government.
- Involves banking or the handling of securities,
jewelry, works of art, antiques, or other
valuables.
- Consists of duties normally performed in the
home (eg. chores) or personal recreation activities
- Involves a court-ordered program