Feeling Stuck, ECE Program In Vancouver Community College

Is there anyone who studied the ECE Certificate at Vancouver Community College? Their requirements are quite challenging and I feel a bit desperate. Among the requirements,

  1. "Two letters from people who have worked with the applicant in a relevant professional." But, Since It would be a completely new step to a new career for me and also I am new in Vancouver, I don't have any previous work experience or connections in this field to find these kinds of criteria naturally, I am facing a big challenge. How fair is it to expect a person who has no experience in this field before and who came to study to enter this field to have working experience and references?
  2. Separate from this, they also want some specific hours of volunteer work in a center again as the admission requirement. So should I go to find jobs with no experience and no certificate and work volunteering for a while in different centers (Because one center is not enough I guess) to get these separately?
  3. Don't you think these are too much just to get into an interview for a program and study? Any idea? If there is anyone who studied the same program, your help would be appreciated so much a loooot ...