Trades and Apprenticeships

Gain the skills required to work on equipment used in the agricultural industry such as tillage, seeding and harvesting equipment as well as tractors.

Build a successful career in agricultural and/or heavy-duty equipment repair. In 32 weeks – just two semesters – you’ll get foundational training that teaches you suspensions and powertrains, fuel systems, mobile hydraulics and everything in between. Upon completion of the program, you’ll be able to write apprenticeship exams for the first two years of Agricultural Equipment Technician or Heavy Equipment Technician.

Requirements: Grade 11 English (20-1 or 20-2) and Grade 11 Math (20-1 or 20-2)

Learn to diagnose, repair and complete preventive maintenance on automotive vehicles and light trucks. Your training will give you the confidence to advise customers on work to be performed, general vehicle condition and repair requirements.

As a student in this program, you’ll diagnose and repair a wide range of vehicles. Upon successful completion of the program, you’ll be awarded experience credit and be prepared to write first- and second-year Automotive Service Technician apprenticeship exams.

Prepare for a wide variety of jobs, from major construction projects to smaller finishing projects on residential homes. You’ll also learn how to read blueprints, calculate and select materials for layout, cut and shape materials for joining, and inspect your work.

Electricians work on maintaining, altering and repairing electrical systems that provide power, control, heat or light for numerous types of environments. You’ll use your skills for precision as you interpret mechanical drawings and electrical codes; splice, join and connect wires to form circuits; and test those circuits to ensure they’re safe.

Heavy equipment technicians maintain, overhaul and repair heavy equipment such as highway transport vehicles, construction equipment and earth-moving equipment. After you’ve written the Red Seal exam, you’ll have the option to work in a variety of different industry fields.

Our program will make you the master of parts management in many industry areas, including farming, plumbing, electrical, automotive, heavy duty and more.

We’ll prepare you to work in new construction, roughing in and finishing installations; to specialize in renovations and repairs of existing plumbing; and even to install hydronic heating and chilled water systems.

Our three-year Powerline Technician Apprenticeship will prepare you for a hands-on career in the power industry. You’ll gain the required experience and knowledge to construct, maintain and repair electrical systems. You will spend seven week per year on campus focusing on theory and the remainder learning on the job from a qualified journeyperson.

As a welder, you’ll find yourself in demand in a variety of jobs as you learn how to join or sever metals into beams or other metal components and how to make metal pieces used for construction and other industries.

Experience a combination of theory and hands-on lab practice using actual wind turbine components. Safety training is provided using our own equipment and training tower, which is located on campus.