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Program Overview
Whether you find yourself at a dairy farm or in a nuclear power plant, your knowledge and skills of electricity, safety and installation methods will give you the ability to install, maintain and troubleshoot the motor controls and wiring systems that allow businesses to operate. Having physical control of temperature and pressure systems ensures that staff are comfortable and safe, and that work is completed effectively and up to code.
Program Details
As an apprentice in this training, you will learn the fundamentals of electrically based technologies and how to assemble, install, test and calibrate electrical testing equipment.
This program will focus on the skills required to install and maintain current industrial, electrical and electronic systems, including programmable logic controls, and enable you to develop troubleshooting and problem-solving skills through theoretical and extensive hands-on training.
Primary Group: Indigenous Community
Please note: all applications will be considered with priority admission granted to members of the Indigenous community.
Start Date: May 23, 2023
End Date: December 15, 2023
Primary Trade: Electrician – Construction and Maintenance (309A)
Secondary Trade: Elevating Devices Mechanic, EDM-T License Included
Program Outcomes
The Electrical program develops the pre-apprentice’s knowledge and understanding of the fundamental principles of electricity and teaches the following:
- Rules and regulations found in the Canadian Electrical Code, including its scope, objectives, and administrative requirements.
- How to identify and interpret alpha numerical lines, use metric and imperial scales and convert between them, and know how to obtain information from the architectural, structural, and mechanical drawings.
- Installation methods and standard trade practices for the installation of electrical equipment, as well as the basic concepts of instrumentation, how it is incorporated into the industry, and its associated terminology.
Program Overview
The welding industry contributes more than $5 billion to the Canadian economy and employs over 300,000 individuals. Become a part of this booming field, and learn welding techniques and skills to ensure you’re fully prepared for the trade. In this program you will become skilled in multiple welding processes with additional learning in blueprint reading and metal fitting. You will also become familiar with metals and their unique properties, and enhance your hand-eye skills to work safely and effectively in the structural, pressure vessel and manufacturing industries. Whether you are preparing to build, create or repair, you will have the attention to detail and technical knowledge for a successful career in this high-demand skilled trade.
Program Details
Apprentices will be prepared to work in the manufacturing and construction sectors with the skills and knowledge to find entry level employment opportunities in a number of areas such as welding shops, manufacturers of metal products, piping and structural contractors, automotive and aircraft manufacturers, repair and maintenance services, building and construction industries, railroad and railcar industries and wind turbine manufacturers.
Primary Group: Women
Please note: all applications will be considered with priority admission granted to those who self-identify as a woman.
Start Date: May 12, 2025
End Date: December 12, 2025
Primary Trade: Welder (456A)
Secondary Trade: Industrial Mechanic Millwright
Program Outcomes
The Welding program develops the technical knowledge of multiple welding processes and teaches the following:
- The content and organization of drawings, and the purpose and function of common types of lines found on drawings and common views and presentations found on drawings
- The fundamental causes of distortion, and methods used to prevent and correct it.
- How to perform fillet welds and groove welds using:
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) process as per government safety regulations
- Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process as per government safety regulations
- Manufacturer’s recommendations
- Approved industry standards with a focus on meeting or exceeding the testing requirements of CSA W47.1 regarding weld quality
- How to perform safe set-up, operation, and correction of common cutting faults for the Oxy-Fuel Cutting equipment.
Program Overview
Grab a wrench and jump into the high-demand skilled trade field of plumbing. This apprenticeship program will provide you with skills sought by employers and position you at the front of workers competing for entry-level jobs in the plumbing industry.
Program Details
Working with experienced professors, you will gain valuable theoretical knowledge and receive practical hands-on training in the basics of residential and commercial plumbing and hydronic system design and installations.
Primary Group: Newcomers to Canada and the Indigenous community
Please note: all applications will be considered with priority admission granted to newcomers to Canada and the Indigenous community
Start Date: May 12, 2025
End Date: December 12, 2025
Primary Trade: Plumbing (306A)
Secondary Trade: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems Mechanic
Program Outcomes
The Plumbing program adheres to the learning objectives within the Curriculum standard for Plumbers, and teaches the following:
- The common piping materials and joining drain design, system components, types of plumbing traps, venting principles and requirements, as well as the Ontario Building Code. Common drainage drawing types and practices.
- Program assignments where pre-apprentices learn to join steel pipe, and copper pipe and build piping projects incorporating various offsets while utilizing various measuring, hand, and power tools.
- The documentation for communicating info in the trade, including the basics of construction blueprint reading and standard drafting principles.
- Safe operation, welding principles, and applications of oxyacetylene cutting and welding equipment.