British Columbia Institute of Technology offers Construction of Mass Timber Structures Associate Certificate, a certificate in Civil Engineering & Construction programme in Burnaby, Canada. The programme runs for 6 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 8,160 per total (CAD 8,160 per total for local students).
Developed for experienced carpenters, ironworkers and installers looking to expand into mass timber work, this certificate builds technical knowledge of mass timber construction and the management of mass timber projects, with particular emphasis on the installation phase. Practical skills cover on-site installation of mass timber structures, alongside problem-solving, creativity, and teamwork.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Construction of Mass Timber Structures Associate Certificate (part-time) does not publish hard entrance requirements; enrolment needs departmental approval on a case-by-case basis, arranged by contacting the program coordinator for a registration package. The page lists, as recommendations rather than requirements: completion of BCIT's Carpentry Framing and Forming Foundation or Ironworker Foundation or equivalent, English 12 or equivalent, Math 10 or equivalent, basic computer proficiency, at least one year of relevant construction-site work experience, and a current (within three years) Fall Protection Training Certification. No standardized English test score or GPA is stated. International applicants need a valid BCIT study permit before starting, and the single intake runs each January.
Application Details
Start Date:January
Application Deadline:BCIT publishes common credential application dates for most cohort-based diplomas, degrees and Flexible Learning routes, though each program's own page governs: for the January 2027 intake domestic applications run 1 February 2026 to 2 January 2027 and international to 1 November 2026; for the April 2027 intake domestic runs 1 May 2026 to 1 April 2027 and international to 1 February 2027; for September 2027 domestic applications open 1 October 2026 and close 1 September 2027, international 2 July 2027. Openings are 9:00 am and deadlines 11:59 pm Pacific Time, moving to the next business day on a weekend. Admission is not institute-wide rolling, but many programs work first-qualified-first-accepted and can fill before the posted deadline, and several programs, mostly in Health Sciences, trades and graduate studies, run entirely separate application tables of their own. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
