Micro-credential in Residential Air to Air Heat Pump Specialist Micro-credential at British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, Canada is a micro-credential in Energy Engineering programme. The programme runs for 6 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 5,200 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Micro-credential
Field:Energy Engineering
Duration: 6 months
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 5,200 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Residential Air to Air Heat Pump Specialist micro-credential will help you develop applied knowledge and skills — while learning from a team of industry instructors, and completing practical design and installation learning activities. This microcredential specifically incorporates emerging best practices and design considerations to ensure quality heat pump system installations that meet homeowner expectations, and provide heating and cooling during extreme weather events.
The Thermal Environmental Comfort Association (TECA), Home Performance Stakeholder Council (HPSC), and BCIT have partnered to ensure industry-relevant and current curriculum, informed by changing regulations, climate conditions, and lessons learned from the field. This microcredential will accelerate knowledge dissemination and support the industry shift towards high efficiency heating and cooling systems in residential buildings.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: BCIT's first four courses in this microcredential (MZEB 1110, 1120, 2111 and 2120) are open to learners across the workforce with no formal prerequisite; no formal application is required for any stage. To take the capstone installation course, MZEB 3110, and so complete the full microcredential, an applicant must be a journeyperson or final-level apprentice in plumbing, pipefitting or steamfitting, gasfitting, sheet metal, or as a Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic; hold a valid ODP/ODS certification and a refrigerant-handling certificate number as required under current BC regulations; and have a minimum of 70% in both MZEB 2110 and MZEB 2120. Experience as a mechanical contractor, designer, or tradesperson in the residential sector is strongly recommended. Completed over three to six months across BCIT's ongoing January, April and September intakes, this program is not available to international students.
Application Details
Start Date:January, April and September
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.
