Trades - Apprenticeship in Steamfitter/Pipefitter: Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme offered by British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, Canada. The programme runs for 26 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 4,400 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Trades - Apprenticeship
Field:Trades
Duration: 26 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 4,400 / total
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This program delivers the technical training for BCIT's Steamfitter/Pipefitter apprenticeship, training apprentices to lay out, assemble, fabricate, maintain, repair, and service piping systems and equipment used in heating, cooling, and process applications, including measuring, cutting, threading, bending, and installing pipe and fittings. Under the harmonized stream, training totals 900 in-school hours across four levels — Levels 1 and 2 at seven weeks each and Levels 3 and 4 at eight weeks each — alongside 6,300 required workplace hours; the current stream totals 780 in-school hours across levels of varying length. Level 1 is delivered in-person at BCIT's Burnaby campus, while Levels 2 through 4 are delivered primarily online with a final in-person block, and multiple start dates are offered annually. Enrolment requires active registration as an apprentice with SkilledTradesBC and completion of required workplace hours signed off by a sponsoring employer. On passing the interprovincial exam, apprentices earn a Certificate of Apprenticeship with interprovincial Red Seal endorsement, and may also qualify for a BCIT Diploma of Trades Training. The program suits working steamfitter/pipefitter apprentices who need technical instruction that fits around on-the-job employment.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry to the Steamfitter/Pipefitter apprenticeship requires the applicant to already be an active apprentice registered with SkilledTradesBC, holding an Apprenticeship Trade Worker ID number. The program recommends, without stating a mandatory grade, high-school completion of English 12 (or BCIT's own English-language-proficiency assessment in its place), Algebra 11 or Trades Math 11, and Physics 11 or Science and Technology 11; no standardized test score is cited. BCIT accepts apprentice-training requests only from Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Applicants with a medical or physical difficulty are directed to contact Accessibility Services. To register, applicants consult BCIT's Apprenticeship Training Schedule, create a BCIT ID, apply online, and pay a CAD 200 commitment fee; multiple start dates run each year according to that schedule.
Application Details
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.
