Offered by Camosun College in Victoria, Canada, Carpentry Foundation Certificate is a foundation in Trades programme. The programme runs for 25 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,900 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Foundation
Field:Trades
Duration: 25 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 2,900 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Camosun College's Carpentry Foundation certificate is a 25-week, full-time program based in the Drysdale Building on the Interurban campus, split into two three-month courses covering site layout, footings and foundations, and wood-frame construction, with an emphasis on current environmental-sustainability practices. Training takes place in a carpentry shop of over 6,000 square feet equipped with indoor and outdoor framing platforms, and practical projects are often carried out on-site at the college or in cooperation with local industry partners, so students should expect to work outdoors in a range of weather conditions and occasionally beyond normal college hours depending on the project. The program admits students at three intakes a year -- January, June, and September, space permitting -- with detailed admission requirements published in Camosun's academic calendar; applicants missing the required prerequisites can take an assessment or upgrading course through the college. Graduates finish with skills equivalent to a first-year apprentice and provincial carpentry core-knowledge training; credit for completing the program may be applied to an apprenticeship, and Camosun offers the later levels of the four-year carpentry apprenticeship.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Carpentry Foundation Certificate requires, for English, a C in English 11 or a C in ENGL 070. For math, applicants need a C in Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11 or a COM in MATH 038; without either, Camosun accepts a C or higher in Foundations of Math 11, Pre-Calculus 11, Principles of Math 11, Applications of Math 11, MATH 073, or MATH 137. Applicants must submit proof of the stated grade or higher for every requirement listed, and the college's admissions team verifies transcripts before an offer is confirmed. The page states no work-experience, portfolio, interview, or age condition, and no IELTS, TOEFL, or other separate language-test score for this foundation-level trades certificate.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and June
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC for Camosun's open-enrolment programmes: for Fall 2027 (September) applications open 1 October 2026 with an early deadline of 15 May 2027 for priority registration and a late deadline of 26 August 2027; Winter 2027 (January) runs 15 September 2026 to 7 January 2027, and Summer 2027 (May) 15 January 2027 to 29 April 2027. Limited-enrolment programmes publish only an opening date and can close once the waitlist exceeds the seats on offer. International applicants must submit a complete application by 1 June (Fall), 1 October (Winter) or 1 February (Summer), though later applications are still reviewed while seats remain, making admission effectively rolling for both groups once the early deadlines pass. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
