Electrical Foundation Certificate is a foundation in Trades programme taught at Camosun College in Victoria, Canada. The programme runs for 24 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,800 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Foundation
Field:Trades
Duration: 24 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 2,800 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Camosun College's Electrical Foundation certificate is a 24-week, full-time program at the Interurban campus that combines classroom instruction with hands-on shop practice in a 6,000-square-foot electrical shop, aimed at students seeking entry-level work or an apprenticeship in the electrical trade. The curriculum is organized around common core, occupational core, and electrical-specialty competencies, and graduates finish with skills equivalent to a first-year apprentice, earning credit toward Apprenticeship Level 1 technical training plus some required work-based hours in Camosun's Electrical Apprenticeship program. Admission requires a C grade in English 12 (or the college's alternative English 12) plus a C in Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11 or an equivalent math course, with alternate math options accepted for students who don't meet the standard requirement; missing prerequisites can be addressed through Camosun's assessment or upgrading services. The program is SkilledTradesBC-accredited and leads toward the four-year Red Seal electrical apprenticeship, with multiple intakes scheduled across the year.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: A trades foundation programme with a lower academic bar than the technology diplomas. One of English 12 at C or the Camosun English 12 alternative at C. And one of Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11 at C or MATH 057 at C. If you have neither of those preferred maths courses, Camosun will accept C or better in Foundations of Math 11, Pre-calculus 11, Applications of Math 11, Principles of Math 11, MATH 073 or MATH 137. INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS must clear Camosun's general college English standard on top of anything listed here — IELTS Academic 6.0 with no sub-score under 6.0, TOEFL iBT 78 with no sub-score under 19, PTE Academic 54 with no sub-score under 50, Cambridge C1 Advanced 174 with no sub-score under 169, or CAEL CE 60 with no component under 60, taken within the past two years — because the college states that its general standard applies even where a programme page shows a lower one.
Application Details
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.
