Cert in Auto Body Repair Techniques is a certificate in Supply Chain & Logistics programme offered by Centennial College in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,167 per year (CAD 2,775 per year for local students).
Open to students without prior experience, the certificate follows the Level 1 apprenticeship curriculum with added coursework, combining theory with practical skills in the auto body field. Coursework spans shop tools and safety, refinishing surface preparation and welding techniques such as oxyacetylene and gas metal arc welding, applied mechanics and vehicle body construction, along with communication and mathematics skills and the maintenance of detailing and refinishing equipment. About forty per cent of programme time takes place in an auto body lab. Graduates receive credit for the first level of in-school training in Ontario's Auto Body and Collision Damage Repairer apprenticeship, which they can apply toward registered apprenticeship status before returning for Level 2 training.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant status at 19 or older, plus Grade 12 English at the Workplace (E), College (C) or University (U) level, or equivalent, or a pass on Centennial's English Admission Test. English-language proficiency follows Centennial's institution-wide certificate/diploma scale: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 67 (Reading at least 16, Writing at least 23), PTE Academic 51 or above, CAEL 60 overall, or Duolingo 105–114. Students must supply their own CSA-approved safety shoes, safety glasses, respirator, ear plugs, 100% cotton coveralls, welding gloves, oxyacetylene welding goggles and an auto-darkening MIG welding helmet before shop work begins.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Centennial publishes no application deadline for this program; what follows is the Ontario college cycle that governs it. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for a program starting in Fall 2027 the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and applications arriving after it are still assessed, but first-come first-served while places remain. Across the Ontario college system the application opened on 26 September 2026, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. One $150 fee covers up to five program choices. International applicants apply directly to Centennial through its own international application process and are assessed on a rolling basis across the Fall, Winter and Summer intakes; the college publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
