Offered by Coast Mountain College in Terrace, Canada, Trades - Apprenticeship in Electrical: Apprenticeship - Harmonized is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme. The programme runs for 10 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 900 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Trades - Apprenticeship
Field:Trades
Duration: 10 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 900 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This harmonized programme delivers the four levels of technical training for registered electrical apprentices, combining classroom instruction with the on-the-job training apprentices complete with their sponsoring employer. Across 29 technical competency lines, it covers installing, constructing, altering, repairing, maintaining, testing, and operating electrical and electronic systems, including power distribution and grounding, motor controls, renewable energy systems, building automation, communication systems, HVAC, and emergency lighting. Each level runs approximately 10 weeks of full-time technical training at the Terrace campus, with intakes for different levels scheduled separately through the year rather than as one continuous block. Enrolment requires students to already be indentured apprentices with an employer sponsor and a Trades Worker Identification number; the technical training is not a stand-alone entry point into the trade. On completing all four levels and accumulating the required on-the-job hours, apprentices become eligible to write the Interprovincial Red Seal electrical exam, leading to journeyperson certification recognised across Canada. Graduates commonly work in construction, industrial facilities such as mills and mines, or institutional maintenance. The programme suits working apprentices who need the in-class technical instruction required alongside their workplace hours to progress through the levels toward Red Seal certification.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Coast Mountain College's Electrical Apprenticeship (Harmonized) admits only students already registered as an apprentice, who must submit a Trades Worker Identification (TWID) number at registration; the page states no academic prerequisite courses or grades of its own, though it notes many employers require Grade 12 completion. No standardized English-language test score is set by the program. English proficiency is required of every applicant regardless of citizenship. International applicants who have not completed senior secondary education, including a pass in English 12, in a designated English-speaking country must present an approved test score, with minimums tiered by program: IELTS Academic overall 6.0 (bands 5.0-6.0), TOEFL iBT overall 72-80, PTE Academic overall 52-57, CAEL overall 50-60, or Duolingo English Test overall 105-115.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Coast Mountain College runs one common application calendar across its campuses rather than a single date per programme. Domestic applicants: for the 2026-27 academic year, applications opened 1 October 2026; the final day to apply is 24 December 2026 for Winter (January 2027) entry, 23 April 2027 for Spring/Summer 2027, and 30 August 2027 for Fall 2027. International applicants share the same opening date but face earlier cut-offs: 1 October 2026 for Winter, 1 February 2027 for Spring/Summer, and 1 June 2027 for Fall, and some high-demand programmes may close sooner. Trades and other varying-start programmes are judged against their own start dates (international due three months, domestic one week, before start), and continuous-intake programmes accept applications year-round. No single closing date exists beyond these cut-offs. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
