Trades - Apprenticeship in Metal Fabrication: Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme taught at College of New Caledonia in Prince George, Canada. The programme runs for 7 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,000 per total for local students.
This program delivers the technical training component of the Metal Fabricator apprenticeship at College of New Caledonia's Prince George campus for apprentices registered with a sponsoring employer through SkilledTradesBC. Training is organized into three sequential in-class levels, with a full year of work-based training hours recommended between each level to combine classroom instruction with workplace experience. Apprentices learn to build, assemble and repair products made of steel and other metals, operating specialized metalworking machines used in sheet metal fabrication and welding shops, structural steel and boiler work, plate work, heavy machinery and transportation equipment manufacturing, shipbuilding, and welding or ironwork contracting. Completing the third level makes apprentices eligible to write the Red Seal Certification Exam, and Red Seal certification allows tradespeople to work across Canada with potential international recognition. Admission requires the sponsoring employer to submit an Apprentice and Sponsor Registration Form to SkilledTradesBC on the applicant's behalf; applicants who already hold Welder Red Seal Certification may receive credit for the first level. The program suits people already employed in metal fabrication who need to complete the classroom-based technical training levels required alongside their workplace experience to progress toward full Red Seal qualification as a Metal Fabricator.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to this apprenticeship is employer-driven: once an employer has submitted an Apprentice and Sponsor Registration Form to SkilledTradesBC on the applicant's behalf, the apprentice can apply to attend technical training at CNC. SkilledTradesBC sets no minimum number of work-based-training hours before technical training, though the college encourages apprentices to plan a training schedule with their employer that blends in-class and on-the-job learning. The programme is limited admission, with seats filled first qualified, first admitted, so CNC advises applying early because of waitlists. The page states no academic prerequisites or English-language test scores of its own; CNC directs applicants without the underlying entry requirements to its Academic Upgrading options.
Application Details
Application Deadline:College of New Caledonia runs first-qualified, first-accepted admissions with no single deadline for most programmes. Domestic and international applicants use the same process, though international students also go through CNC's international application page: applications for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 entry are open now, and applications for Fall 2027 and Spring 2028 entry open on 1 October 2026. Seats are assessed on a rolling basis and close once a programme fills or the term begins; CNC advises applying as soon as applications open, and international applicants typically get an offer letter within four to six weeks. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Northern Collaborative Baccalaureate Nursing Program) and the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Diploma are exceptions, each carrying a fixed 1 March application-and-documentation deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
