Trades - Apprenticeship in Welding: Apprenticeship at College of New Caledonia in Prince George, Canada is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme. The programme runs for 28 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,100 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Trades - Apprenticeship
Field:Trades
Duration: 28 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,100 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This program delivers the technical training component of the welding 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 on-the-job experience. Welding skills taught across the levels prepare apprentices for roles as production welders, maintenance welders, fabricators, fitters, construction welders and pipe welders, since welding is used across construction sites, production shops and almost every industrial trade. Completing the third level makes apprentices eligible to write the Red Seal Certification Exam, and Red Seal certification allows tradespeople to work across Canada. Admission requires the sponsoring employer to submit an Apprentice and Sponsor Registration Form to SkilledTradesBC on the applicant's behalf before the apprentice applies to attend technical training. The program suits people already employed as welding apprentices in construction, fabrication or industrial settings who need to complete the classroom-based technical training levels required alongside their workplace experience to progress toward full Red Seal qualification as a welder.
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 has a limited number of seats per intake, filled first qualified, first admitted. 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.
