Diploma in Motive Power Technician - Automotive Service at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada is a diploma in Supply Chain & Logistics programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,477 per year (CAD 2,750 per year for local students).
Motive Power Technician - Automotive Service is a two-year Ontario College Diploma delivered in person at Conestoga's Cambridge - Reuter Drive campus for students starting a career in automotive repair. Training takes place in over 20,000 square feet of dedicated shop space with industry-standard tools and equipment, and the program includes Level 1 and Level 2 apprenticeship training equivalencies toward certification as an Automotive Service Technician (310S). Students also explore career paths beyond the shop, including customer service and business roles.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature student status for applicants 19 years of age or older. The program's own admissions page requires Grade 12 compulsory English at the C or U level (or Conestoga's Preparatory Communications, COMM1251) and Grade 12 Mathematics at the C or U level (or Conestoga's Preparatory Mathematics for Trades and Apprenticeship, MATH1420). The page defers English proficiency for non-English-instruction transcripts to Conestoga's institution-wide standard, published on the college's international admission requirements page: for diploma and certificate programs this is IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80 with no skill below 20, PTE Academic 53, or Duolingo 110. Students must supply their own CSA-approved safety footwear, safety glasses, and hand tools, and mandatory Motive Power coveralls are issued at orientation. This is a highly competitive program with application deadlines of February 1 (fall), July 15 (winter), and November 1 (spring), and priority is given to Ontario residents.
Application Details
Start Date:Intake month: September. Start dates listed by Conestoga on 6 September 2026, for domestic and international applicants alike: September 2026 at Cambridge – Reuter Dr. An individual campus intake may already be closed.
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
