Trades - Apprenticeship in Welding: Apprenticeship at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, Canada is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme. The programme runs for 10 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,200 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Trades - Apprenticeship
Field:Trades
Duration: 10 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,200 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This apprenticeship program delivers the in-school technical training for apprentices working toward Red Seal certification as a Welder in British Columbia. It is organized into three eight-week levels plus an optional five-week Specialty Metals Endorsement, run alongside employer-based on-the-job training that together take roughly four years and 4,500 work-based hours to complete. Levels one and two end with Certificate of Completion exams, and level three concludes with the Red Seal examination itself. Apprentices need an employer sponsor and must be actively registered with SkilledTradesBC, holding a valid Trade Worker Identification number, before enrolling; those without a sponsor may instead pursue the modular Welder B and Welder A citation pathway. On completion of all requirements, apprentices earn the Red Seal endorsement, recognized in every Canadian jurisdiction. Training schedules and waitlists are published through KPU's Registration Application, with further opportunities listed on Trades Training BC, and apprentices may draw on EI benefits, EPBC financial supports, and the interest-free Canada Apprentice Loan while training. The program suits people already sponsored by an employer in welding.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires completed KPU Apprentice Registration and an active apprentice registration in the BC Apprenticeship system, plus a valid Trade Worker Identification number from SkilledTradesBC; applicants without one must complete a SkilledTradesBC apprenticeship registration form before enrolling in Levels 1 through 4, and SkilledTradesBC determines eligibility. KPU's own admissions page states that apprenticeship programmes are not subject to KPU's undergraduate or vocational English Proficiency Requirement, so no English test score or high-school English course is required. KPU Tech does not permit students to register in Apprenticeship Levels out of sequence. No further programme-specific admission condition or special-equipment note is stated on this apprenticeship's own page; details on the Specialty Metals Endorsement were not yet published there.
Application Details
Application Deadline:KPU classifies most programs as Open Intake, meaning every applicant who meets minimum institutional requirements is admitted without ranking, while a smaller set of Limited Intake programs closes earlier. For the Fall 2027 (September) term, both domestic and international applications open on 1 October 2026; Limited Intake programs have a firm deadline of 1 March 2027 and may close earlier if demand is high, while Open Intake programs stay open on a rolling basis through a confirmation-deposit deadline of 15 June 2027 to a final cutoff of 1 July 2027. Spring (January) and Summer (May) entry follow the same open/limited pattern on an earlier timeline, and KPU applies identical deadlines to domestic and international applicants throughout. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
