Lakeland College offers Trades - Apprenticeship in Automotive Service Technician, a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme in Vermilion, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Tuition is CAD 1,303 per year for local students.
This apprenticeship at Lakeland College's Vermilion campus is delivered face-to-face across four training periods, each combining nine weeks of classroom instruction and a provincial exam with a minimum of 1,530 hours of on-the-job training. Students spend roughly half their program time working in the college's Trades Centre lab. Coursework follows Alberta's apprenticeship curriculum guide and covers vehicle mechanics, electronics and computer diagnostics used in automotive repair. In the final period, apprentices may attempt the Interprovincial Exam to earn a Red Seal designation, which allows them to work as a certified technician across Canada. On completion, graduates earn an Alberta Journeyperson Certificate. Recommended high school preparation includes English 30-2, Math 30-3 and Physics, Chemistry or Science 30, with English 20-2, Math 20-3 and Science 10 as minimum requirements. Apprentices must secure employment with a journeyperson sponsor to progress through the on-the-job training components of the program. The program suits individuals who enjoy diagnosing and solving mechanical problems on cars and light trucks and who want to combine paid workplace training with structured, exam-based classroom instruction toward a recognized trade credential.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission follows Alberta apprenticeship entry standards. The recommended path is an Alberta high school diploma including English 30-2, Math 30-3, one of Physics 30, Chemistry 30, or Science 30, and related Career and Technology Studies courses. Applicants without that diploma may instead qualify with English 20-2, Math 20-3, and Science 10, with all five Canadian GED or CAEC exams, or by passing Lakeland's entrance exam. The program's own page states no English-language-proficiency test requirement for domestic applicants. To register as an apprentice, students need an employer or sponsor who is a journeyperson automotive technician or employs one; both applicant and employer sign the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training application forms, and credit may be requested for related work experience or training. Students can register and begin classroom instruction without an employer already in place, though securing one early is recommended for on-the-job training; final approval and contract execution follow once transcripts or entrance-exam results are on file.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants to Lakeland College apply through ApplyAlberta, which opens on a fixed recurring schedule — the first Wednesday of October (for Fall), May (for Winter), and August (for Spring) of the year before the term, with Fall 2027 having opened the first Wednesday of October 2026 — and applications for most programs stay open on a rolling basis until one business day before the program starts, subject to program-specific exclusions and waitlists. International applicants use a separate process and Lakeland states their deadlines close earlier than domestic to allow time for visa processing, but publishes no specific international closing date; it instead recommends starting at least a year ahead of the intended start date. Lakeland does not publish a fixed equal-consideration date for either group. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
