Cert in Electrical: Construction is a certificate in Trades programme offered by New Brunswick Community College in Fredericton, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered in a hybrid format. Tuition for international students is CAD 10,260 per year (CAD 3,666 per year for local students).
This one-year certificate at New Brunswick Community College is delivered in blended format at the Miramichi, St. Andrews, Woodstock, Moncton and Saint John campuses, with start dates in September 2026 or January 2027 at Saint John. The curriculum covers workplace safety, blueprint reading, direct and alternating current theory, the Canadian Electrical Code, residential and commercial wiring, lighting systems, rigging and hoisting, and trades mathematics, along with fundamental wiring practices, pipe threading and bending, and cable tray installation. A supervised practicum component lets students apply their classroom learning directly in the field. On completion, graduates become registered apprentices who can pursue work as residential, commercial or industrial electricians, with a path toward journeyman status or more specialized positions. The program is aimed at individuals comfortable working with tools and wiring who have good hand-eye coordination and physical fitness for trades work. It suits students seeking a practical entry point into the electrical trade through classroom instruction, hands-on skill-building and a period of supervised on-the-job experience.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission follows NBCC's Profile A: a High School Diploma, Adult High School Diploma, GED Diploma of High School Equivalency, Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC), or the Essential Skills Achievement Pathway: Post-Secondary Entry High School Diploma, with no further subject prerequisites listed. Applicants must meet NBCC's institution-wide English language requirements: IELTS Academic with a minimum overall score of 6.0 and no band below 5.5, or TOEFL iBT with an overall score of 80 and no section below 18, among other approved tests. The programme page states no additional portfolio, interview or work-experience conditions for this certificate.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic and permanent-resident applicants apply directly through the NBCC application portal: for the 2027-28 academic year, Fall 2027 applications open 14 September 2026 and close 9 September 2027, Winter 2028 applications open 18 January 2027 and close 13 January 2028, and Spring/Summer 2028 applications open 10 May 2027 and close 4 May 2028, with seats in each campus-specific program filling on a rolling basis throughout that window. International applicants for the Fall 2027 intake may apply starting 13 July 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Atlantic time; NBCC has not published a fixed international closing date and continues evaluating international applications, program by program, until seats are full. Conditional final documents are due 15 July for Fall, 15 November for Winter, or 1 March for Spring/Summer. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
