New Brunswick Community College offers Cert in Plumbing, a certificate in Trades programme 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 Woodstock, Moncton and Saint John campuses. The curriculum is organized across 17 topic areas, covering workplace safety, blueprint reading, piping systems in copper, steel, plastic and cast iron, residential water supply and drainage, plumbing fixtures, welding and oxy-fuel operations, and supporting mathematics and communication skills. Students develop mechanical, mathematical and space-visualization skills alongside knowledge of applicable codes, regulations and laws governing the trade. A dedicated practicum course, Practicum: Pipe Trades, lets learners apply the knowledge acquired during training directly in their field of study. Admission requires a high school diploma or equivalent credential. The program is designed to give entry-level knowledge, skills and practical experience to those pursuing careers as plumbers, steamfitters, pipefitters or sprinkler fitters. It suits students seeking a focused, practically oriented introduction to the plumbing trade, combining classroom theory with hands-on and supervised placement components within a single year of study.
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.
