At New Brunswick Community College in Fredericton, Canada, Cert in Welding and Metal Fabrication is offered as a certificate in Trades programme. 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 and January 2027 at Saint John. The curriculum covers workplace safety, mathematics, communication skills, blueprint reading, metallurgy, cutting and gouging processes, shielded metal arc welding and semi-automatic welding, training students to read blueprints and plan and implement welding and fabrication processes. A supervised practicum component gives learners direct, hands-on experience applying their training in an industry setting. Admission requires a high school diploma or equivalent credential. Graduates are prepared to work as structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters across industries such as shipbuilding, mining, and oil and gas. The program suits people who enjoy hands-on, practical work and want to move from classroom instruction and lab practice into a supervised industry placement within a single academic year, gaining foundational welding and fabrication skills applicable across multiple industrial sectors.
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.
