Trades - Apprenticeship in Roofer is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme offered by New Brunswick Community College in Fredericton, Canada.
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Degree:Trades - Apprenticeship
Field:Trades
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Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This apprenticeship trains students for Red Seal certification as roofers. Apprentices learn to install, repair and replace roofing systems, including membrane roofing that uses a range of materials and application methods, as well as shingles, slates, shakes, roofing tiles, sheet metal and other pre-formed sheeting used on sloped roofs. Training covers surface preparation, material handling, fastening and flashing techniques, and the safety practices required for working at height. The program combines paid, supervised work with a roofing contractor and periods of technical instruction delivered through New Brunswick's apprenticeship system, with NBCC providing the classroom component. Apprentices work under a certified journeyperson roofer while progressing toward a New Brunswick Diploma of Apprenticeship and a Certificate of Qualification recognized nationally through the Red Seal program. The trade is not compulsory in New Brunswick, though the credential is recognized by employers across residential, commercial and industrial roofing. It suits people already working for a roofing contractor who want to formalize their training and gain a portable, nationally recognized trade certification.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to the Roofer apprenticeship is not processed through NBCC's standard academic application. NBCC's own apprenticeship overview states that admission to Apprenticeship programs is the responsibility of the Government of New Brunswick's Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification Branch, with NBCC delivering only the technical, in-school portion of training. The programme's own page is no longer maintained and now directs applicants to the Branch's current designated-occupations listing, which records trade status and required training hours but publishes no academic entry criteria for this occupation. In practice, entrants register through Direct Entry by obtaining employment with an employer willing to sign an apprenticeship agreement, through Pre-Apprenticeship while still in high school, or by completing an NBCC Pre-Employment program and passing the Level 1 exam before registering as an apprentice. No minimum grade, course or standardized English-language test score is published for entry into the trade itself; applicants taking the NBCC-delivered technical-training route are subject to NBCC's general English-language proficiency requirement for international and permanent-resident applicants.
Application Details
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.