Offered by Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt, Canada, Welder Foundation Certificate is a foundation in Trades programme. The programme runs for 28 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,216 per total for local students.
This foundation certificate prepares learners for entry-level work as apprentice welders across most sectors of the economy, including resource development, resource extraction, transportation, construction, and manufacturing. Through a mix of classroom and shop activities, students learn both the theoretical principles of welding and the hands-on processes needed to master practical welding skills.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires B.C. secondary school graduation or equivalent, or being 19 years of age and out of secondary school for at least one year by the first day of classes. English is met by English 10, English 10 First Peoples, an equivalent Provincial-level Adult Basic Education English course, or an equivalent assessment. Mathematics is met by Mathematics 11 or an equivalent Advanced-level ABE Mathematics course/assessment for those who graduated secondary school in or before 2012, or by Apprenticeship and Workplace Mathematics 11, Foundations of Mathematics 11, Pre-Calculus 11, an equivalent Advanced-level ABE course, or an equivalent assessment for later graduates. No IELTS, TOEFL, or other standardized English-language test score is published for this program. The foundation program starts in September, in the Fall term.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:NVIT accepts domestic applications on a rolling basis: general Fall-term applications are targeted by 31 July and Spring-term applications by 30 November each year, with offers issued in the order applications are completed and, if seats remain, continued acceptance up to the program start date. NVIT does not currently admit new international students for most programs: its Provincial Attestation Letter allocation was set at zero for 2025-2026, so new international applications are accepted only from Indigenous Peoples (per UNDRIP), Jay Treaty applicants, and permanent residents, who apply through EducationPlannerBC. NVIT publishes no international application deadline for these routes, and whether the zero-allocation restriction still holds for 2026-2027 was not confirmed on a page carrying that year. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
