North Island College offers Automotive Service Technician Foundation Harmonized Certificate, a foundation in Trades programme in Courtenay, Canada. The programme runs for 30 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,600 per total for local students.
The Automotive Service Technician Foundation program provides training that qualifies graduates as an Automotive Refinishing or Collision Repair Technician, covering the repair and restoration of damaged vehicles, including applying primer, base coats, and clear coats with spray equipment and mixed paint. Students who register as an apprentice can count Level 1 technical training credit together with work-based training hours toward Interprovincial Red Seal certification, with theory and applied learning delivered in NIC's classroom and shop in Campbell River.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires C in English 10 (or equivalent, or a successful English assessment) and C in Math 10 (or equivalent, or a successful trades math assessment), or successful completion of NIC's FSK 030 upgrading course in place of both. High-school graduation is preferred but not required where the stated prerequisites are otherwise met. Once accepted, and before the end of the programme's first month, students must hold and submit a current WHMIS certificate valid through to the end of the programme. The certificate is domestic-applicants-only, runs a single 30-week Winter intake out of Campbell River, and sets no minimum-GPA, portfolio or interview condition.
Application Details
Start Date:Winter
Application Deadline:North Island College's domestic applications open at the beginning of October each year for the following academic year; unlimited-entry programmes admit on a rolling, first-come-first-served basis with deadlines effectively at the term start (September 1, January 1 or May 1), while limited-entry programmes close earlier: the last Monday of August for a September start, the third Friday of December for a January start. International applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC; for the current cycle NIC has published deadlines of 1 May 2026 for September 2026 entry and 31 August 2026 for January 2027 entry, with no later 2027 intake deadline yet posted. Admission is otherwise rolling until seats fill. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
