Northern Lights College offers Trades - Apprenticeship in Professional Cook: Apprenticeship Indigenous Content - Direct Entry, a trades - apprenticeship in Indigenous Focus programme in Dawson Creek, Canada. The programme runs for 6 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 2,781 per total (CAD 673 per total for local students).
The Professional Cook 1 Apprenticeship with Indigenous Content (Direct Entry) blends SkilledTradesBC Level 1 cook training with learning about the traditions and history of Indigenous food sources, including foraging, gathering, and traditional preparation methods. Across 180 contact hours over approximately six weeks, students cover kitchen fundamentals - vegetables, soups, sauces, meat, fish, poultry, desserts, and baking - plus basic menu planning and costing and safety, sanitation, and food-storage practices, in a fully supervised kitchen at the Dawson Creek campus. Training results are reported to SkilledTradesBC.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to this SkilledTradesBC-registered apprenticeship requires 'eligibility as indicated by SkilledTradesBC' rather than a college-set academic prerequisite. No English, French, or other language proficiency score is published for entry. Once enrolled, apprentices must maintain a minimum of 70% in all courses. Before Level 1 begins, students must provide proof of a valid Foodsafe Level 1 certificate covering the programme's roughly six-week, 180-hour duration, and failure to submit it can result in dismissal. The programme is classified under Trades/Apprenticeship (Tier 2) funding and is not eligible for Canada Student Loans. At the time of review, intake at the Dawson Creek location was not scheduled; prospective domestic applicants are directed to contact NLC admissions, international applicants the international office, and current NLC students the trades office.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Northern Lights College uses one admissions calendar for domestic and international applicants alike, applying through EducationPlannerBC or in person. Applications open about eleven months before each intake: 1 October for the following Fall, 1 February for the following Winter, and 1 June for the following Spring. For the 2027 cycle the priority deadline is 30 September 2026 for Winter 2027 entry, 31 January 2027 for Spring 2027 entry, and 31 May 2027 for Fall 2027 entry (dual-credit applicants get until 24 October 2026 and 23 June 2027 respectively), with a tuition deposit due about a month after each priority date. NLC states international applicants already in Canada on a valid visa follow the same domestic deadlines; after the priority date, seats remain open, on a rolling basis, until each term's add/drop date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
