At Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada, Electrician Foundation Certificate is offered as a certificate in Electrical Engineering programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Electrical Engineering
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
We have no tuition fees or an application deadline on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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The Electrician Foundation Certificate is a one-year, full-time program at Okanagan College for students with little or no prior experience in the electrical trade. It prepares graduates to seek employment as apprentice electricians by covering the fundamentals of residential, commercial, and industrial electrical systems in line with British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education program guidelines. Instruction is delivered on campus, days, over approximately 24 weeks. Okanagan College offers the program at its Kelowna, Vernon, and Penticton trades facilities, with intakes scheduled across the academic year at each campus. On successful completion, graduates receive credit toward Level 1 technical training in the Construction Electrician apprenticeship program, allowing them to continue toward Red Seal certification through further work-based apprenticeship. The program suits students without an existing employer sponsor who want a structured, classroom-based entry point into the electrical trade before progressing to on-the-job apprenticeship hours.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: British Columbia secondary school graduation, or equivalent, or 19 years of age and out of secondary school for at least one year; English 12 with a minimum of 50% or equivalent; and a minimum of 67% in a Grade 11 mathematics course (such as Pre-Calculus 11, Foundations of Mathematics 11, Apprenticeship and Workplace Mathematics 11, Workplace Mathematics 11, Principles of Mathematics 11, or Applications of Mathematics 11, or Apprenticeship Mathematics 12), or a minimum of 85% on the Okanagan College Trades Entrance Assessment mathematics test.
