At Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada, Automotive Service Technology Diploma is offered as a diploma in Information Systems & Technology programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 14,300 per total for local students.
Okanagan College's Automotive Service Technology Diploma is a two-year, full-time program at the Kelowna Trades Complex spanning 26 courses, with the first year covering foundational apprenticeship-level automotive training and the second year adding technical writing, business practices, and management coursework on top of more advanced service topics. Training is shop-based and physically demanding, involving extended standing on concrete or asphalt and hands-on work with tools and diagnostic equipment across automotive electrical and engine-management systems. Admission requires BC secondary graduation or equivalent (or being 19 or older and out of school at least a year), English 11 at a minimum 50%, and a math requirement met either through specified courses at 50% or a 63% score on the Trades Entrance Assessment, with relevant trades experience also considered. On completing the program, students become eligible to write SkilledTradesBC's standardized exams for Automotive Service Technician Level 1 certification and receive credit for 450 hours of practical work toward that certification, with each course requiring a 60% passing grade and a 70% annual average.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry to the Automotive Service Technology Diploma requires B.C. secondary-school graduation or the equivalent, or admission as a mature applicant at least 19 years of age and out of secondary school for at least one year. Academic prerequisites: English 11 with a minimum of 50 per cent (alternatives accepted per the College's equivalency list), and mathematics — a minimum of 50 per cent in one of Pre-Calculus 11, Foundations of Mathematics 11, Apprenticeship and Workplace Mathematics 11, Workplace Mathematics 11, or Adult Basic Education MATH 011/084/085 or IALG 011, or a minimum of 63 per cent on the College's Trades Entrance Assessment (TEA) mathematics test, valid for two years; applicants whose qualifying course is more than seven years old must rewrite the TEA. The page notes that relevant trades experience may be assessed for entry, and that a student who completed the Automotive Service Technician Foundation program within the previous five years is eligible for direct admission into the second year. No IELTS, TOEFL or other standardized English test is specified.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC (a $30 CAD fee): Okanagan College sets no fixed closing date for most programmes in the 2026-27/2027-28 cycle. Applications for a Fall intake open at 8:30 a.m. on October's first business day of the preceding year, and for a Winter intake at 8:30 a.m. on February's first business day of the preceding year (exceptions apply); Practical Nursing's January intake opens at 9:00 a.m. on April's first business day of the preceding year. Most programmes accept applications until seats fill, though Nursing and Dental programmes set their own fixed or ranked deadlines on their own pages. International applicants also apply through EducationPlannerBC, paying a $100 CAD per-programme fee; the College publishes no institution-wide international closing date and directs applicants to each programme's own page. Admission is otherwise rolling. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
