Collision Repair and Refinishing Diploma is a diploma in Aerospace & Automotive Engineering programme offered by Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada. 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 Collision Repair and Refinishing Diploma is a two-year, full-time program based at the Kelowna Trades Complex that combines automotive refinishing, collision body repair, and auto glass repair and replacement across 22 courses, including a two-week industry work placement built into the curriculum. The first year is organized into four modules of Level 1 technical training covering different collision-repair specializations, with extensive shop-based practice in welding, sheet-metal repair, and surface preparation, while the second year shifts toward estimating, office skills, and small-business entrepreneurship for graduates who want to eventually run their own shop. Admission requires BC secondary graduation or equivalent (or being 19 or older and out of school at least a year), English 11 and Grade 10 math at a minimum 50%, with a trades entrance assessment available for applicants who don't meet those marks within the past seven years. Graduates become eligible to write SkilledTradesBC's standardized exams and can carry credit into an apprenticeship as an Automotive Collision Repair Technician, Refinishing Preparation Technician, or Auto Glass Technician.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry 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 by the first day of classes. The English requirement is English 11 with a minimum of 50% or an approved alternative; the program page does not publish IELTS, TOEFL or other standardized test scores. The mathematics requirement is a minimum of 50% in Mathematics Grade 10, Foundations of Mathematics and Pre-calculus Grade 10, both Adult Basic Education MATH 071 and MATH 072, or the Trades Entrance Assessment (TEA) mathematics test; applicants who completed the school-level requirement more than seven years before enrolment must sit the TEA. Relevant trades experience may be assessed toward entry. Students who completed the college's Collision Repair/Refinishing Prep Technician Foundation program within the previous five years are eligible for direct entry into year two.
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.
