Trades - Apprenticeship in Baker: Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Culinary Arts programme taught at Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada. The programme runs for 12 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Trades - Apprenticeship
Field:Culinary Arts
Duration: 12 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This apprenticeship gives registered apprentice bakers the classroom and lab component of their trade training, covering the preparation of doughs, batters, and other ingredients used to produce breads, buns, cakes, pies, cookies, and other baked desserts. Training is delivered full-time at Okanagan College's Kelowna campus, in the college's Centre for Food, Wine and Tourism, across three levels of four weeks each. Coursework moves from foundational occupational skills into fermented baked goods, pastries, cakes and cookies, decoration and finishing techniques, plated desserts, and chocolate and confectionery work, building toward the range of products a professional baker is expected to produce. To enrol, an applicant must already be registered as an apprentice with SkilledTradesBC, hold a valid FOODSAFE Level 1 certificate, and be employed by an operation with at least one qualified journeyperson baker supervising their on-the-job hours. Government-issued photo identification is required to sit the provincial and national qualification exams associated with the trade. The program is intended for people already working toward a baking apprenticeship who need the in-class technical levels, rather than as a first introduction to baking, and is currently offered to domestic students only.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Baker: Apprenticeship is an apprenticeship-level program at Okanagan College: admission requires the applicant to already be registered as an apprentice with SkilledTradesBC and employed by an employer with at least one qualified journeyperson in the trade. The program page notes that an applicant who is not yet registered can have their employer register them through SkilledTradesBC's online portal, described as free, simple and completable within a few minutes. No secondary-school course, grade minimum, or English-language proficiency test is stated as a requirement at this apprenticeship level; entry is administered through the SkilledTradesBC apprenticeship system and employer sponsorship rather than through the College's own academic admission requirements. Applicants must also hold a valid FOODSAFE Level 1 certificate. Applicants should confirm current registration status directly with SkilledTradesBC before applying to the program intake.
Application Details
Start Date:September
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.
