Trades - Apprenticeship in Gasfitter Class B: Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme taught at Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada. The programme runs for 10 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,493 per total for local students.
This Red Seal apprenticeship provides the Class B in-class technical training for gasfitters, who design, install, test, and maintain gas piping and appliances across natural gas, propane, biogas, and hydrogen applications in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. Training is organized into two levels of 10 weeks each, delivered full-time as day classes at the Kelowna Trades Complex, with intake limited to 16 seats per level. Level 1 covers foundational trade science, safety, tools, pipes, valves, fittings, rigging, cutting, soldering and brazing, and drafting and blueprint reading; Level 2 moves into applied work, including installing and lighting gas appliances, hot water heating systems, gasfitting practice, electrical controls used with gas systems, and rural sewage, drainage, and venting systems. To enrol, an apprentice must already be registered with SkilledTradesBC and employed by a company with at least one qualified journeyperson gasfitter supervising their work-based hours. The program is intended for people already working toward a gasfitting apprenticeship who need the classroom technical component of Class B certification, rather than newcomers to the gas trades.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry is as a registered apprentice rather than through academic prerequisites: applicants must be registered as an apprentice with SkilledTradesBC and be working for an employer who employs at least one qualified journeyperson; an employer can complete that registration online at no cost. A government-issued photo ID, such as a driver's licence, other photo ID or valid passport, is required to write the provincial and national exams, since student ID cards are not accepted. The program page states no secondary-school course or grade requirement, no minimum age, and no IELTS, TOEFL or other standardized English-language score; academic and language prerequisites are not published for this apprenticeship level.
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.
