Trades - Apprenticeship in Transport Trailer Technician: Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering programme offered by Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada. The programme runs for 4 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Trades - Apprenticeship
Field:Mechanical Engineering
Duration: 4 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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Okanagan College's Transport Trailer Technician apprenticeship offering covers Level 4 of the trade's technical training, a four-week block for apprentices who have already completed the Heavy Mechanical Foundation program or Level 1 of the Heavy Duty Equipment Technician apprenticeship. Transport Trailer Technician — also known as Commercial Trailer Mechanic — is a nationally designated Red Seal trade registered through SkilledTradesBC, covering the maintenance, rebuilding, overhaul, reconditioning, and diagnostic repair of commercial truck trailers. As with the college's other heavy-equipment-service apprenticeships, the shared Level 1 training is common across related trades before apprentices specialize into their specific ticket at the later levels. Entry to the apprenticeship route requires sponsorship by an employer already working in the trade and registration as an apprentice with SkilledTradesBC. The program suits apprentices who have finished the foundational heavy-equipment training and are ready for the trade-specific technical-training block that leads toward their Red Seal ticket as a Transport Trailer Technician, rather than people with no prior heavy-duty mechanical training or trade employment.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry to this apprenticeship level is administered through SkilledTradesBC rather than direct secondary-school admission: applicants must already hold a SkilledTradesBC number and be an active apprentice, defined by the college as having submitted hours within the previous 18 months, with a sponsoring employer's Apprentice and Sponsor Registration on file. Okanagan College recommends Grade 10 standing (Grade 12 preferred), including English 10, Mathematics 10 and Science 10, though these are guidelines rather than checked entrance grades for apprentices; a related pathway lets an apprentice who has completed the Heavy Mechanical Foundation certificate or Level 1 of the Heavy Duty Equipment Technician apprenticeship enter directly at Level 4 of this program. No English-language test score is published; language ability is assumed from secondary schooling or trade experience. Candidates must present two pieces of government-issued photo identification, matching the name on their SkilledTradesBC portal account, to sit the provincial and Red Seal exams.
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.
