Trades - Apprenticeship in Truck and Transport Mechanic: Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering programme taught at Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada. The programme runs for 5 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 794 per total for local students.
This program delivers Level 4 of the Truck and Transport Mechanic apprenticeship, a five-week block open to apprentices who have already completed Levels 1 through 3 of the Heavy Duty Equipment Technician apprenticeship. It runs in a blended format — four weeks of online instruction followed by one week of face-to-face training at the Kelowna Trades Complex — and leads toward Red Seal certification through SkilledTradesBC. Applicants must be registered apprentices with SkilledTradesBC and employed by a sponsor with at least one qualified journeyperson. Level 4 curriculum focuses on trade-specific work practices and procedures, including servicing wheels, hubs, and brakes, engines and their support systems, electrical and electronic systems, fuel systems, and cabs, bodies, and accessories on commercial trucks and transport equipment. Because it builds directly on the shared heavy-duty equipment foundation levels, the program suits apprentices who are already sponsored in the trade and progressing toward their journeyperson ticket, rather than people seeking an entry point into heavy-duty mechanics.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Truck and Transport Mechanic: 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 present government-issued photo identification — a driver's licence, other photo ID, or a valid passport — to write the provincial and national trade exams; student ID cards are not accepted for this purpose. Applicants should confirm current registration status directly with SkilledTradesBC before applying to the program intake.
Application Details
Start Date:January
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.
