Trades - Apprenticeship in Apprenticeship Welding at Portage College in Lac La Biche, Canada is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme. The programme runs for 3 semesters, delivered on campus. Tuition is CAD 1,044 per semester for local students.
This registered apprenticeship program trains welders in GMAW, SMAW, FCAW and GTAW techniques used to fuse and repair metal components in construction and manufacturing. Training is delivered in person at the Lac La Biche campus and is organized into three technical-training periods that apprentices complete between periods of paid work with a sponsoring employer, with each period building progressively toward the skills required for journeyman certification. The program suits individuals who have registered as an apprentice with Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training and secured employer sponsorship before enrolling. Each completed technical-training period counts toward the requirements for a journeyman welder ticket, and apprentices advance through the trade's certification levels as they gain further workplace experience and complete subsequent periods, working toward eventual journeyman and Red Seal recognition in the welding trade.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission is restricted to individuals registered as apprentices with Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT); applicants must satisfy AIT's own entrance standards and demonstrate eligibility for the specific period of training they are entering. Progression from Period 1 into Period 2, and from Period 2 into Period 3, requires successful completion of the preceding period. Portage College's programme page does not itself publish academic grade thresholds, an English-language test requirement, a criminal record check, immunization condition, or an interview requirement; applicants should confirm the full AIT entrance requirements directly with Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Portage College sets no single institution-wide application deadline for domestic applicants, who apply through ApplyAlberta and are generally admitted on a rolling basis until seats fill or the program starts; individual program pages carry their own dates, e.g. the Business Administration Diploma - Management and Hairstyling Certificate close August 15, 2027 and the Indigenous Arts Diploma closes June 1, 2027, all for programs beginning around August 2027, while the Practical Nurse Diploma and Primary Care Paramedic remain 'open until seats are filled.' International applicants apply directly to Portage College with a $160 fee; deadlines are published per program rather than institution-wide, for example the University Studies Diploma's international deadlines of October 15, 2026 for Winter and February 15, 2027 for Spring, and Primary Care Paramedic does not accept international applicants at all. Portage does not publish a single equal-consideration date for either group. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
