Trades - Apprenticeship in Automotive Service Technician Apprenticeship

The Automotive Service Technician Apprenticeship at Red Deer Polytechnic is a four-year Red Seal trade program combining on-the-job training with classroom instruction delivered in the institution's shops. Each of the program's four 12-month periods includes at least 1,560 hours of on-the-job training and nine weeks of on-campus classroom instruction, split roughly 80% workplace and 20% classroom. Entry requires registration as an apprentice with a sponsoring employer; RDP does not place students with employers. To complete classroom training, students must achieve a weighted average of 65%, with no section under 50%, in both theory and practical components, plus a minimum grade of 70% on the AIT Provincial Exam for each period. On completing all four periods, apprentices receive a Journeyperson Certificate and an Advanced Diploma, and may sit the Red Seal Endorsement Exam to work anywhere in Canada. Students can also compete in the Provincial and National Skills Canada competitions and WorldSkills. Graduates typically work as automotive service technicians, service writers or shop managers.