Trades - Apprenticeship in Materials Technician Apprenticeship

The Materials Technician Apprenticeship at Red Deer Polytechnic trains students to manage the movement, storage and tracking of materials across industries such as manufacturing, oil and gas, transportation and retail, covering inventory systems, shipping logistics, warehousing safety and material classification. Red Deer Polytechnic delivers Years 1 and 3 of the three-year apprenticeship, each combining six weeks of classroom instruction with a minimum of 1,500 hours of on-the-job training; classroom instruction is delivered online with a scheduled on-campus block each period. Students must achieve a weighted average of 65%, with no section under 50%, and a minimum grade of 70% on the AIT Provincial Exam for each period. Materials Technician Journeypersons are granted credit for Years 1 and 2 of the related Parts Technician program, needing only to complete Year 3 to also earn the Parts Technician Journeyperson certificate. Graduates receive a Journeyperson Certificate and become eligible for the interprovincial Red Seal endorsement.