Diploma in Metal Fabrication Technician at Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada is a diploma in Applied Professions & Services programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,911 per year (CAD 2,771 per year for local students).
The two-year diploma teaches fundamental fabricating and welding techniques for preparing, fitting and joining welded components, with students developing skills on shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, gas tungsten arc and flux-cored arc welding equipment. Coursework covers safely laying out and building parts for large structures such as bridges, buildings, towers and platforms, as well as constructing and repairing steel stairs, boilers, tanks, chutes, hoppers and stacks, through a mix of theoretical instruction and hands-on practice.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The programme states only an Ontario Secondary School Diploma, or mature student status, as its academic entry requirement; the general Sault College admission requirements page notes that mature applicants must be 19 or older (or 21 or older for degree programs) and must still meet the program's prerequisite courses. Missing requirements can be completed free through Academic Upgrading. The page defers non-Canadian-educated applicants to the institution's international admission requirements: IELTS Academic 6.0 (no band below 5.5), TOEFL iBT 79-80 (no section below 20), PTE Academic 60 (no band below 52), or Duolingo 110 (no band below 105), valid within two years of program start. No further conditions (portfolio, interview) are stated.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in September 2027, the application system opens on 26 September 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which qualified applications are assessed first-come, first-served until seats are full; Sault College publishes no equal-consideration date of its own, and neither OCAS nor the college states a separate date for the January 2027 intake. International applicants apply directly to Sault College rather than through ontariocolleges.ca; the college states only that applications are reviewed within five business days of submission and publishes no fixed opening or closing date for international admission. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
