Diploma in Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician at St. Clair College in Windsor, Canada is a diploma in Mechanical Engineering programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 17,715 per year (CAD 5,695 per year for local students).
This two-year diploma prepares graduates for apprenticeships spanning the electrical, sheet-metal, refrigeration and air-conditioning trades, building the mechanical and problem-solving skills needed to install and service heating and cooling systems. Coursework follows the TSSA Gas Technician 3 and 2 syllabus toward Gas Technician licensing, and prepares students for Refrigeration Handling Certification. Graduates typically work as installers or service technicians on heating, cooling and refrigeration systems across residential, commercial, industrial and institutional settings, with other paths into wholesale, distribution, sales or service-representative roles for equipment manufacturers.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with the majority of courses at the College (C), University (U), University/College (M) or Open (O) level plus Grade 12 Mathematics at the College (C) or University (U) level, as stated on the programme's own admission-requirements page; senior-level Physics is recommended but not required. Mature applicants are directed to the College's general Admission Procedures. No portfolio, interview, work-experience, age, or criminal-record-check conditions are stated for this programme. No separate language-proficiency scores are published, so international and non-native-English applicants are held to St. Clair College's institution-wide English requirement for diploma programmes: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall, TOEFL iBT 60, PTE Academic 52, CAEL 60, CELPIP General 7.0 in each module, or Duolingo 110.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in Fall 2027 the online application opened on 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, colleges may start sending offers from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers are due by 1 May 2027; Winter 2027 entry has an equal-consideration date of 15 September 2026. St. Clair flags eight oversubscribed programmes and thirteen high-interest programmes for which it recommends applying by 1 February. After the equal-consideration dates, applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain. International applicants apply through the International OCAS portal and are admitted on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis; St. Clair publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
