Instrumentation and Control Technician Foundation Certificate at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada is a foundation in Trades programme. The programme runs for 21 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,400 per total for local students.
This foundation program at Thompson Rivers University introduces the Instrumentation and Control Technician trade through a 21-week, full-time term delivered at the Kamloops campus. It combines the in-school technical training equivalent to apprenticeship Level 1 with additional foundational technical experience in industrial automation and instrumentation. Graduates receive an Instrumentation and Control Technician Foundation Certificate and are credited with 325 hours toward their subsequent apprenticeship. Admission requires high school graduation or mature student status, English 12 at 60% or higher, and any Math 11 course at 60% or higher. The program suits individuals seeking an entry-level introduction to instrumentation and industrial control systems who do not yet have an employer sponsor, providing the technical grounding needed before beginning apprenticeship training. On completion, students can move into TRU's four-level Instrumentation and Control Technician apprenticeship, working toward a Certificate of Apprenticeship and eligibility for the interprovincial Red Seal exam.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission is direct entry: applicants need high school graduation or equivalent, or qualification as a mature student, English 12 completed at a minimum of 60%, and Math 11 (any Math 11 or equivalent) completed at a minimum of 60%. Students must supply their own approved safety glasses and CSA-approved work boots. No portfolio, interview or prior work-experience requirement is listed. The program page states no English-language test score of its own; Thompson Rivers University's institution-wide requirement for direct entry into on-campus undergraduate certificate and diploma programs, set out on TRU's admission requirements page, is IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6.0, or TOEFL iBT 88 with no section below 20.
Application Details
Start Date:September and August
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply directly to TRU: for the September (Fall) intake the deadline is 1 May, for January (Winter) it is 1 September, and for the May (Summer) intake it is 1 January; applications for most programs open 1 October, and a deadline falling on a weekend or statutory holiday moves to the next working day. International applicants follow the same intake structure with deadlines of 1 May (September), 1 October (January) and 1 February (May); TRU still reviews later applications where space remains, though high-volume programs can close early, so admission runs on a rolling basis around these published cut-offs for the 2027 entry cycle. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
