Trades - Apprenticeship in Gasfitter Class B: Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme taught at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada. The programme runs for 10 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,400 per total for local students.
This program at Thompson Rivers University delivers the technical training for the Gasfitter Class B apprenticeship, offered only at the Kamloops campus. Training is organized into two levels: Level 1 comprises 300 hours of technical instruction over approximately ten weeks and concludes with a standardized level exam set by the BC Safety Authority (BCSA), while Level 2 comprises a further 300 hours of technical instruction over about ten weeks combined with 3,000 hours of work-based training. Intakes run on a set annual cycle, with Level 1 typically starting in the fall and Level 2 the following winter. The program suits individuals with strong math skills who want to install, repair, and maintain propane and natural gas products, working toward BCSA-recognized qualification as a Class B gasfitter. As with other TRU trades apprenticeships, participation is intended for those registered as apprentices in the gasfitting trade, alternating scheduled technical training blocks with employer-based work experience between levels.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The program's own page publishes no dedicated admission-requirements section: it describes only the training structure, Level 1 at 300 technical hours plus work-based hours and Level 2 at 300 technical hours plus 3,000 work-based hours, and links to an apprenticeship enrolment form. Thompson Rivers University's general undergraduate admission basis therefore applies: graduation from a recognised high-school curriculum, 12 or more transferable post-secondary credits, or mature-student status (19 or older, out of formal education for two years). International applicants must also meet Thompson Rivers University's own language bar for direct entry into an undergraduate certificate or diploma program: IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6.0, or TOEFL iBT 88 with no section below 20, per TRU's English requirements page.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
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.
