Thompson Rivers University offers Trades - Apprenticeship in Instrumentation and Control Technician: Apprenticeship, a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme 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.
At a glance
Degree:Trades - Apprenticeship
Field:Trades
Duration: 10 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,400 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This apprenticeship program at Thompson Rivers University delivers the technical training for the Instrumentation and Control Technician trade at the Kamloops campus. It comprises four levels, each requiring ten weeks of on-campus instruction, with apprentices completing employer-sponsored, on-the-job work experience between technical training blocks. Participation requires sponsorship by an employer registered with SkilledTradesBC and good physical health. On completing all four levels of technical training together with the required work-based hours, apprentices earn a Certificate of Apprenticeship and become eligible to write the interprovincial Red Seal exam. The program suits individuals already registered as apprentices in the instrumentation and control trade who need to complete the classroom and lab-based technical training required at each level, rather than those looking for an initial introduction to the field. Scheduling for each level's intake varies, and prospective apprentices should confirm current availability directly with the trades admissions office, as sessions are not offered continuously.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This is TRU's apprenticeship stream rather than the Foundation certificate, so the program page sets no high-school course prerequisites for it. The page states apprentices must be sponsored by an employer registered with SkilledTradesBC and must be in good physical health. Thompson Rivers University's general undergraduate admission basis also applies at the institutional level: graduation from a recognised high-school curriculum, 12 or more transferable post-secondary credits, or mature-student status; international applicants must additionally have completed secondary school and be at least 17 years old.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
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.
