Trades - Apprenticeship in Plumbing: Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme offered by Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada. The programme runs for 15 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,000 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Trades - Apprenticeship
Field:Trades
Duration: 15 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,000 / 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 Plumbing trade at the Kamloops campus. It is organized into four harmonized levels, each running seven to eight weeks of on-campus instruction, with apprentices completing employer-based, on-the-job work experience between technical training blocks. Participation requires registration as an apprentice, and students must purchase required textbooks and provincial competency manuals for each level. On completing Level 4 together with the required work-based hours, apprentices become eligible for the Interprovincial Plumbing Trades Qualification. The program suits individuals already employed and registered as plumbing apprentices who need to complete the classroom and shop-based technical training required at each stage of their apprenticeship, rather than those seeking an initial introduction to the trade. Scheduling for each level varies across intakes, with availability ranging from full enrolment to open spaces depending on the session, and prospective and current apprentices should confirm current dates directly with TRU's trades admissions office.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The program's own page publishes no dedicated admission-requirements section for the plumbing apprenticeship stream: it states only that apprentices must purchase required textbooks and provincial competency manuals and pay tuition fees while attending TRU, and directs enquiries to [email protected]. 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
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.
