Trades - Apprenticeship in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic: Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme offered by Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada. The programme runs for 33 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 900 per total for local students.
This apprenticeship program at Thompson Rivers University delivers the technical training for the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic trade at the Kamloops campus. Training is organized into four levels of increasing length: Level 1 runs six weeks, Level 2 runs seven weeks, and Levels 3 and 4 each run ten weeks. A hybrid learning option is available for each level, combining online synchronous instruction with a shorter on-site component. Participation requires registration as an apprentice with SkilledTradesBC and a valid apprenticeship number, sponsorship by a SkilledTradesBC-registered employer, and good physical health. On completing all four levels together with the required work-based hours, apprentices earn the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic Certificate of Apprenticeship and become eligible to write the interprovincial Red Seal exam. The program suits individuals already employed and registered as apprentices in the trade who need to complete the technical training required at each level, with the hybrid format offering flexibility for those balancing study with ongoing work commitments.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This is TRU's apprenticeship stream, not the entry-level Foundation certificate, so the program page sets no high-school course prerequisites; entry instead runs through SkilledTradesBC. The page states applicants must already be a registered apprentice with SkilledTradesBC holding a valid apprenticeship number, sponsored by an employer registered with SkilledTradesBC, and must be in good physical health; apprentices also purchase their own CSA-approved boots, clear safety glasses, textbooks and provincial competency manuals. 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.
