Trades - Apprenticeship in Truck and Transport Mechanic: 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 700 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Trades - Apprenticeship
Field:Trades
Duration: 10 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 700 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Truck and Transport Mechanic apprenticeship at Thompson Rivers University trains apprentices to diagnose, repair and service highway trucks and buses, covering mechanical, electrical and electronic systems including fuel, brakes, steering, transmissions and climate control. Technical training is delivered in Kamloops across four progressively shorter levels: Level 1 at 300 hours over ten weeks, Level 2 at 240 hours over eight weeks, Level 3 at 180 hours over six weeks, and Level 4 at 120 hours over four weeks, with cohorts scheduled into 2028. Graduates of a related foundation program can carry forward 450 hours of work-based training time toward these apprenticeship requirements. The pathway leads to Red Seal certification through registration with SkilledTradesBC and culminates in journeyperson status once all levels and work-based hours are complete. Entry requires high-school graduation or mature-student status, with a minimum grade of C in English 11. It suits apprentices already sponsored by an employer in truck and transport mechanics who need to complete the in-school technical-training levels between blocks of on-the-job work, in a trade the university describes as being in consistently strong demand.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The program's own page publishes no dedicated admission-requirements section for this apprenticeship: it states only that apprentices must purchase required textbooks and provincial competency manuals and pay tuition fees while attending TRU. 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.
