Cert in Carpentry Pre-Apprenticeship is a certificate in Trades programme offered by Yukon University in Whitehorse, Canada. The programme runs for 20 weeks, delivered on campus. Tuition is CAD 3,275 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Trades
Duration: 20 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 3,275 / total
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Yukon University's Carpentry program is a 20-week pre-apprenticeship certificate delivered in person at the Whitehorse (Ayamdigut) campus. Coursework covers safety practices, residential construction fundamentals, tool use, blueprint reading, and the mathematics used in carpentry work, with roughly half of the program spent on hands-on building projects covering foundations, floors, walls, and roofs. Core courses include math for carpenters, drawing and blueprint reading and estimating, carpentry and workplace theory, and shop and practical experience. Students who complete the program with a grade of 70 percent or higher become eligible to challenge the Yukon government's Carpentry Apprenticeship Level I exam. Entry requires the equivalent of Math 10 and English 10, along with good physical condition and hand-eye coordination. The program suits people entering the construction trades who want a hands-on introduction to carpentry before starting an apprenticeship. It prepares graduates to enter the construction industry as new carpentry apprentices working on residential and commercial building projects.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires Math 10 or equivalent and English 10 or equivalent. Beyond academics, applicants must be in good physical condition, show good hand-eye coordination, and supply their own suitable work clothes and steel-toed work shoes. The 20-week pre-apprenticeship certificate is delivered entirely on the Ayamdigut campus in Whitehorse, with up to half of class time spent on practical, hands-on construction projects rather than in the classroom. The programme page states no separate international language-test scores for this trades certificate; Yukon University's general policy requires every applicant to demonstrate English language proficiency, but no specific test tier is published for pre-apprenticeship certificates. The current intake begins in August 2026.
Application Details
Start Date:August
Application Deadline:Yukon University's Canadian and permanent-resident applicants face no fixed intake-wide closing date: Fall 2026 applications are now closed, and applications for Winter (January) 2027 and Fall (September) 2027 open on 1 October 2026, staying open on a rolling basis until each intake fills. International applicants follow a firmer published 2027 cycle with set open and close dates: Winter 2027 runs 2 February 2026 to 3 August 2026 (deferral deadline 7 December 2026), Spring 2027 runs 3 August 2026 to 1 December 2026 (deferral 1 April 2027), and Fall 2027 runs 1 October 2026 to 1 April 2027 (deferral 1 August 2027). A few limited-entry programs, including Practical Nurse, Bachelor of Social Work and YNTEP, set their own single annual deadline instead of following this general cycle; all other programs admit on a rolling basis. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
