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Bridging to Trades Certificate

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Department: CAREER TRAINING (TRADES)
Program Delivery Location: Community Based
Credential: Certificate
Format: Full-Time

Bridging to Trades Certificate

The Bridging to Trades program provides students with pre-foundational training in several high-demand industrial trades. Students will also develop necessary employment skills including resume writing, interviewing tactics, and other job-search related tools. Throughout the 12 week program, students will develop a sound understanding of workplace safety and gain significant hands-on experience in each of the following four trades:

Electrical

Plumbing / Pipefitting

Machining / Millwright

Welding

Additional program content includes:

Occupational First Aid Level 1

Transportation Endorsement

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

The Bridging to Trades program is delivered in a cohort model with intakes in several communities throughout the province each year.

Please contact our Community Education Department for delivery of Bridging to Trades in your community.

BTEL-060 - Bridging to Trades Electrical

BTER-060 - Bridging to Trades Employment Readiness

BTES-060 - Essential Skills

BTMW-060 - Bridging to Trades Millwright

BTPT-060 - Bridging to Trades Piping Trades

BTWD-060 - Bridging to Trades Welding

STSC-101 - Strategies for Success

Course Listing for this program

BTEL-060 - Credits: 0.000
Bridging to Trades Electrical
This course provides the skills and theory required for entrance to the electrical trade. Students will learn the roles and responsibilities faced by electricians on a daily basis. More Details on this course
Prerequisites: Workplace Math 10, English 10 or English First Peoples 10

BTER-060 - Credits: 0.000
Bridging to Trades Employment Readiness
Trades orientation, workplace protocols, and employer expectations will be covered. This course will provide opportunities to develop skills in resume writing, interviewing, and other job-search related areas. Necessary interpersonal skills will be taught. More Details on this course
Prerequisites: Workplace Math 10, English 10 or English First Peoples 10

BTES-060 - Credits: 0.000
Essential Skills
This course supports students to develop and increase essential skills in reading text, applying numeracy applications, and using documents relevant to the curriculum in trades and mine training programs. This course will also help prepare students to acquire test-taking strategies relevant to their programs. More Details on this course
Prerequisites: None

BTMW-060 - Credits: 0.000
Bridging to Trades Millwright
This course provides students with the information required for entry to the millwright trade. Basic theory and related information along with hands-on shop practice will enable students to become familiar with basic millwright duties. This course also introduces students to metric and imperial measuring instructments. Employment skills and workplace safety will be emphasized. More Details on this course
Prerequisites: Workplace Math 10, English 10 or English First Peoples 10

BTPT-060 - Credits: 0.000
Bridging to Trades Piping Trades
The piping trades include the areas of pipe fitting and plumbing. This course offers students a brief introduction to this trade. Students will learn to fit pipe materials together as well as some basic plumbing procedures. Students will be required to join pipes using thread cutting machines. The piping material will be both metal and plastic. Students will also be introduced to the basic plumbing prodecures required to perfom tasks such as changing fixtures and assembling plumbing apparatus. Employment skills and workplace safety will be emphasized. More Details on this course
Prerequisites: Workplace Math 10, English 10 or English First Peoples 10

BTWD-060 - Credits: 0.000
Bridging to Trades Welding
This course offers students the skills and theory required for entrance to the welding trade. Students will be shown how welding skills are useful in many trades. They will learn to cut metals and join them by the use of welding process using general welding equipment. Employment skills and workplace safety will be emphasized. More Details on this course
Prerequisites: Workplace Math 10, English 10 or English First Peoples 10

STSC-101 - Credits: 3.000
Strategies for Success
This course introduces students to higher learning and academic culture. Students will explore a variety of topics that will help them connect to resources that will aid in their student success, including test-taking strategies, note-taking, time management, research, student responsibilities and ethics, learning styles, and setting educational goals that will contribute to lifelong learning. In addition, students will connect with other academic supports like the Librarian and Student Success Centre and have access to Elders who will introduce learners to some Indigenous cultural traditions to help students maintain a healthy balance during their studies. More Details on this course

Current Course Offerings

01 = Merritt Campus
V1 = Burnaby Campus

Spring 2024 (January - April)

STSC-101-V1

Fall 2024 (September - December)

STSC-101-01

STSC-101-V1

For information on transferability, please see the BC Council on Admissions and Transferability

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