Requirements

Admission requirements

• A Canadian Interprovincial Trades Qualification (Red Seal), Certificate of Qualification, or equivalent recognized or issued by SkilledTradesBC. See list of accepted trades certificates below.
• A minimum of five years experience (ideally within the past 10 years) in the trade for which you have a Trades Qualification that is directly applicable to Technology Education subject areas in the BC secondary school curriculum (drafting, electronics and robotics, metalwork, power technology, or woodwork).
• 100 hours of relevant volunteer or paid experience working with groups of middle or high school students. A minimum of 25 hours must be in a middle or secondary-school classroom in Canada (or equivalent environment). Contact [email protected] if you need assistance with obtaining these hours.

We can assist you with the following additional requirements needed to graduate from the program

• Grade 12 graduation or equivalent (e.g. Adult Graduation Certificate that meets the BC provincial Grade 12 graduation requirement)
• Grade 12 Math or equivalent
• Six credits (two courses) of university English with at least credits in Literature taken through a Canadian university with an average grade point average of 2.33 (C+). Courses in linguistics, language study, grammar, technical writing, business writing, communications or English as a Second Language are not eligible to fulfil the English requirement.
• Completion of the Prior Learning and Assessment Recognition (PLAR) process to provide you with 45 academic credits for a three-year trades training program or 60 academic credits for a four-year trades training program.