As a welding student, most of your time will be spent in our shop. Welders are trained in and are capable of welding ferrous and non-ferrous metals in all positions, on both plate and pipe, using various welding processes.

The Welding Apprenticeship program is comprised of three levels of in-school technical training. Apprentices completing Level 1 and Level 2 technical training, and 3,000 work-based training hours are eligible for Certification from the Industry Training Authority (ITA). Apprentices who complete Level 3 are eligible to write their Interprovincial Red Seal exam on their last day of training.

Meld, attach, and affix pieces of metal together with precision and watch objects come to life in your hands. College of the Rockies offers all levels of Welder technical training, including Modular A, Modular B, and MPAW.

Are you an Indigenous student interested in post-secondary courses but don’t feel ready academically? Give your skills and confidence a boost with this program designed to set you up for success.

The Certificate in Engineering is an intense undergraduate credential that requires courses in the areas of chemistry, computer programming, communications, engineering design, math, and physics. 

The Trades Discovery programs are designed to allow participants extensive access to the available trades and technical training. These highly practical and relevant training programs prepare participants to successfully enter and complete trades/technical training or seek apprenticeship.

The Trades Discovery programs are designed to allow participants extensive access to the available trades and technical training. These highly practical and relevant training programs prepare participants to successfully enter and complete trades/technical training or seek apprenticeship.

This hands-on program will take place mostly in a shop environment allowing you to gain practical trades experience. You will work on a variety of projects under the guidance of Red Seal instructors, in CNC's state of the art trades training facilities.

In this course students learn safe work practices, trades terminology, basic hand skills, safe use of tools and equipment, a general working knowledge of the trades and the path to an apprenticeship and a career in the skilled trades. After an Intro to Trades program our students have a better sense of which skilled trade appeals to them, what the prerequisites are for further training and what the path looks like to work opportunities.

In this course students learn safe work practices, trades terminology, basic hand skills, safe use of tools and equipment, a general working knowledge of the trades and the path to an apprenticeship and a career in the skilled trades. After an Intro to Trades program our students have a better sense of which skilled trade appeals to them, what the prerequisites are for further training and what the path looks like to work opportunities.