College Certificate - Mechanical Techniques

This one year Ontario College Certificate builds core industrial mechanical skills: machining and fitting, welding fundamentals, hydraulics and pneumatics, bearings and power transmission, blueprint reading, precision measurement and workplace safety.

The training is shop based throughout and is designed as a pathway into millwright and industrial mechanic apprenticeships, which are in steady demand across the mills, mines and processing plants of Northwestern Ontario.

CIP code 47.0303 is published by the college for this program on its PGWP aligned list. As a one year credential the Post Graduation Work Permit is normally limited to the program length, and the credential falls below the two year threshold that the Thunder Bay Rural Community Immigration Pilot uses when exempting local graduates from its work experience requirement.

Admission per the source requires Grade 12 / High School with 50 percent, and English at IELTS 6 overall and no band below 5.5, recorded against Ontario college program code 0394.0 overall and no band below 5.5. Recorded tuition is CAD 18,587 for the year, and tools and personal protective equipment are additional costs to plan for.

The most useful thing a student can do during this year is secure an apprenticeship sponsor. Industrial mechanic and millwright apprenticeships in Northwestern Ontario are employer led, and the students who make contact with mills, mines and processing plants during the program start their apprenticeship immediately after graduating while others spend months searching. Confederation staff can point students toward regional employers, but the initiative belongs to the student. September starts only are recorded, with tuition at CAD 18,587 plus tools and protective equipment.