• 2 intakes:  early September and early February​
• 23 weeks long (no Spring Break for February​ intake)
  
• 5 days a week:  Monday to Frida​y
  
• 7.00am to 1.30pm or 1.30pm to 8.00pm
  

Student Cost

• tuition-free, but students will need to pay about $400 for course materials, textbook, resources, etc
  

Location​​ & Transportation

• BCIT "Burnaby Campus" - 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby
  
• Transportation, to and from the training site, is the responsibility of the parent/guardian
  
• Skytrain is the best transportation option
  ​(Skytrain to Brentwood Mall, transfer to bus for final stretch)
  

Pre-Requisites

• Metal/Weld 11 and/or 12
• a Math 11 (C+)
• plan to complete English 12
  
• good li​teracy and numeracy skills
  
• excellent attendance + lates record while in high school
  
• ability to stand on your feet for extended periods of time

Skills​

• General
• Athletic, Collaborative, Mathematical, Precise, and Tactile
• Key Job​
• Problem Solving & Math, Drawing & Specification Interpretation, Trade Tools & Equipment Use, Burning & Welding, and Fabricating & Metallurgy Techniques
  

• this program is made up different districts filling the 16 seats with all high school students -traditionally Coquitlam SD​43 has had 3-5 students enrolled per intake
• students typically take this program in their grade 12 year after taking all the necessary/core grade 11 subjects... and a plan for English 12
• students must begin a program prior to June 30 of their graduation year
• ex 1:  a Program begins in March and runs for 23 weeks - this is okay for a current grade 12 student​ to apply to
  
• ex 2:  a program will begin in September ​after a grade 12 has graduated - that current grade 12 can not apply as they will not be accepted​​
• must have government-issued photo ID (ex: a driver's license, BC ​ID, passport) that is current/valid on the ​ITA exam date (last week or so of program)​
  
• on intake date, students must be:
  
• a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and
  
• an enrolled student in a high school (non-grad) in SD43​
  
• unfortunately, international students are not able to enroll in this program