• 1 intake:  all of semester 1
• ​next intake: July 8,  2024 (ending December 12, 2024)
• you will be at VCC attending the program throughout the summer
• you will not have any school from December 13, 2024 to January 24, 2025 (basically 6-ish weeks off)... semester 2 will start at your home school on January 27, 2025​
  
• 23 weeks long​​
  
• 4 days a week:  Monday to Thursday
• 11.30am to 6.30pm
  

Available Seats

• There are 16 seats available for all districts in the Lower Mainland. VCC makes the final decision​ on which students are accepted based on their portfolio and personal interview. Coquitlam has had up to 5 students in an intake, it all depends on the VCC application package and interview.

Skills​

• General
• Creative, Expressive, Precise, and Visual
• Key Job 
• Monitoring​ & Active Learning, Safe Food Storage & Handling, Merchandising/Inventory/Sales, Baked Goods Materials/Principles/Terminology, and Assembly/Icing/Decorating

Student Cost

• tuition-free, but stud​ents will need to pay about $2,000 for items like:​​ textbooks, recipe book, ​tools, CompassCard, name tag, uniform, lock, tool bag, etc. See VCC Info Sheet (right column) for more detailed breakdown. Students can get a letter of enrolment that might allow for parents to access RESP money - but check with your financial provider.​
  

Location + Transportation

• VCC "downtown campus" - 250 West Pender Street, Vancouver
• Transportation, to and from the training site, is the responsibility of the parent/guardian​
• Skytrain to/from "Chinatown/Stadium station" is probably the ​best transportation option

Student Eligibility

• students typically take this program in their grade 12 year after taking all the necessary/core grade 11 subjects
  
• students must begin a program prior to June 30 of th​eir graduation year
• ex 1:  a program begins in March of a gr 12s final semester and runs for 23 weeks - it is okay for that student​ to ​apply to
  
• ex 2:  a program will begin in July after a grade 12 has graduated - that current grade 12 should not apply as they will not be accepted​​
• must have government-issued ​photo ID that is current/valid on the ​ITA exam date in early-December ​​(ex: a driver's license, BC ID, or passport). This exam represents 20% of your final overall mark.​
  
• unfortunately, this program is not available to "International students"