HMC - 145 Essential Skills and Safe Practices in the Heavy Mechanical Trades

297 Hours

This course will introduce students to a wide range of core skills and abilities.  This course begins with a rigorous safety and environmental focus that is ongoing throughout.  The students will begin to apply industry tooling and equipment usage practices, while working with fasteners, fittings, lubricants, bearings, seals, and performing various lifting and rigging exercises.  Students will be guided through common mechanical trades expectations that include practices relevant to documentation, diagnostic procedures, communication, and mathematics.  

This course follows the requirements of the “SkilledTradesBC, Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Program Outline: 2024.”

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Certificate Program

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