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Heavy Duty Apprenticeship Training


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Advance your skills and qualifications in the heavy duty mechanics trade. Develop specialized skills for a career as a heavy duty equipment technician, truck and transport mechanic, transport trailer technician, or diesel engine mechanic. NIC offers all four levels of apprenticeship training in line with the criteria set by SkilledTradesBC.

Admission Requirements


1. Registered as an apprentice with SkilledTradesBC

2. Must be working for an employer with at least one qualified journeyperson. 

Not registered as an apprentice?

Ask your employer to register you as an apprentice with SkilledTradesBC. It’s free, simple, and can be completed online or printed and mailed to the SkilledTradesBC Head Office. 

NOTE:  If you have previously applied to our Apprenticeship Program within the last year and now want to register for subsequent levels, please complete the Apprentice Training Registration Form and email it to forms@nic.bc.ca

If it has been more than a year since you have first applied to NIC’s Apprenticeship Program, please submit a new application.

Be sure to monitor your myNIC email address for registration and payment deadlines.  If you have forgotten your username and password, please contact Student Technical Support.

Course Requirements


Dates and classes may change or be cancelled depending on demand. 

Apprentices enrolling in technical training must take their training in sequential order, beginning with level 1, then 2, then 3, then level 4. Students must complete all levels of technical training in order to be eligible to write the Interprovincial (Red Seal) examination.

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