Trades, Technical & Apprenticeships

Avionics

Exploration in Aviation Careers

Developed with the Surrey School District, this aviation-based program includes career exploration and student work placements. In response to COVID-19, the department was able to pivot to a high school with a BCIT blended delivery model (online and at the BCIT Aerospace Campus). Despite the devastating effect the pandemic had on the airline industry, we were able to run the first high school intake of a maximum capacity of 24 students in 2021.

BCIT also offer dual credit seats for high school students in the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer–Category M  program and Aircraft Gas Turbine Technician.

Trades and apprenticeship

BCIT has approximately 250 students enrolled annually in dual credit trades programs through agreements with school districts across the province. Successful students receive high school credits, BCIT credits, and SkilledTradesBC credits towards apprenticeship where applicable.

School district partners include Burnaby, Vancouver, Surrey, Richmond, Delta, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Maple Ridge, Langley, Saanich, Nanaimo-Ladysmith and Salmon Arm.

Current program options

Programs and partnerships in carpentry, electrical, piping, automotive, heavy duty mechanical, metal fabrication, and millwright are developed in consultation with SkilledTradesBC and school districts and reflect provincial job market demands.

Program models include:

• High school students attending BCIT as a cohort
• Individual high school students in a fee-payer intake
• Programs delivered at a high school with a BCIT instructor delivering BCIT curriculum
• Programs delivered at both the high school with a high school instructor and at a BCIT campus with a BCIT instructor

To learn more about trades dual credit programs and funding opportunities through SkilledTradesBC, please visit Youth in Trades