Electrical Foundation

Electrical Foundation Program at Selkirk College

This 24-week program prepares learners for entry level positions as apprentice electricians with contracting companies involved in residential, commercial, and industrial construction and maintenance work.

Students engage in a variety of classroom, laboratory, and shop activities. Students learn theoretical principles of electricity in the classroom, test their knowledge in the laboratory, and apply their knowledge in the shop where they install and construct electrical systems and equipment in compliance with provincial and national codes. Students earn credit for the Level One technical training component of the electrical apprenticeship as well as advance credit for 350 work-based hours of the practical on-the-job component of an apprenticeship.

Graduates of the Electrical Foundation Program at Selkirk College typically find employment as electrical apprentices engaged in the installation and maintenance of electrical power, lighting, heating, control, alarm, data and communication systems in residential, commercial and industrial settings as well as numerous other related fields.