Millwright / Machinist

Millwright Machinist Foundation Program at Selkirk College

This 36-week program prepares learners for entry level positions as apprentice millwrights (Industrial Mechanic) and as apprentice machinists with manufacturing firms and resource development firms.

Students engage in a variety of classroom and shop activities. They learn theoretical principles of both trades in the classroom and then apply their knowledge in the shop where they fabricate, install and maintain industrial tools, machines and equipment to exacting standards of precision. Students earn Level One and Level Two technical training credit towards the millwright apprenticeship as well as Level One technical training credit towards the machinist apprenticeship. Additionally, graduates of the program have the option to claim advanced credit for either 425 work-based hours of the practical on-the-job component of the millwright apprenticeship or 500 work-based hours of the practical on-the-job component of the machinist apprenticeship.

Graduates of the Millwright Machinist Foundation Program at Selkirk College typically find employment as apprentice millwrights engaged in the operation and maintenance of machines and systems in manufacturing plants, resource development firms, mines, mills and various industrial enterprises. Apprentice machinists are typically employed set up, calibrate, program and operate sophisticated machine tools in a variety of industrial environments.