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Students engage in a variety of classroom and shop activities. They learn theoretical principals of the trade in the classroom and then apply their knowledge in the shop where they master the skills employed in the fabrication of steel structures, vessels, containers and equipment.
Students earn Level One technical training credit towards the Metal Fabricator apprenticeship. Additionally, graduates of the program receive credit for 450 work-based hours of the practical on-the-job component of the metal fabricator apprenticeship.
Careers
Graduates of the Metal Fabricator Foundation Program at Selkirk College may find employment as apprentice metal fabricators engaged in the fabrication of buildings, bridges, ships, boilers, vessels, containers and heavy equipment.
Selkirk College offers Metal Fabricator (Fitter) technical foundation training in cooperation with the Industry Training Authority (ITA). The Foundation Program consists of Level 1 technical training in addition to practical and essential skills related to the Metal Fabricator (Fitter) apprentice program.
Practical Training
- Reading drawings and blueprints
- Materials burning and welding
- Metallurgy
- Plate and structural pattern development, section fabrication and layout techniques
- Safe work practices
- Surface prep and finishing methods
- Trade math solutions
- Trade tool and shop equipment usage
Metal Fabrication is also an excellent program for welders to expand on their skills and increase employment options in the industry across Canada.
Youth Train in Trades
The Youth Train in Trades program (YTT) was formerly known as Accelerated Credit Enrolment in Industry Training (ACE IT). It is designed to help secondary school students get a head start on careers in the trades while earning credit towards their high school graduation. Learn more online at Industry Training Authority.
For more information speak with your high school guidance counsellor or get in touch with Selkirk College's Industry and Trades administrative assistant.
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In the News
With the Silver King Campus renewal project finishing up the shop renovation phase, students and instructors are setting into a new learning environment that helps learners reach their trades training goals.
The first group of students to test out the future of the Silver King Campus got busy in the freshly completed welding shop which is the first learning area to be complete in the project that will transform the half-century old campus into a modern learning environment.
The pace of the Selkirk College Silver King Campus renewal project has picked up in the last month and it's heading into full steam ahead. With more hands needed to get the job done, general contractor Yellowridge Construction is finding help in the shops that are currently undergoing a transformation.
The Selkirk College Metal Fabricator Program offers two levels of training--Foundation and Apprenticeship. For those interested in the trades where you work in an environment that is both challenging and ever-changing, the time has never been better to explore the opportunities at Nelson's Silver King Campus.