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Students engage in a variety of classroom and shop activities. They learn 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.
Precision in Demand
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 to set up, calibrate, program and operate sophisticated machine tools in a variety of industrial environments.
Pathway to your Trade with Selkirk College
Graduates of the Millwright Machinist 36-Week Foundation Program at Selkirk College earn Level 1 and Level 2 technical training credit towards the millwright apprenticeship as well as Level 1 technical training credit towards the machinist apprenticeship. Graduates of the Millwright Machinist 30-Week foundation Program at Selkirk College earn Level 1 technical training credit towards the millwright apprenticeship as well as Level 1 technical training credit towards the machinist apprenticeship. Additionally, graduates of either 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
Practical Training: 36-Week Millwright
- Earn Level 1 and Level 2 training credit for your Millwright Apprenticeship.
- Earn advanced credit for 425 work-based hours.
- Operate and maintain systems and machines.
Practical Training: 30-Week Millwright
- Earn Level 1 training credit for your Millwright Apprenticeship.
- Earn advanced credit for 425 work-based hours.
- Operate and maintain systems and machines.
Practical Training: Machinist
- Earn Level 1 credit for your Machinist Apprenticeship.
- Earn advanced credit for 500 work-based hours.
- Work in a variety of industrial environments.
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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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Selkirk College provides foundational education and training that is only limited by a student's imagination. From Digital Arts to Millwright/Machinist, Nelson's Ben Marken has been capitalizing on close-to-home post-secondary education since graduating from high school.
A community treasure in Nelson, when the society that runs Streetcar #23 needed a new part for the historic transport they turned to Selkirk College for assistance and a student with childhood memories of riding the electric tramway aced the challenge.
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.