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LENGTH OF STUDY:
9 Months

ACCREDITATION:
Certificate

CAMPUS:
Silver King Campus, Nelson

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 principals 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.

Graduates of the Millwright Machinist 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.
Additionally, graduates of the program have the
option to claim advanced credit for either 325 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 to set
up, calibrate, program and operate sophisticated
machine tools in a variety of industrial environments.

PRACTICAL TRAINING: MILLWRIGHT
— EarnLevel 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: MACHINIST

— EarnLevel 1 credit for your Machinist
Apprenticeship.

— Earn advanced credit for 500 work-based hours.

— Work ina variety of industrial environments.

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Millwright/Machinist

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Course Name

MILMAC 150 Introductory Millwright/Machinist On Campus
MILMAC 160 Intermediate Millwright/Machinist On Campus
MILMAC 170 Advanced Millwright/Machinist On Campus

YOUTH TRAIN IN TRADES

The Youth Train in Trades program 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 (http://youth.itabc.ca/programs/train/)

For more information speak with your high school
guidance counsellor or get in touch with Selkirk
College’s Industry and Trades administrative
assistant.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The following admission requirements are specific to
the Carpentry Foundation program:

ACADEMIC
— Graduation from a BC Senior Secondary School
— Math 11 with a grade of “C” or higher

Consideration will be given to mature individuals:
anyone who is not a secondary school graduate (or
equivalent) but who will be nineteen (19) years of
age or older on the first day of classes for the term is
eligible to attend the College as a mature student.

Applications for admission will be received until the
program is full.

An interview (in person or by telephone) with the
School Chair or designate may be required before
entry to the program. Interview results are not used
as criteria for admission.

Careers

Our Graduates find employment in:

Industrial enterprises

Manufacturing plants
— Mills
— Mines

— Resource development firms

Program Courses

— MILMAC 150 - Introductory Millwright/Machinist
— MILMAC 160 - Intermediate Millwright/Machinist
— MILMAC 170 - Advanced Millwright/Machinist

Contact

TRADES ADMISSIONS
Registration

Phone: 1.888.953.1133 ext 13204
Direct: 250.354.3204

Fax: 250.352.3180

Email: trades@selkirk.ca

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