This directory will connect you to education opportunities for the wide range of trades and occupations involved in residential construction.
- Architecture, Building Design & Drafting
- Bricklaying (Masonry)
- Building Envelope
- Building Technology & Civil Engineering and Technology
- Business Courses
- Carpentry - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
- Carpentry - Framing & Forming
- Carpentry - Log Building & Timber Framing
- Carpentry - Residential Construction Framing Technician
- Construction Management & Supervision
- Electrician - Entry Level & Appenticeship
- Floorcovering Installer Apprenticeship
- Glazing Apprenticeship
- Heat & Frost Insulator
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
- Hydronic Technician
- Ironworker - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
- Joinery - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
- Painting
- Piledriver & Bridgeworker
- Plumbing, Piping, Pipefitting, Gasfitting & Sprinklerfitting - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
- Roofing Apprenticeship
- Sheet Metal - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
- Steamfitting Apprenticeship
- Steel Fabrication - Entry Level & Appenticeship
- Trowel Trades Apprenticeships (Tilesetters)
- Welding
Architecture, Building Design & Drafting
- BCIT - Architectural Science Bachelor of Technology
- BCIT - Drafting (Architectural Drafting Option) and Drafting (Structural Drafting Option)
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Drafting/CADD Technologies
- North Island College - Drafting
- Thompson Rivers University - Architechtural &Engineering Technology Program
- UBC - School of Architecture
- University College of the Fraser Valley - Trades & Technology and Architechtural Drafting Technician
- VCC Drafting Technician - Architectural and Architectural-Civil/Structural
Bricklaying (Masonry)
Building Envelope
- BCIT - Building Envelope Solutions: Theory and Practice
- Camosun College - Building Envelope Solutions: Theory and Practice.
Building Technology & Civil Engineering and Technology
- BCIT - Architectural & Building Engineering Technology and Civil Engineering Technology
- Camosun College - Civil Engineering
- Capilano University - Engineering, Engineering Transition and Science & Technology
- Okanagan College - Civil Engineering Technology
- SFU - Faculty of Applied Sciences
- UBC - Department of Civil Engineering
- UBC Okanagan - Faculty of Engineering
Business Courses
- BCIT - School of Business
- Capilano University - Business & Professional
- College of New Caledonia - Business Courses
- College of the Rockies - Business Administration
- Camosun College - School of Business
- Douglas College - Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - School of Business
- Langara College - Business
- Vancouver Island University - Business & Management Programs
- North Island College - Applied Business Technology and Business Administration
- Royal Roads University - Faculty of Management
- SFU - Faculty of Business Administration
- Vancouver Island University - Applied Business Technology
- Northern Lights College - Business Management
- Thompson Rivers University - School of Business & Economics
- UBC - Sauder School of Business
- UBC Okanagan - Faculty of Management
- University College of the Fraser Valley - Business Administration
- University of Northern BC - School of Business
- University of Victoria - Faculty of Business
- VCC - Business Programs
Carpentry - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
- BCIT - Carpentry Apprenticeship
- Camosun College - Entry Level Carpentry
- College of New Caledonia - Entry Level Carpentry
- College of the Rockies - Opportunity in Carpentry: Pre-Apprentice
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Carpentry
- Northern Lights College - Residential Construction (Carpentry/Joinery)
- Okanagan College - Carpentry/Joinery Entry Level Training
- Okanagan College - Construction Assistant and Residential Construction
- Selkirk College - Carpentry Apprenticeship
- Thompson Rivers University - Carpentry Trade Entry and Carpentry Apprenticeship
- University College of the Fraser Valley - Carpentry
Carpentry - Framing & Forming
Carpentry - Log Building & Timber Framing
Carpentry - Residential Construction Framing Technician
- College of New Caledonia - Residential Construction Framing Technician
- College of the Rockies - Residential Construction Framing Technician
- Private Institutions. Enter "Residential Construction Framing Technician" in the Search box
Construction Management & Supervision
- BCIT - Construction Management Bachelor of Technology
- BCIT - Construction Management MSc.
- BCIT - Construction Operations
- BCIT - Construction Supervision
Electrician - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
- BCIT - Electrical Apprenticeship
- Camosun College - Entry Level Electrical and Electrical Appenticeship
- College of New Caledonia - Entry Level Electrical
- College of the Rockies - Electrical Apprenticeship and Training Electrical Apprenticeship
- North Island College - Electrical Apprentice Training
- Northern Lights College - Electrician Apprenticeship Training
- Selkirk College - Electrical Entry and Electrical Apprenticeship
- Thompson Rivers University - Electrical Trade Entry and Electrical Apprenticeship
Floorcovering Installer Apprenticeship
Glazing Apprenticeship
Heat & Frost Insulator Apprenticeship
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
- BCIT - Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician
- Vancouver Island University - Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Hydronic Technician
Ironworker - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
Joinery - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
- BCIT - Joinery ELTT and Joinery Apprenticeship
- North Island College - Joinery/Cabinetmaking
- Selkirk College - Fine Woodworking
- Thompson Rivers University - Joinery Trade Entry
- University College of the Fraser Valley - Joinery
Painting
Piledriver & Bridgeworker Apprenticeship
Plumbing, Piping, Pipefitting, Gasfitting & Sprinklerfitting - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
- BCIT - Gasfitting Appenticeship, Piping (ELTT) and Plumbing Apprenticeship
- College of New Caledonia - Entry Level Plumbing
- Camosun College - Entry Level Plumbing & Pipe Trades
- North Island College - Plumbing & Heating Entry Level
- Northern Lights College - Plumber/Gasfitter
- Okanagan College - Plumbing Pre-Apprenticeship and Plumbing Apprenticeship
- Thompson Rivers University - Plumbing Trade Entry and Plumbing Apprenticeship Training
Roofing Apprenticeship
Sheet Metal - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
Steamfitting Apprenticeship
- BCIT - Steamfitting Apprenticeship
- Northern Lights College - Steamfitting/Pipefitting Apprenticeship
Steel Fabrication - Entry Level & Apprenticeship
Trowel Trades Apprenticeships (Tilesetters)
Welding
- BCIT - Welding Appenticeship, Welding Level A, Level B and Level C
- Camosun College - Welding
- College of New Caledonia - Advanced Welding Level A & B and Level C
- College of the Rockies - Welding
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Welding
- Vancouver Island University - Welding
- North Island College - Welding
- Okanagan College - Welding
- Selkirk College - Welding
- Thompson Rivers University - Welding
- University College of the Fraser Valley - Welding
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