Certificate - Carpentry and Renovation Techniques
- 1 year
- Duration
- 18,707 CAD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Certificate
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Welland / Canada
- Location
Program description
Are you interested in learning the skills required to build or improve structures?
You have the practical skills required to play a key role in the rapidly growing construction industry as a Carpentry and Renovation Techniques graduate.
Highlights
- Learn about building construction, tools and techniques, surveying and layout, building codes, health and safety, residential estimating, and other topics.
- Graduates are in high demand due to a chronic shortage of skilled trades workers in the construction industry.
- The Carpentry and Renovation Technician (Co-op) program at Niagara College has a common first year.
Pathway to Niagara College
Graduates of this program (or students currently enrolled in their final level) are eligible to apply to Niagara College's Carpentry and Renovation Technician program for second year entry.
Program structure
Term One
- Computer Applications
- Blueprint Reading for Construction Trades
- Building Construction I
- Construction Materials I
- Applied Technical Mathematics for Construction Trades
- Health and Safety
- Building Construction II
Term Two
- Construction Tools and Techniques
- Building Codes and Specifications
- Building Construction III: Building Exteriors
- Construction Surveying and Building Layout
- Building Construction IV: Trims and Finishes
- Residential Estimating
- Essentials of Workplace Communication
Price
Level One
- Tuition - 7,575 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,965 CAD
- Material Fees - 537 CAD
- Level Total - 10,077 CAD
Level Two
- Tuition - 7,575 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,004 CAD
- Material Fees - 50 CAD
- Level Total - 8,630 CAD
Estimated Program Total: 18,707 CAD
Requirements for applicants
Admission Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):
- English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
- Mathematics – any Grade 11 (C), (U), or (M), or equivalent
Language Proficiency Admission Requirements
You will be required to provide proof of one or more of the following:
- Niagara College Mature Student Test for English
- Grade 12 English at the C or U level (Ontario High School Curriculum)
- ACE English (Academic Upgrading)
- International Credential Assessment for studies outside of Canada
If English is your subsequent language, Niagara College (for the purposes of admission to standard non-competitive programs) will also accept these English Language Test Scores
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - 169 – No skill under 162
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) including Indicator Test** 6.0 – No individual band under 5.5.
- Duolingo Language Test - Overall score of 105+, with no individual score under 95
- Internet-based (IBT) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) including Special Home Edition Test - Paper-based: 500, Computer based: 173, iBT: 79, Minimum: 20 Writing, 20 Speaking
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) - 46+, with no individual skill under 36
- Canadian Academic English Language Test (CAEL) including CAEL Online Proficiency Test - 60 – No individual band under 50.
- Niagara College’s English for Academic Preparation program (EAP) - Completion of Level 5 English for Academic Preparation (EAP) program with 70% and no individual grade under 50%
About the university
Niagara College, with campuses in Welland and Niagara-on-the-Lake, is conveniently located in the center of the Niagara Region, only minutes away from one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. The college is home to more than 130 cutting-edge academic programs.
All of our campuses are home to state-of-the-art facilities and innovative teaching methods, including small class sizes, cutting-edge research, and real-world application.
These courses put students in an interactive and technologically advanced learning environment. Our grads are well-versed in multiple cultures, quick learners, and risk takers who push the envelope of what's possible in business in Niagara, Canada, and beyond.
Why Niagara College?
- 130+ certificate, diploma, apprenticeship and Bachelor's Degree programs
- 600+ credit, vocational and general interest courses
- We care about you and want you to succeed - employers report high levels of satisfaction with the skills and knowledge possessed by NC graduates.
- Building a sustainable future
- More than seven thousand students per year participate in cooperative education, field placements, internships, learning enterprises, apprenticeships, clinical placements, course-based research, and fieldwork in about one hundred different academic disciplines.
