Diploma - Wind Turbine Technician
- 2 years
- Duration
- 18,760 CAD/year
- Price
- Sept 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Kingston / Canada
- Location
- St. Lawrence College, Canada
- School
Program description
The Wind Turbine Technician program will provide students with in-depth education and hands-on experience with wind turbine electrical and mechanical features. You'll also learn fiberglass repair techniques for wind turbines. You will be trained in working at heights and in limited areas. You must be physically healthy and have no fear of heights in order to complete this program.
Students who are interested in the electrical field and successfully finish the program may be excluded from the in-school component of the apprenticeship certification for industrial electricians and construction and maintenance electricians.
Program structure
Semester 1
- Residential Drawings
- Installation Methods 1
- Instrumentation 1
- Electronics 1
- Topics in the Contemporary Workplace
- Electrical Fundamentals
- General Mathematics
- Canadian Electrical Code 1
Semester 2
- Electrical Theory 2
- Installation Methods 2
- Instrumentation 2
- Electronics 2
- Monitoring and Communication Systems
- Hydraulics
- Mechanical Systems
Semester 3
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Electronics 3: Variable Speed Drives
- Installation Methods 3
- Instrumentation 3
- Wind Power in Canada: Solution or Problem?
- Canadian Electrical Code 2
- Commercial Drawings
- Electrical Theory Advanced
Semester 4
- Industrial Drawings
- Canadian Electrical Code 3
- Wind Turbine Construction: Mechanical
- Wind Turbine Construction: Electrical Assembly and Disassembly
- Rotor Blade Repair
- Work Planning and Computer Applications
- Wind Turbine Hydraulics
- Online General Education Online
- Safety Training
Price
- Tuition 16,430 CAD
- Program Fees 30,00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees 2,300 CAD
Total tuition per 2 semester (one year) 18,760 CAD
Fees are estimates only
Requirements for applicants
Admission requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma, or equivalent
- Grade 12 English at the C or U level
- Grade 11 Math at the C, U or M level (or MCF3M or MCR3U); MCT4C recommended
English Proficiency requirements are:
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS)-Academic - Overall 6.0 with no band less than 5.5 (SDS requires an overall 6.0, with no band less than 6.0)
- TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) or Home Edition - 78
- TOEFL Computer-based Test - 213
- Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL. In-person or Online)* - overall 60
- EIKEN (Test in Practical English Proficiency)* - pre 1
- The Michigan English Test* - Overall 58 with no individual score below 56, ECCE/ECPE 650 or higher
- Cambridge English Proficiency* - 173
- Duolingo (Temporarily accepted)* - 105
- Pearson Test of English -Academic (Online & In-person) - 55
*Note: Students from India are not eligible to submit the results of this test as proof of English proficiency.
About the university
St. Lawrence College has campuses in Kingston, Brockville, and Cornwall, Ontario. Our secure neighborhoods combine small-town atmosphere with big-city attractions, like shopping, eating, and nightlife.
The institution has 6,700 full-time and 20,000 part-time students in 89 academic programs and 829 full- and part-time employees, including 414 professors.
With modern, expansive facilities in three vibrant eastern Ontario cities and a solid track record of excellence, St. Lawrence College still combines all the benefits of a world-class education with the advantages of small-town living and personal attention to detail.
