Electrician Pre Apprenticeship

Learn via live instructor-led virtual lectures completed online as well as in-person labs at a training location.We understand that making a career change or jumping into a trade can be intimidating.

You might not be sure if the Electrical Trade is the career path for you. That is why we developed the Electrician Pre-Apprenticeship Program. 

Trillium College’s Electrician Pre-Apprenticeship program is a trade program that gives you the theoretical knowledge, practical skills and experience needed to work competently, effectively and safely in the trade as an Electrical Apprentice. 

Program Details

What Is A Pre-Apprenticeship Program?

There are few means of gaining experience in the Electrical Trade due to the Provincial Regulations of the Compulsory Trades. Consequently, Contractors have limited opportunities to determine a candidate’s aptitude and abilities. 

However, Contractors recognize the economic benefit of our program as traditional apprenticeships require that you have a Journeyperson overseeing you while you learn the basics of the trade; this along with cost and safety concerns are the primary reasons for their reluctance to take on new Apprentices and the purpose of a pre-apprenticeship.

 In addition, by working with basic skills and safety certifications from day 1, you minimize the economic penalty and concerns that most Apprentice applicants bring to their door.

Areas Of Focus

• Circuit Fundamentals

• EMF

• Lab Fundamentals

• Canadian Electrical Code Part I & Blueprints

• Safety

• Electrical Installations

• Communication

• MS Office Applications

Safety Certificates

All graduates of the program are certified in the following:

• WHIMIS

• Ladder Safety Certificate

• Lock Out and Tag Certificate

• Confined Space Certificate

• Working at Heights Certificate

Employment Opportunities

Graduates from the program are prepared for the next step of becoming an Electrical Apprentice.

Procedures On Becoming An Apprentice

This program is pre-Apprenticeship which will provide the equivalent to Level 1 training at Interprovincial Standards (Red Seal).  This will make you not only readied for the Electrical Trade but also highly marketable and in demand.  

Apprenticeship is a process where you earn as you learn.  Once reaching the total required 9,000 hours and successfully challenging the exam to become a licensed Electrician, and reach the Journeyperson level.

Once you complete the Trillium College Electrical Pre-Apprenticeship program those 578 hours can be credited towards the 9,000 hours on a discretionary basis.Next, you will need to find a job full-time or part-time with pay to finish the remaining hours.  

To advance in Levels of Apprenticeship a Trade Delivery Agent (TDA) will need to be attended.

Within the 90-day probation, employers must decide and agree to register you as an Apprentice and you will need to contact the Ministry of Labour Training & Skill Development local office to register online as an Apprentice (no fees). 

Admission Requirements

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma or Mature Student Status