Metal Fabricator (Fitter) Apprenticeship
Apprenticeships
and Skills Training

Metal Fabricator (Fitter)

Apprenticeship

3 to 3.5 Years
Certificate of Apprenticeship
Welland Campus
Start Date: September

When Canadians complete apprenticeships and learned skilled trades they instantly improve their job prospects and earning potential...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper


Program Status

This Apprenticeship Program begins in September in each year. There is no Winter intake.

Note: Applicants do not apply to Niagara College via Ontario Colleges.

For more information about applying to Apprenticeship Programs, please see below:

Niagara College Apprenticeship Information
Phone: 905-735-2211 ext. 7457

Ministry of Training and Colleges and Universities:
(Local apprenticeship office)
Apprenticeships and Client Services
301 St. Paul Street, 9th floor
St. Catharines, ON
L2R 7R4
Telephone: 905-704-2991
www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/employmentontario/training/


Career Opportunities

Metal fabricators (fitters) design, create, assemble, fit and install steel or other metal components. These components can be used for buildings, bridges, tanks, towers, boilers, pressure vessels and other similar structures and products. Metal Fabricators (fitters) are employed in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, heavy machinery, auto, medical, food, shipbuilding and construction.

With Manufacturers expecting to see a significant shortage of all skilled labour, graduates of this program, which combines theoretical and practical hands-on training, will have a variety of options to choose from. Potential jobs include:

  • Metal fabricator
  • Plater
  • Platework fitter
  • Shipfitter
  • Shipfitter apprentice
  • Structural steel fitter

The NC Difference

  • Apprentices complete 720 hours of college instruction and approximately four years of on-the-job training as paid trainees
  • Outstanding levels of student satisfaction
  • Highly experienced and supportive professors
  • State of the art facilities for your practical experience
  • Small class sizes where you will receive individual attention from the professor
  • Student support system which includes counselling and financial aid
  • More than three decades of apprenticeship in-school training experience

Testimonials and Profiles

"In Canada, welding represents about 75,000 jobs at the technician and welding operator level. By including occupations where welding is either a specialized skill or an integral part of the operation, as well as occupations associated with the welding process such as design engineers and managers, the welding-related workforce in Canada is in the range of 300,000."

A Technology Roadmap for the Canadian Welding and Joining Industry

"Apprenticeships are enormously important, not only to be the individuals pursuing them, but to the future prosperity of the economy...We know right now we have needs in the trades...Those needs are going to grow and will accelerate because of the aging of our society."

Chris Bentley (Former Minister),
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Ontario


Admission Requirements

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma, or Grade 12 equivalency, AND
  • Employment in the trade.

Why Consider Apprenticeship?

  • Flexible hours, earn while you learn
  • The province is facing a large shortage for skilled labour
  • The government is committed to increasing apprenticeship programs
  • Approximately 18 per cent of skilled workers are self-employed
  • There is, and will continue to be, a demand for highly qualified, highly skilled tradespeople

Educational Pathways

Niagara College has articulated agreements providing students with degree completion and credit transfer opportunities with many other colleges and universities.

General Information
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For information, inquiries or frequently asked questions, please askNC or email the InfoCentre at info@niagaracollege.ca.

Tours

For more information please contact the InfoCentre.

Welland: 905-735-2211, ext. 7559
NOTL: 905-641-2252, ext. 4208

We look forward to meeting you!

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Program Information

Level 1 (Prog 0080)
Common Core with Welder Apprenticeship
APPR1823Trade Practices2
APPR1824Applied Blueprint Reading3
APPR1825Welding Theory2
APPR1826Materials and Process Quality I2
APPR1827Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)4
APPR1828Gas Shielded Semi-Automatic Welding Practical I3
APPR1829Thermal Cutting2
Level 2 (Prog 0082)
APPR1833Blueprint - Advanced4
APPR1834Fabrication I3
APPR1835Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Practical1
APPR1836Machine Operation2
APPR1837Material and Process Quality II2
APPR1838Pattern and Template Development2
Level 3 (Prog 0084)
APPR1844Fabrication II6
APPR1845Installation2
APPR1846Preparation for Shipping3
APPR1847Project Planning1
APPR1848Patterns and Template Development II1
Note
For related apprenticeship opportunities, see Welder Apprenticeship. For post secondary opportunities, see Welding Techniques and Welding Technician.

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