Millwright Foundation Certificate

Program Overview

This entry-level millwright program provides foundational skills for employment in various industries, including mining, pulp mills, and construction. Graduates can expect entry-level positions until apprenticeship opportunities arise. The program's expertise is applicable to other trades and industries where machinery is present.

Program Outline

Careers:

• The potential for entry into a millwright apprenticeship is good at this time.
• The expertise gained in this entry-level course is suitable for application to other trades and almost all industries.
• A graduate from this course should expect entry-level employment until an apprenticeship becomes available.
• Anywhere that machinery exists there is usually work for a millwright.
• Employment for millwrights is mainly centred on the major BC industries: mining, pulp mills, wood processing and petrochemical plants, with smaller numbers being employed in the manufacturing field and the food processing industry.
• The construction industry also employs millwrights on short- and long-term contracts where their main function is the installation of equipment.