Program Overview

Explore Trades Sampler

Program Overview

The Explore Trades Sampler program is ideal for students, young adults, or women wishing to learn practical skills, gain general employment certifications, and explore trades careers. This program is a unique opportunity to explore a variety of trades and acquire basic skills that will prove fundamental if you decide to become a tradesperson.

Program Details

• Credential: Statement of completion
• Format: Full time
• Delivery: In Person
• Duration: 12 weeks
• Location: Chilliwack — Trades and Technology Centre
• Tuition: $1,622.90
• Additional costs: Cotton coveralls and CSA-approved steel toed boots are required.

Start Dates and Application Deadline

• Start dates: September
• Application deadline: Registration opens July 2025

Employment Facts

The Explore Trades Sampler program is a career exploration program that gives you the opportunity to explore select trades and earn certifications in Forklift Truck, First Aid, and Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS), which can be useful to secure general employment with retailers, warehouses, manufacturers, or processing plants.

Entrance Requirements

• There is no application or entrance exam required.
• Minimum age is 15.

Program Outline

UFV’s Explore Trades Sampler is designed for you to try multiple trades to help you decide which one you’d like to pursue as a career. As a program participant, you get to learn on top-of-the-line equipment and tools in UFV’s spacious Trades and Technology Centre, under the supervision of an experienced instructor.

Trades Explored

You explore a variety of trades and acquire basic skills that will prove fundamental if you decide to become a tradesperson.

• Drafting
• Electrical
• Heavy mechanical
• Auto mechanics
• Carpentry
• Welding
• Plumbing & piping

Certification Earned

When you complete the program, you earn the following certifications, which can be useful to secure general employment with retailers, warehouses, manufacturers, or processing plants:

• Forklift Truck (forklift training)
• First Aid
• Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS)

Career Preparation

You also have the opportunity to complete worksite visits as well as a career preparation module. At the end of the program, you are ready to enter trade foundation training or seek an apprenticeship.