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The coordinator controls the college seat. One meeting, held early, changes the odds more than anything else on this site.
Beta: we are testing with Vancouver School Board families first. Other BC districts run the same provincial programs, so the rest of the site still applies, but the contacts here are VSB only for now.
Set the grade and the trade, then open the meeting request. Both details drop into the email for you.
Vancouver, British Columbia
PartnerBCIT / VCC / UAPIC
College partners
Post-Secondary Partners
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby. Foundation programs across electrical, carpentry, plumbing/piping and welding.
Vancouver Community College, Broadway campus. Long-standing trades foundation delivery for Metro Vancouver districts.
Piping Industry College of BC, Delta/Burnaby. UA-affiliated training for plumbing, steamfitting, pipefitting and welding.
Straight to the source
These go straight to the district's own pages. Program names and intake dates change year to year, so read the VSB page before you act on anything you find here.
The pages to read before you book a meeting.
The district home page for trades, health care and technology programs.
What the district team does and who the programs are built for.
The full list of program types and how they fit together.
The district's own list of every career program currently offered to high school students.
VSB's official application brochure. Applicants must be on track to graduate and hold Canadian citizenship or permanent residency; each program interviews for suitability.
Eligibility, applications and costs, answered by the district.
Phone, email and office details for the district team.
School directory. Use it to reach your counselling office.
Explore, train, or work. Most students touch more than one of these.
A short sampler across several trades for students still deciding.
Paid, registered apprenticeship hours in Grade 10, 11 or 12.
Placement with a real employer, arranged through the school.
Structured job training placements for students not yet set on a trade.
Youth TRAIN in Trades seats are listed one trade at a time. Open the one your student is curious about.
Construction electrician foundation.
Plumbing foundation seat.
Carpentry foundation seat.
Fabrication and welding route.
Heavy duty equipment and commercial transport.
Industrial maintenance and machinery.
Automotive service and repair.
Body work and refinishing.
Small engine and motorcycle service.
Aviation maintenance route.
Masonry foundation seat.
Finishing trade route.
Culinary foundation seat.
Baking foundation seat.
Hairstyling foundation seat.
Drafting and design route.
From the VSB program offerings page. Applicants must be on a path to graduation and hold Canadian citizenship or permanent residency. Each program sets its own application dates and interviews students for suitability, so open the page for the one you want.
Aviation maintenance route.
Drafting and design route.
Body work and refinishing.
Automotive service and repair.
Baking foundation seat.
Masonry foundation seat.
Carpentry foundation seat.
Networking certification route.
ECE dual credit route.
Construction electrician foundation.
First responder training.
Hairstyling foundation seat.
Visual arts route for artistically focused students.
Dual credit health care route.
Heavy duty equipment and commercial transport.
Industrial maintenance and machinery.
Lab assistant dual credit.
Fabrication and welding route.
Small engine and motorcycle service.
Finishing trade route.
Pharmacy dual credit.
Plumbing foundation seat.
Culinary foundation seat.
A short sampler across several trades for students still deciding.
Structured job training placements for students not yet set on a trade.
Dual credit in health care and technology, for a student whose interest sits nearby.
Dual credit health care route.
First responder training.
Lab assistant dual credit.
Pharmacy dual credit.
ECE dual credit route.
Networking certification route.
Deadlines, student supports and extra reading.
Info nights, intake dates and district events.
Help available to students in a district program.
How schools and the district team work together on a placement.
Forms, brochures and application packages.
The district's own list of partner and industry links.
Competitions students can enter through school.
Recent announcements and graduate stories.
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page comes from one of these. Rules and dollar amounts change, so check the original before you act on it.
SkilledTradesBC
Level 1 technical training at a college while still in secondary school.
SkilledTradesBC
Apprentice ID, sponsorship and work-based training hour reporting.
BC Ministry of Education and Child Care
How trades training credits are reported toward the graduation diploma.
Keep going
What to prepare, what to ask and what to do after, for parents and students together.
OpenRegistration, double credit and when to buy tools.
OpenThe WRK scholarship, tax credits and union sponsorship.
OpenOrientation duties, the Three Rights and age-gate law.
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