Certificate in Appliance Service Technician at Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Programme overview

Nine-month programme preparing students for employment in the appliance service industry, including a work-experience practicum with industry technicians. Graduates may write the Certificate of Completion and the Red Seal Inter-provincial examination.

Faculty: Faculty of Trades & Technology | Duration: Nine months (34 credits) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Diagnosing and repairing major and small household appliance faults through customer consultation, checking controls, reading schematic diagrams and using hand tools; theory to prepare for the BC Provincial C Gas Certificate. Foundation completers receive credit for Foundation, Level 2 and Level 3 in-school training and 525 work-based hours.

Career pathways

Appliance service companies, commercial food services, electrical, commercial refrigeration and HVAC; many graduates start their own businesses.

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Application information

Entry requirements

English 10 (or equivalent English course) with a minimum grade of C, or KPU's Vocational Trades English Reading Assessment Part II with a minimum score of 50%; any Math 10 with a minimum grade of C or the Vocational Trades Mathematics Assessment with a minimum score of 20%. Interview by an instructor.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Three intakes: Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May).

Design programmes (Wilson School of Design) have one intake per year, in the Fall (September) semester; classes begin in September.

Domestic Fall intake: applications open October 1; application deadline for Limited Intake programs March 1 (select programs may extend, space permitting); Open Intake final application deadline July 1; confirmation deposit deadline for Open Intakes June 15.

Domestic Spring (January) intake: applications open February 1; application deadline for Limited Intake programs August 1; confirmation deposit deadline for Open Intakes October 15; Open Intake final application deadline November 1.

Domestic Summer (May) intake: applications open June 1; application deadline for Limited Intake programs December 1.

International Fall (September) intake: applications open October 1; Limited Intake deadline March 1; no applications accepted after July 1.

International Spring (January) intake: applications open February 1; Limited Intake deadline August 1; no applications accepted after November 1.

International Summer (May) intake: applications open June 1; Limited Intake deadline December 1; no applications accepted after March 1.

Application fee is $40 for Canadian citizen and permanent resident applicants (no charge for self-declared Indigenous applicants) and $120 for international applicants. Confirmation deposit: $250 (domestic open intake), $500 (domestic limited intake), $5000 (international).

Design programmes: applications for each Fall intake are accepted from October 1 to March 1.

Apply through the official page: https://www.kpu.ca/apply

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