Electronics Technician Core Certificate in North Island College, Canada

Electronics Technician Core Certificate in North Island College

You will learn the required skills to repair, maintain and install electronic circuits and equipment. Hands-on experiments teach you the correct use of tools, test equipment, troubleshooting procedures and soldering techniques. You will accumulate approximately 700 hours of hands-on lab time.

As a student in this program you will be eligible for student membership with the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia (ASTTBC). After two years of practical work experience, you will also be eligible to become a CTech or CET member of the provincial professional association. Benefits of membership in a provincial association include employer recognition and access to the Canadian Technical Employment Network (CTEN) for job hunting.

NIC is a charter member of the International Electronic Technicians Articulation committee. Upon completion of the certificate program, most graduates enter into NIC’s Industrial Automation Technician diploma program or transfer to other BC, Canadian or US institutions.

Career Opportunities

As a graduate of the Electronics Technician Core certificate, you will be qualified to enter the second year of the Industrial Automation Technician diploma at NIC, or to transfer to other Canadian and US institutions. 

Second-year specialties lead to a wide range of high-demand career opportunities in industries such as forest products, pulp and paper, chemical processing, oil/gas/petroleum, mining and metal processing, steam generation and utilities, water and waste water treatment, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, textiles, materials handling and electronics/semi-conductors manufacturing.

As well, Electronics Core now offers Dual Track Certification. Successful students will receive both the Common Core Certificate as well as Harmonized Level 1 Electrical through the ITA. 

Graduates of the Common Core will now be able to contact the ITA after successfully completing the their first year of studies in the Industrial Automation program and receive scholastic achievement of Level 1 Electrical apprenticeship. There will be no need for challenge Electrical exams as the missing curriculum will be added tho the Common Core Workshop Practices course. Students will be able to send in their Common Core transcript and receive the Level 1 completion status. There is no apprentice-able hours granted, so those will still need to be made up in the field, but students will be able to go straight into Level 2 schooling.​

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