Automotive Service Technician (GM-ASEP) is a two-year Ontario College Certificate Apprenticeship program. Students will learn to diagnose, repair, and maintain GM cars and trucks. The apprenticeship component allows students to earn money while they apply their skills and knowledge in real-world situations. Students will be able to apprentice at sponsoring GM dealerships where they can refine their skills. Graduates will leave Fanshawe as highly trained mechanics with specialized skills.
With Fanshawe’s Industrial Mechanic – Millwright program, you’ll be ready to begin a career where you’ll be installing, maintaining, and repairing machinery and tools used to do the dirty work.
The Plumbing Apprentice program teaches apprentices the ins and out of completing crucial plumbing projects. Apprentices will learn not only how to read and interpret drawings and blueprints to build plans and layouts for jobs, but to diagnose and repair problems using knowledge of the Plumbing Code. Those skills will be used to install, maintain and repair pipes, fixtures and fittings that carry water.
Sheet Metal Worker (308A) apprenticeship is a block release program where students learn to work with punches and drill presses, shears and brakes. This program will mix workplace training and in-class learning to teach you specialized skills. Graduates will feel confident in fabricating, assembling, installing and repairing sheet metal products.
The Tool and Die Maker (430A) apprenticeship program consists of on-the-job and in-school training. You'll learn to design, create, repair and test prototypes and production tools such as dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges and specialty tools using various metals, alloys and plastics.
Fanshawe’s Industrial Electrician program provides apprentices with the knowledge to install, maintain, and repair electrical equipment and electronic controls. This includes everything from light fixtures to electrical motors, transformers and generators. Through troubleshooting and calculating measurements, loads and angles and master theories to solve simple and complex problems, graduates will begin a rewarding career as an Industrial Electrician certified through the Ontario College of Trades.
This apprenticeship program is designed to give students the skills necessary to pursue an exciting and rewarding career as a professional hair stylist. As part of a supportive and nurturing environment, you’ll learn the essentials of the hair stylist profession, with classes in cutting and styling, hair colour and lightening, facials and makeup, and chemical texture services. When you graduate, you will have completed all of the classroom hours necessary for your trade certificate.
If you’re already working in a professional institutional (not-for-profit) kitchen and wish to further specialize your skills, the Institutional Cook apprenticeship program is designed for you. Enhance your skills by studying basic cooking methods and food preparation of both savoury and baked goods, safe food handling, food storage procedures as well as nutrition and therapeutic diets. Upon completion of the in-school component of this program, you’ll be prepared to write your Red Seal Certificate of Qualification.
Harness your passion for music and transform it into a rewarding, creative career in the music and recording industry. If you’re looking to study music and gain employable skills in the business of music, the Music Recording Arts program is for you. This five-year collaborative degree program combines a Bachelor of Music degree from Western University with a diploma in Music Industry Arts from Fanshawe College.
If you’re a self-motivated individual who enjoys a hands-on approach to learning about horticulture and the natural environment, this apprenticeship is for you. This Horticulture Technician apprenticeship program begins with two to three years of paid on-the-job training from a horticulture employer, followed by in-class or online training delivered by experienced horticulturists. Upon completion of this program, you’ll be prepared to write the qualification exam administered by the provincial government and ready to launch your career.