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Trades Program Tuition

2013/2014

Trades Program Costs – $92.62/per week full-time.
* Included: Student Association Fees – $2.30/week full-time, $1.15/week part-time; except where noted otherwise.
** Included, if applicable: tool box deposit and Occupational First Aid Level 1
*** Included, if applicable: Mandatory UPass @ $44.40 for Fall and Winter semesters and $22.20 for Spring and Summer semesters for full-time status at the Cranbrook campus; except where noted otherwise.
Online courses are excluded from UPass fees.

  • Apprenticeship Technical Training programs – $92.62 per week full-time
  • Automotive Service Technician Foundation – $3,052.40
  • Carpentry Foundation – $2,474.48
  • Construction Electrician Foundation – $2,399.48
  • Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Foundation –  $3,630.32
  • Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) Foundation – $2,526.63
  • Metal Fabricator Foundation  – $2,381.86
  • Professional Cook 1 – $2,682.16 Fall Intake; $2,659.96 Winter Intake
  • Steamfitter/Pipefitter Foundation – $2,196.62
  • Timber Framing - $4,938.36
  • Welding – Continuous Intake: $92.62 per week full-time

Payment and Refund of Fees

Fees may be paid to the College of the Rockies using the following methods:  INTERAC, VISA, MASTERCARD, cash, cheque, money orders, telephone or internet banking through most major institutions.

A $200 non-refundable and non-transferable deposit is required in order to register for Vocational & Trades programs. The deposit is applied to tuition fees. The date of the balance owing varies as outlined in your acceptance letter.

Refunds for Vocational Programs (Full-Time)

Vocational students registered as full-time or part-time in programs designated as fixed full-time (start date is fixed) will be refunded as follows, recorded on the Record of Training submitted by the instructor: 

a.  Withdrawal within 14 days following the first instructional day of the program:  75% (seventy-five percent) of the tuition fees paid

b.  Withdrawal within 28 days following the first instructional day of the program:   50% (fifty percent) of the tuition fees paid.

c.  Withdrawal more than 28 days following the first instructional day of the program:   No Refund.

Vocational students registered as full-time or part-time in programs designated as continuous full-time (weekly or monthly start dates) will be refunded on a weekly prorated basis for the number of complete weeks remaining in their registration period, recorded on the Record of Training submitted by the instructor.

Non-refundable fees

The fees for some programs are not refundable as a result of strict minimum enrolment requirements.

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