Trade Schools & Training Programs in Alberta
Every verified route into a trade's in-school training in Alberta — public colleges, union training centres, private career colleges, and free government-funded pre-apprenticeship programs. Unapproved programs are excluded: a wrong listing is worse than a missing one.
19 verified listings · last refreshed 2026-11-14
What the labels mean
- Public college: A publicly funded college that delivers approved in-school apprenticeship training.
- Union training centre: Training run by a union or a joint apprenticeship committee, usually for members and registered apprentices in that trade.
- Pre-apprenticeship program: A government-funded introduction to a trade. It is not credit-bearing apprenticeship training, and finishing one does not by itself make you a registered apprentice.
Electrician
- Keyano College — Fort McMurray (Public college)
- Lakeland College — Vermilion (Public college)
- Lethbridge Polytechnic — Lethbridge (Public college)
- Medicine Hat College — Medicine Hat (Public college)
- NAIT — Edmonton (Public college)
- Northwestern Polytechnic — Grande Prairie (Public college)
- Red Deer Polytechnic — Red Deer (Public college)
- SAIT — Calgary (Public college)
- Trade Winds to Success — Edmonton (Pre-apprenticeship program)
- Women Building Futures — Edmonton (Pre-apprenticeship program)
- Electrical Industry Training Centres of Alberta (IBEW) — Edmonton (Union training centre)
All electrician programs in Alberta — approval details →
HVAC technician
All hvac technician programs in Alberta — approval details →
Welder
- Keyano College — Fort McMurray (Public college)
- Lakeland College — Vermilion (Public college)
- Lethbridge Polytechnic — Lethbridge (Public college)
- Medicine Hat College — Medicine Hat (Public college)
- NAIT — Edmonton (Public college)
- Northwestern Polytechnic — Grande Prairie (Public college)
- Portage College — Lac La Biche (Public college)
- Red Deer Polytechnic — Red Deer (Public college)
- SAIT — Calgary (Public college)
- Trade Winds to Success — Edmonton (Pre-apprenticeship program)
- Women Building Futures — Edmonton (Pre-apprenticeship program)
- Alberta Pipe Trades College — Edmonton (Union training centre)
- CLAC Career Development College — Edmonton (Union training centre)
- Piping Industry Training School — Calgary (Union training centre)
All welder programs in Alberta — approval details →
Gas technician
- Lethbridge Polytechnic — Lethbridge (Public college)
- Medicine Hat College — Medicine Hat (Public college)
- NAIT — Edmonton (Public college)
- Northwestern Polytechnic — Grande Prairie (Public college)
- Red Deer Polytechnic — Red Deer (Public college)
- SAIT — Calgary (Public college)
- Alberta Pipe Trades College — Edmonton (Union training centre)
All gas technician programs in Alberta — approval details →
Carpenter
- Lakeland College — Vermilion (Public college)
- Lethbridge Polytechnic — Lethbridge (Public college)
- Medicine Hat College — Medicine Hat (Public college)
- NAIT — Edmonton (Public college)
- Northwestern Polytechnic — Grande Prairie (Public college)
- Red Deer Polytechnic — Red Deer (Public college)
- SAIT — Calgary (Public college)
- Trade Winds to Success — Edmonton (Pre-apprenticeship program)
- Women Building Futures — Edmonton (Pre-apprenticeship program)
- Alberta Carpenters Training Centre — Edmonton (Union training centre)
All carpenter programs in Alberta — approval details →
Plumber
- Lethbridge Polytechnic — Lethbridge (Public college)
- Medicine Hat College — Medicine Hat (Public college)
- NAIT — Edmonton (Public college)
- Northwestern Polytechnic — Grande Prairie (Public college)
- Red Deer Polytechnic — Red Deer (Public college)
- SAIT — Calgary (Public college)
- Trade Winds to Success — Edmonton (Pre-apprenticeship program)
- Women Building Futures — Edmonton (Pre-apprenticeship program)
- Alberta Pipe Trades College — Edmonton (Union training centre)
- Piping Industry Training School — Calgary (Union training centre)
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