Industrial Mechanics Certificate

About this programme

If you like working with machinery, enjoy solving mechanical problems and are good with your hands, check out Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Industrial Mechanics program. You’ll get the basic knowledge and skills you need to install, repair, overhaul and maintain stationary, industrial machinery and mechanical equipment. Demand for industrial mechanics—also called millwrights—is high across western Canada. Oil & gas and mining are big employers, but there’s also demand in manufacturing, milling, power generation and chemical plants. Industrial Mechanics is a one-year certificate program offered at Saskatchewan Polytechnic Prince Albert campus, Regina campus and Saskatoon campus. Working in well-equipped shops with highly qualified instructors, you’ll get practical, hands-on training in: Saskatchewan Polytechnic Industrial Mechanics graduates work in many different industries: oil and gas, mining, milling, manufacturing, power generation and processing. Wherever mechanical equipment and machines need to be installed, repaired, overhauled and maintained, there is work for industrial mechanics and millwrights. Applicants who do not possess the academic qualifications for a program may be admitted if evidence of probable success can be established through an alternative admission assessment. Applicants are automatically considered for alternative admission. However, some specific admission requirements may still need to be met. Some programs allow applicants to meet the admission grade level requirement using 15 approved post-secondary credits. Review additional information .