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Learn from Home!
During this period, we are now offering an online admissions process and online learning for many of our programs. Through virtual “face-to-face” instructor-led classes, students will experience interactive learning in the comfort and safety of your home. Contact us to find out more.
This campus only provides Trades programs.
Welcome to the Sprott Shaw School of Trades Campus! The Trades Campus is easily accessible by transit as students can take local bus routes from several SkyTrain stations and also features free student parking.
Our Trades Program provides students with ITA-BC approved training to become certified Construction Electrician Apprentices. Our Electrical Foundations program is ideal for entry-level electrical training – where no ITA sponsorship is required and includes a 25-week practicum. Our Construction Electrician program combines theoretical content with practical hands-on lab experience using industry-standard equipment.
To reach the Trades campus directly, please call 778.800.2719. For information on directions, parking and transit information for Sprott Shaw students, please click here.
We acknowledge the traditional territories of the Tsleil-Waututh, Stó:lō, Qayqayt, Stz’uminus, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm peoples, on whose land the School of Trades campus resides.
Upon completing journeyman training and gaining my Red Seal (interprovincial) status, I joined the board of directors of the former Renewable Energy Society and focused on teaching going “off-grid” and energy efficiency. As an instructor, I look towards forming the new generation of tradesmen by applying the Canadian Electrical Code rules and demonstrating proper installation and maintenance techniques.
As my father was an electrician, I became inspired and signed up as an apprentice in 1994. I started my official career in custom homes and moved on to small commercial projects, high-rise condos, and large commercial projects before moving into teaching. I am a Red Seal electrician, foreman, lead hand, and business partner – and now since 2017, a Sprott Shaw instructor too.
In 1990, I became an apprentice, wiring hotels from start to finish. After I earned my Red Seal, I specialized in essential life support systems and wiring for apartment buildings and seniors’ homes, including all essential life support systems. After back surgery, I turned my attention to teaching and have been teaching electrical foundation for Sprott Shaw since.
I have been a certified journeyman/foreman electrician for over 20 years on more than 50 new home construction projects as well as dozens of other major commercial/industrial projects including new construction, retrofits, remodels, and plant expansions. After work, I turned to education. I earned my Bachelor of Education and have been an electrical trades instructor for over 5 years, with experience teaching levels 1 through 4.
* not all campuses offer all programs.
