HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Dual credit opportunities grow between Lakeland College and Buffalo Trail Public Schools (BTPS) with the offering of an automotive service technician course that started in February.

BTPS was awarded $100,000 in grant funding from the Government of Alberta for the automotive service technician course. The amount is being split into $50,000 for this year and $50,000 for next year.

High school students participate in online lectures and travel to the Vermilion campus as scheduled to complete a practical component in Lakeland’s automotive shop. Students are taught technical aspects of the trade by experienced Red Seal journeyperson instructors who are connected to industry.

Students who successfully complete all the courses in this career and technology studies apprenticeship pathway by early July are eligible to write the apprenticeship and industry training exam for advanced standing in the first period of the automotive service technician trade.