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Program Index Industrial & Agriculture Industrial Mechanics - Nipawin

Industrial & Agriculture

Program Index Industrial & Agriculture Industrial Mechanics - Nipawin

Industrial & Agriculture

Applied Certificates

Industrial Mechanics - Nipawin

Winter 2027
Nipawin

Overview

If you like working with machinery, enjoy solving mechanical problems and are good with your hands, check out the Industrial Mechanics applied certificate program. You’ll get the 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 and gas, and mining are big employers, but there’s also demand in manufacturing, milling, power generation and chemical plants. Working in well-equipped shops with highly qualified instructors, you’ll get practical, hands-on training in:

  • trade math, drafting and blueprint reading
  • welding and cutting
  • using tools of the trade

With this Saskatchewan Polytechnic credential, you may be eligible for credit towards apprenticeship training. To learn more, contact the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC).

Admission Requirements

  • Foundations of Math 20
  • Workplace and Apprenticeship Math 20
  • Pre-Calculus 20

1 Intake Option Available

Winter 2027 Full-Time
Nipawin

Nipawin

Full-Time
Winter 2027
Application Deadline January 8, 2027
Start Date February 8, 2027
End Date May 28, 2027
Length 16 weeks
Program Capacity 12
Domestic Tuition $4,500.00

Courses

2027 Intake
2027 Intake

You will use fundamental employability skills related to obtaining and keeping a job. You will apply skills to work effectively with others and produce job-related documents. You will identify employability and practical skills to prepare effective job search materials and discuss the effect of attitudes and behaviours on a successful job search.

Credit Units: 2.00

Course Hours: 30.00

Equivalent Course(s)

COMM106 COMM127A COMM127CE COMM187 COMM191 COMM193 JOBS190 PROF100 TCOM102 TCOM105 TCOM120 TCOM140

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Theory Prior Learning Independent Study Print Distance Individual Work Based Delivery Online - Individual

You will acquire sufficient drafting and blueprint reading skills to produce acceptable shop drawings. You will be able to read all shop drawings for fabricating and maintaining industrial equipment. You will practice fabrication to complete the Arbor Press Project. Wherever possible, drafting courses will be modified to meet the specific requirements of the trade.

Credit Units: 4.00

Course Hours: 60.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn the basic theory and practical application of hydraulic and electricity as it applies to hydraulics.

Credit Units: 2.00

Course Hours: 30.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn the theory and application of belts, chains, shafts, and gear drives.

Credit Units: 4.00

Course Hours: 60.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn the theoretical applications of couplings, clutches and brakes.

Credit Units: 2.00

Course Hours: 30.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn the theory and application of pneumatics and compressors.

Credit Units: 2.00

Course Hours: 30.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will be introduced to machine installation and shaft alignment. You will perform alignment and levelling procedures.

Credit Units: 3.00

Course Hours: 45.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn the theory and practical application of lubrication, seals and gaskets as they apply to power transmissions.

Credit Units: 3.00

Course Hours: 45.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn applicable occupational health and safety (OH&S) regulations, rigging, signaling and load estimations. You will learn safe work practices regarding ladders, scaffolds, fire containment and WHMIS.

Credit Units: 2.00

Course Hours: 30.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn the theory and application of friction bearings and anti-friction bearings. You will maintain and assemble bearing units.

Credit Units: 3.00

Course Hours: 45.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will review basic mathematics and the Imperial and Metric systems of measurement. You will be introduced to mathematical concepts that support applications in the industrial mechanics trade and your studies will focus on these various applications.

Credit Units: 4.00

Course Hours: 60.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Theory

You will learn theory and practical application of metallurgy for steels. You will learn theoretical and practical fabrication techniques.

Credit Units: 3.00

Course Hours: 45.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn the theory and practical application of all types of process pumps and pipe systems.

Credit Units: 3.00

Course Hours: 45.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will participate in a work placement to further your understanding of workplace employer needs.

Course Hours: 80.00

Potential Learning Methods

Work Experience - Group

You will learn the basic theory and operation of a lathe.

Credit Units: 3.00

Course Hours: 45.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn the theoretical and practical application of hand cutting tools and threading applications.

Credit Units: 4.00

Course Hours: 60.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will experience the theoretical and practical application of assembly tools and precision measuring tools.

Credit Units: 3.00

Course Hours: 45.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn theory and practical operation of grinders, drills and threading machines.

Credit Units: 3.00

Course Hours: 45.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn the theory and practical basic skills of Oxy fuel welding and cutting and GMAW, short circuit and spray welding.

Credit Units: 3.00

Course Hours: 45.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

You will learn the theory and practical basic welding skills of SMAW.

Credit Units: 3.00

Course Hours: 45.00

Potential Learning Methods

Online Lecture/Lab

Moving the World

Industrial & Agriculture

Helping to solve the problems of food insecurity and global hunger or modernising industrial processes to help serve growing global populations are just some of the challenges you may be presented in this industry.

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College partners with credit granting institutions like Saskatchewan Polytechnic. These partnerships allow us to offer a greater number of recognized courses closer to where you are.

About

Saskatchewan Polytechnic serves students through applied learning opportunities on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 Territories and the homeland of the Métis. Learning takes place at campuses in Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon and through extensive distance education opportunities. Programs serve every economic and public service sector. As a polytechnic, the organization provides the depth of learning appropriate to employer and student need, including certificate, diploma and degree programs, and apprenticeship training. Saskatchewan Polytechnic engages in applied research, drawing on faculty expertise to support innovation by employers, and providing students the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills.

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Why Study Here?

Students who attend Suncrest College can expect smaller class sizes and an easier transition. At Suncrest College students typically receive more one-on-one time with instructors. Our staff will know your name not just your student number.

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Career Options

Industrial mechanics are also known by other trade names (i.e., maintenance mechanics, millwrights or machine repairmen). Graduates may find employment in commercial or industrial operations that use machinery. These include wood, cereal, meat processing and power generating plants, hard rock and potash mines, mills and refineries.

NOC ClassificationEarning Potential

Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (7311)

$52,000 - $108,000

NOC ClassificationEarning Potential
Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (7311)$52,000 - $108,000

The benefits of having a power engineering program run locally through College can be measured in money and time but what cannot be quantified is the opportunity to go home after class.

The advantage for a company like Louis Dreyfus Commodities, who participates in the work placement program, is to have first look at the students as potential employees. The last power engineer we hired learned his trade at College, and he is now training to obtain his Second Class license.

Henry Bouchard

Former Chief Engineer, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Yorkton

Get credit for what you know

Do you have prior education, work experience and/or job training that relates to your program area? If so, you could be eligible for credit that reduces your study time and cost. Credit can also be applied from your Sask Polytech program to another institution.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic recognizes that adults learn in many different ways. This includes acquiring knowledge and skills through life and work experience or non-formal training.

See link(s) below to get more information about PLAR.

Many Sask Polytech students benefit from transferring course credit. You may be eligible to transfer credit to Sask Polytech or to another college or university.

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