Trade Smart College

The Smarter Path
To The Trades

our next
Class Starts

MAY 20

Turning Opportunities Into Careers

At Trade Smart College, using our exclusive Trades Match © program, we find you a 950-hour paid technical internship with one of our partner companies. So you learn real-world skills and have real-world experience before you even graduate. Whether you’re interested in a career in construction, manufacturing, or transportation sectors, we offer the smarter path to the trades.

Step 1 – Broaden Your Perspective – The skilled trades offer far more than just plumbing or electrical work—discover a wider range of high-paying career opportunities in the construction, transportation, and manufacturing sectors that you may not have considered.

Step 2 – Assess, Analyze, and Connect – We evaluate each student’s skills, strengths, and career potential while continuously monitoring local labour markets to connect them with the best opportunities.

Step 3 – Tailored Learning – Our individualized training, combined with a paid technical internship, equips students with the professional and technical skills to transform your first opportunity into a lasting career.

Every road, building and machine that powers your life exists because of skilled tradespeople. These people don’t just have jobs—they are the bedrock of every industry. Whether you’re building skyscrapers, constructing assembly lines or maintaining the vehicles and equipment that drive the economy, the trades offer more than a paycheck—they offer purpose, pride, and progress. In the trades, the ones who rise and carve out long, successful careers are the professionals—the ones who show up, think ahead, and master both their craft and their work ethic. At Trade Smart College, we don’t just teach the trades—we prepare you to thrive in them. With 950 hours of paid work experience before graduation, we turn ambition into expertise and opportunity into career success. The world is built by those who are ready—are you?

Construction

Some of the key trades in this category include electrician, carpenter, plumber, HVAC technician, welder, concrete finisher, roofer, elevator mechanic, glazier, sheet metal worker, and cabinet maker. Each of these roles offers a dynamic, hands-on career with the potential for high earnings and long-term job security.

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Manufacturing and Industrial

Some of the essential trades in this category include industrial mechanic (millwright), machinist, tool and die maker, CNC programmer, metal fabricator, welder, process technician, power engineer, industrial electrician, and instrumentation technician. These careers offer high earning potential, job security, and the satisfaction of building and maintaining the systems that keep industries running.

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Transportation

Key trades in this category include automotive service technician, automotive glass technician, heavy-duty equipment technician, truck and coach technician, motorcycle mechanic, aircraft maintenance engineer, marine engine technician, diesel mechanic, and railway technician. These careers offer variety, excitement, and the satisfaction of working in an industry that literally keeps the world in motion.

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Whether you’re a prospective student, a parent or a company, we want to hear from you and put you in touch with one of our team members as soon as possible. We feel it is important to answer your questions one-on-one, so you can make informed decisions about joining us on our mission to connect students and companies. Please fill out the form, and we will get back to you very soon.

At Trade Smart College, we prepare students for success in the skilled trades by providing a blended approach of technical and professional knowledge and skills. We achieve this by integrating team-based learning, where students not only develop hands-on techniques but also advance in essential communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.

Multi-Trade Jobsite Experience
Handtool / Powertool Competence
Measurements & Trades Calculations
Workplace Safety Certifications
Project Planning & Tracking
Outdoor Jobsite Training
Trade Specific General Competencies
Blueprint & Schematic Comprehension
Hazard Assessment
Construction Management Software

Workplace Readiness & Routines
Customer Experience Management
Acclimated to Trades Schedule Classes 7am – 4pm M-F
Job Focused Mindsets & Decisions
Cell Phone Aversion Training
Time Management & Accountability
Teamwork & Collaboration Building
Adaptability & Initiative
Work Ethic & Reliability
Effective Communication & Conduct

Your Meeting
Your Terms

Need more info? Looking to register? Want to find out about financing or start dates? Book a call, meeting, or text chat with Carrie our Student Success Manager.

STEP Forward In The Trades With
The Student Employment Path

The Student Employment Path (STEP) at Trade Smart College is our unique curriculum, built to help great people get started in the trades. In this Diploma program, students spend two months in class, followed by six months on a paid technical internship. All of our opportunities insist that students be prepared, focused, and reliable.

Month 1-2:
Trades Skills Boot Camp
Spend two months in class learning the core competencies that make great employees prepared, focused, and reliable. In most cases, people who don’t have these skills get disciplined or fired long before people who don’t have highly developed technical skills on the tools.

Month 2-2.5:
Technical Internship Evaluation
After passing your classes, you have two weeks to earn a paid technical internship from your placement company. You need to demonstrate that you are prepared, focused and reliable for that company to accept you as a paid intern.

Month 2.5-8:
Paid Technical Internship
For the rest of your program, you will be working for your placement company and learning the technical skills of your trade. We continue to support you and the company throughout the paid technical internship, to ensure that things run smoothly for both sides.

Build Prepared, Focused, and Reliable Teams

In our 8 month program, students spend the first 2 months in class learning the professional and technical skills that are crucial to be prepared, focused and reliable. Students who are successful in class are then given 2 weeks to earn it on-site with a company. If the company agrees that the student demonstrated that they are prepared, focused, and reliable at the end of those 2 weeks, they will then move into a 6 month paid internship with the company. We provide full support to the student and employer throughout the entire internship. At the end of the program, students gain valuable hands-on experience and companies gain an asset to their prepared, focussed, and reliable team.

It starts with the uniform. In the trades, a full uniform is the starting point for every job. From there, we make sure our students are self-motivated, to happily take on the work that needs to get done.

We begin by ensuring our students keep track of their time, so they are used to filling out timesheets before getting to a job site. We then instill in them the importance of doing quality work, and putting in the effort to make that happen.

Reliability starts with showing up early. Every day. From there we teach students how to be accountable for their actions and efforts. Trades work is teamwork, so we ensure our students understand that integrity is the foundation of effective teams.

If you’re a student thinking about applying to Trade Smart College, we’ve created a space for you to find out a lot more about our Diploma, and what you can expect both in-class and on your internship. Let’s start the process.