About us
Our facilities
Every workshop, bay, kitchen and lab is on one site at 1270 Strathmore St. Nanaimo BC, Canada — so you are never more than a few minutes from the equipment you are training on.
Campus
Purpose-built training spaces
Our facilities are set up as working environments rather than classrooms, because that is how the skills transfer.
Construction workshop
450 m² of bench and framing space with full tool cribs and a materials yard.
Welding booths
Eight individually ventilated booths for SMAW and GMAW, plus a cutting and grinding bay.
Automotive service bays
Four bays with two-post lifts, scan tools, alignment gear and training vehicles.
Simulated care suite
Hospital beds, ceiling and floor lifts, manikins and a fully equipped care bathroom.
Teaching kitchen & bakery
Twelve cooking stations, a deck oven, proofing cabinets and a service pass.
Technology lab
20 workstations, a hardware bench, network rack and cloud lab accounts.
Early years activity room
Play-based learning resources, observation area and creative materials store.
Training warehouse
Racking, pallet handling equipment, scanners and a live warehouse management system.
Salon & treatment rooms
Ten styling stations, backwash units, two treatment rooms and a nail bar.
Fashion studio
Industrial machines, overlockers, cutting tables, dress stands and a pressing station.
Safety and equipment
All workshops are maintained to WorkSafeBC standards, with extraction, guarding and PPE stations. Tools and consumables are provided; you supply your own safety boots for trades programs.
Access and study space
A quiet study room, free Wi-Fi throughout campus, a student kitchen and a common room are open during campus hours. Supervised workshop access is available during scheduled sessions only.
Getting to campus
CTC-arranged accommodation is walking distance or a short bus ride from campus. Nanaimo is served by ferry and by Nanaimo Airport (YCD), with Vancouver Airport (YVR) around three hours away door to door.
Come and see the workshops
Applications for the October 2026 intake are open now.
12 weeks · In-person training · Study permit not required — attend on a visitor visa