Mechanical Techniques
Available as a one-year program; option to continue into a two-year diploma
Get a well-rounded set of mechanical skills that prepare you for a career in maintenance or manufacturing and give you an edge when seeking a competitive apprenticeship.
- Credential
One-year Ontario College Certificate
- Start Date
September and January entry
- Location
Belleville campus
Find your career
Graduates are prepared to plan and supervise maintenance work in industries of all kinds.
- You could work as an industrial mechanic, welder or manufacturing senior maintenance technician, and assist in basic electrical troubleshooting.
- Pursue a trades apprenticeship.
Our grads get great jobs
- Foreman, CN Rail
- Engineering Technician, Metso Minerals
- Operations Technician, Procter & Gamble
- Hydraulics Technician, Multi-Flow FluidPower Inc.
- Operations Technician, Kellogg’s Canada
- Machinist, Kennametal Stellite Group
Is it for you?
This program is well suited to people who:
- Like to design and create
- Want to know how things work
- Enjoy working with their hands
- Are drawn to repair anything mechanical or electrical
Experiential learning
- Hands-on shop work includes welding, machining and maintenance procedures.
- Use the latest in laser alignment technology.
- Explore design using AutoCAD and the interpretation of engineering drawings.
- Earn experience diagnosing and troubleshooting.
- Use leading-edge simulation software to design and demonstrate hydraulic circuits and electrical circuits.
- The positive learning environment includes well-lit, roomy labs with brand new lathes and milling machines.
- You could apprentice as an industrial mechanic (millwright), machinist, metal fabricator, welder or electrician among other trades.
- Loyalist’s program uses many of the same curriculum standards as apprenticeship training for industrial mechanics (millwrights).
- Graduates are entitled to write the provincial test for an exemption from Level I of the in-school portion of the Industrial Mechanics apprenticeship.
- Candidates who pass the exam don’t need to leave the workplace to attend school – making them more valuable to employers.
- Graduates may continue into year two of the Manufacturing Engineering Technician program and complete a diploma in one additional year (with bridging courses).
Outstanding faculty make the difference
- Learn in well-equipped labs with knowledgeable and dedicated faculty.
- Professors have wide-ranging industry experience in machine shops, pharmaceutical manufacturing, food processing, water bottling, uranium processing and millwright contracting environments.
- The program coordinator is a Red Seal Industrial Millwright.
- Teachers have a vast network of industry contacts to help connect students with jobs.