Training Today’s Technicians

As part of the Ford ASSET Program, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology will provide four 8-week periods of technical instruction to approved apprentices.

Apprentices commence training upon the receipt of all necessary completed forms and allotted industry experience. Program content, materials, and information are consistent with current industry standards.

The Ford ASSET program consists of a 24-month rotation period. The completion of the apprenticeship program will take 48 months. Students will benefit from receiving Ford specific product information as well as Alberta apprenticeship registered curriculum.

Upon successful completion of the Ford ASSET program, graduates will have earned credit for 5 of the 8 core specialties outlined in the Ford of Canada "Service Technician Specialty Training" program: Once the provincial apprenticeship work experience criteria is met, apprentices will be eligible to write the exam for their inter-provincial journeymen's license. 

The Ford ASSET program at BCIT is a two-year college diploma program leading to a bachelor program in Automotive and Heavy Equipment Management or Automotive Engineering.

In addition to the technical curriculum, courses in areas such as accounting essentials, applied business practices, business math, business fundamentals, communications, customer relations and sales, drafting and physics are also an integral part of the program.

Open to apprentices with a Ford Sponsoring Dealer.

Focus: all aspects of Ford's latest vehicle technology, especially electronics and the diagnosing of the vehicle electronic management system.

Participants alternate between the college and their sponsoring dealership. The in-school training is 32 weeks long in total and consists of four 8-week sessions alternating between three 10-month terms of in-dealership training.

Upon successful completion of the Ford ASSET program, graduates will have earned credit for 5 of the 8 core specialties outlined in the Ford of Canada "Service Technician Specialty Training" program: Once the provincial apprenticeship work experience criteria is met, apprentices will be eligible to write the exam for their inter-provincial journeymen's license.

Open to apprentices with a Ford Sponsoring Dealer.

Focus: all aspects of Ford's latest vehicle technology, especially electronics and the diagnosing of vehicle electronic management system.

In-school training is 32 weeks long in total; every four weeks, participants alternate between the college and the employer for an overall total of 64 weeks.

Upon successful completion of the Ford ASSET program, graduates will have earned credit for 5 of the 8 core specialties outlined in the Ford of Canada "Service Technician Specialty Training" program: Once the provincial apprenticeship work experience criteria is met, apprentices will be eligible to write the exam for their inter-provincial journeymen's license.