Vocational Training Program

Heavy Vehicle Mechanics

Next sessions

February 3, 2025

Schedule

Monday to Friday
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Location

ACCESS Centre of Expertise in Transport
4861 De La Savane Road, Saint-Hubert, J3Y 9G1

Phone

450 676-1843 ext. 5044

Duration

18 months (1800 Hours / 124 Credits)

Why enroll in this program?

Heavy Vehicle Mechanics specialize in repairing and maintaining heavy vehicles, which includes trucks, buses, agricultural or earthmoving machinery. We’ll help you gain the skills to work in this sought-after trade in our new state of the art ACCESS Centre of Expertise in Transport! Our dedicated teaching staff provide training in a modern setting with the latest equipment. 

With 6 campuses located on the South Shore of Montreal, ACCESS has been a resource for the Riverside School Board community for over 40 years, empowering individuals who are 16 and older in their ongoing quest for academic and professional success.

Program objectives

  • This program aims to train individuals for the profession of heavy vehicle mechanic.
  • Apprenticeships take place in workshops on mechanical and electrical components and on conventional and computerized systems of heavy road vehicles.
  • Perform preventative and corrective mechanical work.
  • Check vehicles in order to identify operating problems, search for the cause and locate the source
  • Carry out repairs, replacements and adjustments, as well as operating tests.

Special features of the program

To be eligible for admission to this program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements:

Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or its recognized equivalent, for example, an Attestation of Equivalence of Secondary V studies, or a postsecondary diploma such as the Diploma of College Studies or a Bachelor’s degree
OR
Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin and have earned the Secondary IV credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition for equivalent learning
OR
Persons who are at least 18 years of age upon entry into the program and have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the General Development Test (see the following table), or recognition of equivalent learning
OR
Persons who have obtained Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister are required to pursue general education courses, concurrently with their vocational training, in order to obtain the Secondary IV credits they lack in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister.

  • For more information on Functional Prerequisites, please visit the InforouteFPT website.
  • For a full list of required registration documents based on your status in Canada, click here.

Content of
program

Module title
Hours
Units
  • Determine their suitability for the trade and the training process
    15
    1
  • Prevent risks with regard to occupational health and safety, and the environment
    30
    2
  • Find technical information about heavy vehicles
    45
    3
  • Repair differential systems
    60
    4
  • Do shop work
    75
    5
  • Inspect hydraulic and pneumatic systems
    90
    6
  • Perform general maintenance tasks on diesel injection systems and engine brakes
    105
    7
  • Maintain and repair hydraulic and pneumatic braking systems
    120
    8
  • Establish interpersonal relationships at work
    30
    2
  • Repair and replace wheels and their components
    45
    3
  • Maintain and repair charging and starting systems
    60
    4
  • Perform heating, welding and cutting tasks
    75
    5
  • Inspect electrical and electronic systems
    90
    6
  • Tune diesel engines
    105
    7
  • Repair transmission systems
    120
    8
  • Maintain and replace automatic transmissions
    45
    3
  • Repair hydraulic equipment on a heavy vehicle
    60
    4
  • Maintain and repair suspensions, chassis frames and fifth wheels
    75
    5
  • Repair cab elements, accessories and circuits
    90
    6
  • Repair diesel engines
    120
    8
  • Inspect and replace diesel engines
    60
    4
  • Maintain and repair hydraulic power steering systems
    75
    5
  • Perform periodic maintenance on a heavy vehicle
    75
    9
  • Enter the workforce
    135
    9