Northern College

Course Details

Building Inspection Technician

Course Description

The Ontario Building Code sets out the minimum safety requirements regarding public health, fire protection and structural sufficiency. This program has been developed to assist those students that enter the design, inspection or construction industry to interpret and apply code requirements correctly. The Building Inspection Technician Program is a two-year program that includes academic, technical, and code skills. Along with a foundation of building code courses, the placement component will be an integral feature of the program. This program, when taken on-site at the Porcupine Campus, is a laptop program with a mandatory lab fee of $1000 for lease of the laptop. Upon graduation students have the option of buying out the laptop for $1.

Course Duration

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4semester

Career outcomes

Students graduating from this program may find employment opportunities with municipalities overseeing various code compliances.




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