Humber Centre for Skilled Trades and Technology
110 Carrier Dr, Etobicoke ON M9W 5R1 | 416.675.5000
Beyond the Traditional Classroom
The Centre for Skilled Trades and Technology takes students beyond a traditional classroom and provides hands-on practice in a simulated worksite. On site facilities include plumbing, carpentry, electrical, millwright, welding, industrial woodworking, construction and renovation labs.
The Centre is expanding by more than 16,000 square feet to provide additional learning spaces and facilities and will include refrigeration lab, gas and oil lab, AR/VR/XR simulation studio, heat plant, study spaces, remote studio and collaboration pods.
Check Out Our State-of-the-Art Labs
Advanced Motors Lab
This flexible space for our electrical apprenticeship and electrical engineering programs teaches students design, theory of operation, connection and characteristics of three-phase motors and transformers. Students learn the principal characteristics of three-phase motors and transformers.
Electrical Labs
Learn technical theory and skills in the three levels of in-school training allocated toward the electrician apprenticeship. From practice in the labs, you will learn how to perform a wide range of tasks including layout, assemble, install, repair, maintain, connect or test electrical fixtures, apparatus, control equipment and wiring for electrical systems; plan installations from blueprints, sketches and specifications and install all electronic devices; systematically diagnose faults in electrical and electronic systems and equipment, and repair or replace electrical and electronic components; measure, cut, thread, bend, assemble and install conduits and other electrical conductor enclosures; splice and terminate electrical conductors; test electrical and electronic equipment for proper function; and program and troubleshoot PLC and fire alarm systems.
Electronics Lab
This flexible space provides theoretical and hands-on learning for students in the electrical apprenticeship and electrical engineering programs. On state-of-the-art equipment, students will learn how to create circuits and the characteristics of the components utilized in the electronics industry.
Instrumentation Lab
Students in the electrical apprenticeship and electrical engineering programs will gain a solid understanding of instrumentation process controls on state-of-the-art equipment. The pressure, flow, level and temperature process learning systems are taught in this flexible space that provides theoretical and hands-on learning.
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Mechanical Lab
Students in the electrical apprenticeship program will gain a solid understanding of the various technical theories and elements within the mechanical portion of the program This flexible space provides theoretical and hands-on learning to gain valuable skills in blueprint reading, basic hydraulic/pneumatic, basic electrical controls, blowers, compressors, fans, drives/pumps and measurement.
Motors and Monitoring Lab
This flexible space includes state-of-the-art equipment for hands-on and theoretical learning in the electrical apprenticeship and electrical engineering programs. Students will learn characteristics of single-phase motors, DC machines, and communications equipment such as fire alarm systems, nurse call systems, security systems and CCTV systems.
Plumbing Shop
Humber's Centre for Skilled Trades and Technology is home to the Plumber Apprenticeship program. The shop is equipped with materials and equipment that allow students to learn current trends within the plumbing industry. Students learn theoretical and practical training which includes, workplace safety, pipe and fitting materials, pipe supports and hangers, tools and piping methods, plumbing fixtures, appliances and equipment, properties of water and heat transfer, trade calculations, construction drawings and job specifications, codes, regulations and standards, drainage, venting and waste piping systems, testing or water supply, and drainage, sewage disposal, and water distribution systems.
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) Lab
Students in the electrical apprenticeship and electrical engineering programs learn on state-of-the-art programmable logic controllers (PLC). Graduates will be skilled at programming these electronic devices to control the operation of an assembly line, machine, robotic device or any activity that requires high reliability, ease of programming, and process fault diagnosis.
Renovation Labs
Study all facets of house construction and basic building systems including building codes. Townhouse labs within the Centre provide the opportunity for students to gain practical, hands-on experience in demolition, tiling, mudding and taping, drywall and framing.
Woodworking Lab
A 10,000 square foot woodworking lab is located within The Humber Centre for Skilled Trades and Technology. Within the lab there is a large bright bench area for assembly and bench work as well as a kitchen cabinet installation area. All common industrial woodworking machines are available for student use, as well as a vacuum pressing area for curved forms and veneering, a hydraulic veneer press, three computer numerical control (CNC) routers, a CNC lathe, and a CNC dovetailer. A dedicated electronic classroom is available for lectures. Students learn how to produce shop drawings, calculate a list of materials, cut out and assemble basic cabinetry or furniture and also apply a finish. Students will be shown how to safely operate most common stationary woodworking machinery, as well as run a number of CNC machines.