Commercial Aviation Diploma

The Commercial Aviation diploma program is for men and women who are interested in pursuing a career in aviation. The program provides students with business experience along with the aviation training required by Transport Canada. In addition to receiving aviation experience, graduates are prepared to enter into the field of commercial aviation.

The Commercial Aviation diploma program consists of two distinct and separate areas of study - flight training and business studies. The business portion is completed at Okanagan College and normally consists of three business courses per semester for a total of 12 courses over two-years.

Notwithstanding general policies of Okanagan College, the business and elective courses must be completed while concurrently enrolled in the Flight Portion of the Commercial Aviation program.
The flight-training portion taken with Southern Interior Flight Centre (1993) Ltd. consists of Transport Canada prescribed flight training, theory and exams.

Admission Requirements
Commercial Aviation Program Fees
Career Opportunities

Commercial Aviation Online Calendar

For further information on the Commercial Aviation Diploma, please contact:

Marc Vanderaegen
Flight School Director
Southern Interior Flight School
Call (250) 765-7776 ext. 424
marc@flysifc.ca

Admission Requirements the Commercial Aviation Diploma

Students can enter the two-year Commercial Aviation Diploma when the following requirements have been met:

• B.C. secondary school graduation (or its equivalent).
• A minimum grade of 60% in one of English 12, English 12 First Peoples or TPC 12, or an equivalent Provincial Level Adult Basic Education English course, or a minimum score of level 4 on the Language Proficiency Index (LPI). Communications 12 is not acceptable.
• Students graduating from secondary school in or prior to 2012: Principles of Mathematics 11 or an equivalent Advanced Level Adult Basic Education mathematics course, or a minimum of 70% in Introductory Mathematics 11, or a minimum of 60% in Applications of Mathematics 11.
  Students entering Grade 10 in or after 2010 and/or completing the new mathematics curriculum: A minimum of 60% in one of Pre-calculus Grade 11, Foundations of Mathematics Grade 11, or Apprenticeship and Workplace Mathematics Grade 11.
• Private Pilot License.
• Category 1 Aviation Medical.
• Letter of recommendation from the Southern Interior Flight Centre indicating successful completion of a personal interview, aptitude test, and proof of financial ability.

Information Technology 11 or 12, Physics 12 or Applied Physics 12, and Keyboarding 11 (20 wpm) are strongly recommended.

Private pilot training requires two months of full-time attendance and up to six months of part-time attendance. Contact the flying school for details.

Commercial Aviation Program Fees

Students can expect to pay approximately $27,300 (first year) and approximately $24,400 (second year) for tuition and flight training fees.

Tuition fees for the flying portion are dependent upon the number of hours required to complete the flying and training requirements. These hours will vary according to the skill level of individual students. Please note that students who book an aircraft, simulator or instructor are responsible for related charges and cancellation penalties will apply. Fuel costs are included in the hourly rental charge for the aircraft, and may change throughout the year.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Commercial Aviation Diploma are prepared for careers as pilots with charter companies, regional carriers and private corporations as well as additional job opportunities with major airline companies.

We are currently experiencing a 100% job placement and recently, our grads have been hired by the following companies:

• Adventure Aviation
• Air Bravo
• Air Canada
• Air Jasper Inc.
• Air Sprint
• Air Tindi
• Alberta Central Airways
• Alpha Helicopters Inc.
• Alpine Helicopters Ltd.
• Arctic Sunwest
• Buffalo Airways
• Canadian Helicopters
• Canadian North
• Carson Air
• Cathay Pacific
• Central Mountain Air
• ConAir
• Dax Air
• DHL
• Flair Airlines
• Great Slave Helicopters
• Hawk Air
• Japan Airlines
• Jazz
• Kelner Group
• Kelowna Flightcraft
• Kenn Borek Air
• Lion Air
• Mike's Hard Lemonade
• NL Government Airservice
• Nor-Alta Aviation
• North Wright Airways
• Northern Air Charter
• Pacific Sun
• Perimeter
• Pilatus Canada
• Porter Airlines
• Purolator Courier Ltd.
• Southern Interior Flight Centre
• Sugar Valley Outfitters Ltd.
• Summit Air
• Sunwest
• Swanberg Air Inc.
• Swiss Air Ambulance/Rega
• Transport Canada
• Transwest
• WestJet
• Westwind Aviation

Southern Interior Flight School offers graduating students the opportunity to become flight school instructors and Carson Air hires pilots on their Charter, Courier and Air Ambulance operations.