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NAIT’s Spruce Grove Campus represents an important partnership to enhance post-secondary education and business development opportunities in Alberta. The 12,600-square foot, 160-acre campus has allowed NAIT to expand its popular Crane and Hoisting Equipment Operator program to nearly double its former capacity.

With seven cranes on site, the largest with an extension capability equivalent to a 16-storey building, the campus provides valuable hands-on learning. NAIT’s Spruce Grove campus employs some of the world’s most advanced training technology and equipment, including cuttingedge classrooms and simulation labs to supplement on-site outdoor training. Its world-class facility has been instrumental in meeting the demand for boom truck and mobile crane operators in a wide variety of industries across Alberta and beyond, including construction, forestry, mining, and the oil and gas sector. Other programs, including the boilermaker, ironworker and steamfitter-pipefitter programs, also visit the campus to complete outcomes involving lifts and rigging.

Additionally, NAIT’s Corporate & Continuing Education division provides on-site and virtual training for private entities and organizations that require custom training programs to upskill employees. 

As the largest apprenticeship trainer in Canada and a world-leading polytechnic, NAIT will continue to excel in delivering technology based, hands-on training in partnership with industry to empower a highly skilled workforce into the future.