During the program, students will be required to undertake two three-week work practica to gain industry experience. The instructor helps arrange this in collaboration with businesses throughout British Columbia. About half of the students are assigned work experience somewhere in Kamloops or other areas of British Columbia while the other students continue with cutting activities, sausage manufacturing and with theory portions of the program in preparation for their own field work.
Students from outside of the immediate Kamloops area are encouraged to do their work experience in their home communities.