Conestoga has more than 4,000 students in 72 co-op programs in a broad range of disciplines. Join the thousands of employer organizations that benefit from the talent that Conestoga students bring.
Co-op work terms
Spring 2024
- Currently accepting job postings for the spring work term (May to the end of August).
- The final date to post a job is Monday, May 20.
- The final date to secure a student for the spring work term is Friday, May 24th, with a start date of Monday, May 27.
- See below for program availability.
Grants and tax credits
Grants and tax credits help support the cost of hiring a student.
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Financial incentives and benefits.
Questions?
Our Employer Relations team is ready to help you select the most appropriate program, determine an appropriate wage, schedule job interviews, and present co-op job offers.
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Employer responsibilities
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For program-specific inquiries: select the program link below for the employer relations contact information.
For general co-op inquiries:
For general co-op inquiries:
- complete the form at the bottom of this page, or
- email co-op@conestogac.on.ca
Co-op employer partners honoured
Conestoga's outstanding employer partners, mentors, clients, alumni and co-op students were honoured during the 2023 Employer Recognition Awards. Read more.
Co-op program details
Select a co-op program link from the industry categories below for complete program details.
WT = work term
N/A = wage information is not available.
program
Credential
Availability & Wage
Fall
Winter
Spring
Architecture, Interior Design, and Construction
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-25WT 2: $16.55-26
Credential
BAT
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 3: $16.55-26
Winter
WT 2: $16.55-25
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-23
Credential
BENG
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $20-36WT 3: $20-38
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $20-28
Credential
BID
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-22WT 2: $16.55-25
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $17-21
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $17-28
Winter
WT: $17-28
Spring
WT: $17-28
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $16.55-25
Winter
-
Spring
-
Business, Insurance and Design
Program
Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) - Accounting, Audit and Information Technology
Credential
BBA
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 1: $17-30(Avail up to 8 mo.)
Winter
WT 2: $18-30WT 1: $ 17-30
Spring
-
Credential
BBA
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $18-25
Winter
WT 3: $18.50-28
Spring
WT 1: $17-24
Program
Bachelor of Design (Honours)
Credential
BDES
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-36
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-35
Credential
BPR
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 1: $16.55-22
Winter
-
Spring
WT 2: $16.55-26
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-20
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
WT 1: $17-23
Spring
WT 2: $18-27
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $18-26
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $17.50-25WT 3: $18.50-27
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $18.50-28
Winter
WT: $18.50-28
Spring
WT: $18.50-28
Program
Payroll and Bookkeeping (Co-op)
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
WT: $N/A. Beginning in 2025.
Spring
-
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $17-22
Program
Sustainable Business Management
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $17-27
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $20-25
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $17-25WT 2: $18-27
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $18-24
Community and Public Services
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $N/A
Winter
-
Spring
-
Credential
BCCH
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-27
Credential
BELPD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-25
Credential
BEPH
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $17-29
Program
Public Service (Optional Co-op)
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-24
Culinary and Hospitality
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-19
Program
Culinary Management (Co-op)
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $16.55-22
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-22
Program
Culinary Skills (Co-op)
Credential
OCC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $16.55-22
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-22
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $16.55-18
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-18
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $16.55-21
Winter
WT: $16.55-21
Spring
WT: $16.55-21
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-19
Electrical Engineering
Credential
BENG
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 3: $20-34
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $17-25WT 2: $20-34
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-25
Winter
WT 3: $16.55-25.50
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-25(Avail up to 16 mo.)
WT 4: $16.55-25.50
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-25
Winter
WT 3: $16.55-25
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-25(Avail up to 16 mo.)
WT 4: $17-25
Electrical Technician, Electro-Mechanical Maintenance
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-25
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-25WT 3: $16.55-26
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-24
Electronics Engineering
Credential
BENG
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $N/A
Winter
Spring
WT 1: $N/A
Credential
BENG
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 3: $17-30
Winter
WT 2: $18-26
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-24
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $17-24
Winter
WT 3: $17-26
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-24(Avail up to 16 mo.)
WT 4: $17-26
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-21
Winter
WT 3: $16.55-21
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-21(Avail up to 16 mo.)
WT 4: $16.55-21
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $17-27
Winter
WT: $17-27
Spring
WT: $17-27
Food Processing and Packaging Engineering
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $16.55-21
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-21
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $16.55-22
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $16.55-22
Heavy Duty Equipment Technician – Motive Power
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $17-26
Information Technology and Applied Health Information Science
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $N/A
Winter
WT: $N/A
Spring
WT: $N/A
Credential
BAHIS
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-27
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-27
Credential
BCS
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 3: $N/A
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-30WT 2: $16.55-34
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $17.25-33
Winter
WT: $17.25-33
Spring
WT: $17.25-33
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $17-30
Winter
WT: $17-30
Spring
WT: $17-30
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $16.55-30
Winter
WT: $16.55-30
Spring
WT: $16.55-30
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-29
Winter
WT 3: $17-30
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-29(Avail up to 16 mo.)
WT 4: $17-32
Program
Computer Systems Technician - Information Technology Infrastructure and Services (Optional Co-op)
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
WT: $16.55-26
Spring
-
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
-
Spring
WT: $N/A
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-23
Winter
WT 3: $17.50-25
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-23(Avail up to 16 mo.)
WT 4: $17.50-26.75
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $17-34
Winter
WT: $17-34
Spring
WT: $17-34
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $17.50-34
Winter
WT 3: $18-34
Spring
WT 1: $17-33(Avail up to 16 mo.)
WT 4: $18-34
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $16.55-29
Winter
WT: $16.55-29
Spring
WT: $16.55-29
Mechanical Engineering
Credential
BENG
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-26WT 3: $17-32
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-26
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
WT 2: $18-22
Spring
WT 1: $17-20.50
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 3: $17-22
Winter
WT 2: $17-21
Spring
WT 1: $17-20
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 3: $16.55-26
Winter
WT 2: $16.55-25
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-23
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 3: $16.55-27
Winter
WT 2: $16.55-25
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-25
Credential
OCGC
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $16.55-25.50
Winter
-
Spring
-
Metal Machining Trades
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-21
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-20
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $16.55-20
Winter
-
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-20
Powerline Technician
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
-
Winter
WT 2: $19-29
Spring
WT 1: $18-29
Welding Engineering
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $17-23
Winter
WT 3: $18-24
Spring
WT 1: $17-23(Avail up to 16 mo.)
WT 4: $18-26
Credential
OCD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT: $17-23
Winter
-
Spring
-
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 2: $17-24
Winter
WT 3: $17-24
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-23(Avail up to 16 mo.)
WT 4: $17-24
Woodworking
Credential
OCAD
Availability & Wage
Fall
WT 3: $16.55-20
Winter
WT 2: $16.55-21
Spring
WT 1: $16.55-20
Employer responsibilities
Conestoga is seeking employers who can:
- Provide career-related work experience.
- Acknowledge that the student is hired in an employee-employer relationship.
- Provide duties and responsibilities related to the objectives of the program of study.
- Pay wages as negotiated between the employer and the student.
- Provide orientation, training and on-going supervision.
- Employ the student for no less than the minimum number of hours required per work term.
- Provide Co-op & Career Services with feedback at the mid-term point of each work term.
- Inform the Co-op Office of any concerns with student performance or changes to the co-op work term.
- Assign progressive responsibility and/or exposure to new challenges during multiple work terms.
- Provide the student with a completed written performance evaluation at the conclusion of the work term.
Accessibility
Conestoga College recognizes that accessibility is a college-wide responsibility and is committed to ensuring that its programs, services and facilities are accessible. Learn more about accessibility at Conestoga.