Labs and Simulation Spaces

The Agency at Mohawk College is a student-powered creative studio where learners collaborate with real clients on marketing, design, digital media, and communications projects. Guided by industry experts, students gain hands-on experience in an enterprising, fast-paced environment that mirrors a professional agency. It's a space where talent, creativity, and industry-driven learning come together.

In this lab, truck and coach technicians and mechanical repairers inspect, diagnose, repair and service mechanical, electrical and electronic systems and components of heavy trucks and buses, as well as light and commercial transport trucks.

A turbine engine uses pressurized air passed over blades, called turbines, to create the thrust used to move the aircraft. The engine is made in two basic sections: a gas generator with an accessory gearbox and a free power turbine with reduction gearbox. There are many variants of turbine engines used on planes, helicopters, land vehicles, boats and for industrial uses.

The Use of Force Lab is a controlled, hands-on training space where students develop practical skills related to safety, control and appropriate response techniques. Through guided, scenario-based learning, students practice physical tactics, communication and decision-making in situations that reflect real-world challenges. The lab supports experiential learning by emphasizing professionalism, risk assessment and the responsible application of force within a structured and supervised environment.

Students from all three Mohawk aviation technician programs—Aircraft Maintenance, Aircraft Structures and Avionics Maintenance—will use this computer lab to learn how to navigate aircraft maintenance manuals and reports.

In the VR Welding Lab students practice welding in a safe, risk-free environment. Students are able to try different types of welds, positions, material and even oxy-fuel cutting on a realistic job site. The weld can be manipulated with the same precision as welding in a shop or on a jobsite. This lab is built to give students the confidence they need to be successful before they step into the shop.

In this shop students work on various materials you would find on any construction site in Canada. Welding and fabrication is an essential part to any construction project. Students weld using processes that are standard in industry today, such as SMAW, GMAW, FCAW and GTAW. Students are prepared for all position welding with these processes and welding on pipe. With our fabrication equipment, students use raw materials and build projects that are used everyday in industry such as I-beam fabrications, bending and building reservoirs to scale, hand rail and small scale piping projects.

The WiFi – Network & Hardware Lab gives students practical experience with computer networks and IT hardware. Students learn to install, configure, and troubleshoot networking equipment, wireless systems, and computer components. Hands-on activities build the technical skills needed to support and maintain modern networked environments.

The woodshop supports hand-on learning where students create physical models. The lab introduces students to tools, materials, and equipment used in building and construction. Students reinforce and apply classroom knowledge to small building projects.