Richard Kobayashi

Richard is a Red Seal Journeyman Electrician who started his Electrical Trade career in 1988 after over eight years in the Sawmill Industry. With various experiences in the Residential, Commercial and Industrial areas of the Electrical Trade Richard worked as an Installation and Service Electrician as well as an Electrical Contractor. During this time, he worked on various Residential housing, Commercial Addressable Fire Alarm projects and extensively with Programmable Logic Controllers and Automated Control Systems.

Richard began instructing at British Columbia Institute of Technology in 2007, completed his BC Provincial Instructors Diploma in 2012 and has instructed all four levels of the Electrical Apprenticeship Program including Electrical Foundation and evening part time study courses in PLCs and Automated Controls during his over 12 years there. Richard has been a Certified Field Service Representative since 1992 and is a Certified National Advanced Lighting Controls Instructor.

Since joining Vancouver Island University in 2019 Richard continues share all of his vast training, skills, knowledge and experiences with students in the classroom, shop and labs. It is important to him that his students have a great learning experience at VIU and find their way to prosperous and rewarding careers in the Electrical trade.