Job requirements Industrial Electrician Lead Hand in British Columbia

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a four- or five-year industrial electrician apprenticeship program or a combination of over five years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in industrial electrical equipment is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Trade certification for industrial electricians is compulsory in Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Manitoba and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, British Columbia and the Yukon.
• Additional construction electrician certification may be required for industrial electricians when the employers are not owners of the industrial electrical equipment.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified industrial electricians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

Source National Occupational Classification

Professional certification and licensing

If this occupation is regulated, you may need to get a professional license from a regulatory authority before you can start working. Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary, depending on the occupation.

• If the licence is compulsory, you must be certified before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation.
• If the licence is voluntary, you don’t need to be certified to practise this occupation.

Find out if this occupation is regulated and contact the regulatory authority to learn about the certification process.

Source Foreign Credential Recognition Program - ESDC

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