Trades in Ontario
Ontario also has 141 recognized trades, of which 20 require mandatory certification. Use the links below to find out which trades require certification and which trades have voluntary certification. You can also learn about the training opportunities and services available to you across Ontario.
Services for Apprentices – The Government of Ontario offers services to help apprentices become certified in their field. Find out what services are available to you and where you can access those services across Ontario.
Mandatory and Voluntary certification – This link lists all the trades requiring certification and all the trades where certification is voluntary.
Career Maps
The Ontario Government has developed Career Maps for certain trades that explain in detail every step of the certification process.
- Automotive Service Technicians
- Construction and Maintenance Electricians
- Cooks and Bakers
- General Machinists
- Hairstylist
- Hoisting Engineers
- Industrial Electricians
- Industrial Mechanics (Millwrights)
- Plumbers
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Tool-and-Die Maker
Bridge Training Programs
Bridging programs are intended to help qualified internationally trained individuals move quickly into the labour market by assessing their existing skills and competencies and providing training and Canadian workplace experience without duplicating what they have already learned. This is a list of bridging programs for trades in Ontario.
Electrical/Electronics Technology
Construction Trades
Internationally Trained Electrical Workers’ Bridging Programme
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 353 (IBEW)This program helps internationally trained electrical workers find jobs in their field in Ontario. The program includes training in Canadian construction methods, health and safety standards. The program also includes occupation-specific language training, as well as on-site training. Participants have access to paid workplace experience opportunities, which complement previous skills, education and experience.
Website: www.ibew353.org
E-mail: joef@ibew353.org
Telephone: 416-510-3530
Location: Toronto
La Cité Collégiale
Integrating Internationally-Trained Individuals into the Construction SectorThe “Integrating Internationally-Trained Individuals into the Construction Sector” program is designed for internationally-trained tradespeople in the construction industry such as electricians, plumbers, and bricklayers. It provides upgrading and language training, a four to six-month work placement, and support with obtaining certificates of qualifications or becoming registered as an apprentice. The project provides twenty to forty hours of workshops to prepare participants for competency exams. In addition, the program provides cultural/workplace language and communication training, internships and mentoring.
Contact:
Phone : 613-742-2493 ext. 2251
Trades Win Support Program
Skills for ChangeThis program is for internationally trained industrial electricians, construction and maintenance electricians and industrial mechanics (millwrights). In addition, the program also serves internationally trained heating and air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics.
The program helps participants to successfully complete the Certificate of Qualification exams and find work in their field. It includes five-week employment preparation and trade-specific technical and workplace language training module; a six-week technical training module; and employment search assistance, mentoring and workplace experience.
Website: www.skillsforchange.org/trades
E-mail: www.skillsforchange.org/peel/contact-us
Telephone: 905-595-1679
Location: Brampton
Electrical/Electronics Technology
Fanshawe College
Bridge to Employment in Electrical/Electronics Technology
This project helps internationally trained individuals get an advanced diploma from Fanshawe College and employment in the electrical/electronics technology field.
The program provides:
- occupation-specific language and communication skills training
- training in current Canadian electrical/electronics technologoy professional practice
- technical skills updating
- an applied skills project adapted from Fanshawe’s existing School of Manufacturing Science
Upon successful completion of the curriculum, participants have access to six-month work placements through Fanshawe’s existing network of employers.
Contact: Jeff Sage, Assistant Manager of Marketing
Phone: (519) 951-2791
E-mail: jsage@fanshawec.ca
Website: www.fanshawec.ca
