Apprenticeships
Apprenticeship Training and the maintenance of the highest quality of work in the construction crafts, is a fundamental mandate of all Building Trades Unions.
Long before government involvement in apprenticeship, Building Trades Unions operated their own processes and certifications that established journey level qualifications.
On January 17, 2002 the provincial government announced it would close down the Industry, Training and Apprenticeship Commission (www.itac.gov.bc.ca) by 2003. For the last five years ITAC has served as the agency that registered, counseled and monitored apprentices. ITAC was also the authority that certified journey level qualifications. Apprenticeship programs will now to be run out of the Ministry of Advanced Education. It appears as though the government is moving away from full scope of training towards a system that would grant training certification for various components or modules from each trade. More announcements are expected in the next few months to clarify the direction and involvement of the government in apprenticeship training. In the meantime, If you would like information about how to register as an apprentice please call the co-coordinator for the specific trade that interests you. Apprenticeship co-coordinators are listed in this section.
Below we give a brief description of the nature of the work involved in each of the trades affiliated to the BCYT-BCTC. If you would like more information, or are interested in becoming an apprentice, please consult the Apprenticeship and Training Co-coordinators Directory at the end of each section:
Electrical
Workers 1003
Glaziers 1527
Insulators & Asbestos Workers 118
Plasterers
& Cement Masons 919
