Job requirements Construction Electrician Apprentice near Whitehorse (YT)

Find out what you typically need to work as a construction electrician apprentice near Whitehorse (YT). These requirements are applicable to all Electricians (except industrial and power system) (NOC 72200).

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

  • Completion of secondary school is usually required.
  • Completion of a four- to five-year apprenticeship program is usually required.
  • Trade certification for construction electricians is compulsory in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
  • Trade certification for electricians (domestic and rural) is compulsory in Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario.
  • Trade certification for electrical control (machine) builders is available, but voluntary, in Ontario.
  • Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified construction electricians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

Source National Occupational Classification

Professional certification and licensing

Yukon

If this occupation is regulated, you may need to get a certification and/or a professional license from a regulatory authority (or become registered as an apprentice) before you can start working. Certification can be compulsory or voluntary, depending on the occupation.

  • If the certification is compulsory, you must be certified (or be registered as an apprentice) before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation.
  • If the certification 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 and/or licensing process.

Job title Construction Electrician
Regulated

Source Foreign Credential Recognition Program - ESDC

Find out where this occupation is regulated in Canada

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