Industry Training Authority
What is an apprentice? What different trades careers are available? Learn about the shortage of skilled tradespeople.
TradesInfo.ca
This website provides comprehensive information for Canadian workers who are interested in the trades. Measure your trade skills against Canadian Standards. It includes detailed occupational information, prospects, resume builder and your own web space to profile your qualifications and share them with employers
Interprovincial Standards (Red Seal) Program
The Interprovincial Standards (Red Seal) Program was established to provide greater mobility for skilled workers across Canada. This Website will enable you to learn more about apprenticeship, trades, the Red Seal and certification.
Apprentice and Trades
This site has a wealth of general Canadian information, resources and contacts that will help you plan how to line up a trade/apprenticeship a good place to start!
Skilled Trades in Canada
A premier site with everything you need to go after a trade. Although based out of Ontario, the resources for job seekers, employers, educators, and info seekers are useful Canada-wide.
BC Work Futures - Trades and Technical Occupations
Search a database full of all trades and technical occupations with information on wage, skills needed, how to get started, licenses needed and industry trends to be successful in your next trades career.
BC Training and Apprenticeship booklet
Your BC guide to getting into a Trade/Apprenticeship. You can download this and print part or all of it for free.
Transferable Skills for Trades
This site has been designed to provide a quick and accurate method in matching up your trade skills with similar trades in other sectors, and to present a list of additional skill sets that are required to enter that sector.
Careers in Construction
What's in the Construction Industry for you?
BC Construction JobStores
Please come in and check out the wide variety of jobs and career services available in residential, road building and heavy construction, industrial, commercial or institutional.
Vancouver Island Trades
A comprehensive website on Trades Training put together by North Island College, Malaspina, and Camosun. Check out what trades programs are offered where on Vancouver Island.
North Island College
Offers training in several trades including Automotive Service Technician, Cook, Electrical, Heavy Duty Mechanics, Cabinetmaking, Plumbing & Heating and Metal Fabrication and many more. The college also offers a new trades introduction program.
Malaspina University-College
Offers training in several trades, including Automotive Service Technician, Commercial Baking, Barber/Stylist, Carpentry, Cook, Heavy Duty Mechanics, Heating, Ventilation and Air/conditioning/Refrigeration, Heavy Equipment Operation, Small Engine Technician, and Welding.
BCIT Apprenticeship Training
A direct path to trades training with the longest standing trades training institution in BC with information to help you plot a career and training in Trades.
Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG)
The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG) is a taxable cash grant available to registered apprentices once they have successfully completed their first or second year (level) of an apprenticeship program in one of the Red Seal trades.
BC Entry Level Trades Training (Industry Training Programs) Overview
A brief description of Entry Level Trades Training in BC with links to websites that show which institutions where training is offered.
Alberta Apprenticeship Training
A super site for researching different trades, qualifications and training for Alberta and Canada.
Starting a Career -- Finding Work as an Apprentice
Basic step-by-step information on how to set yourself up in a trade or apprenticeship.
Northern Vancouver Island Construction Association
Lists local North Island construction companies and contacts with links to other BC and Canadian Construction Associations.
BC Building and Construction Trades Council
The British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council is an umbrella organization for construction unions in the province of British Columbia. Currently there are 20 unions in the province who are affiliated to the BCYT-BCTC. Together, these unions represent 40,000 members and highly skilled craft workers throughout BC and the Yukon Territory. Check out this Archive of TradeTalk Magazines for the latest news in BC construction.
The Construction Sector Council (CSC)
A Canadian organization committed to the development of a highly skilled workforce for the current and future needs of the construction industry in Canada.
Canadian Building and Construction Trades Union
Coordinates and provides resources to construction and trades unions in Canada and the U.S.
Vancouver Regional Construction Association
Has a construction job centre, links and a searchable membership directory.
BC Manufacturers' Directory
Lets you scroll alphabetically through the complete list of company names or categorizes manufacturers into manufacturing sectors to find potential employers in this field.
British Columbia Directory of Unions
BC Union Label - A comprehensive directory of all BC unions and resource for unions and unionized services in British Columbia click on the left hand side of the page.
BC Work Futures
This site profiles 111 Trades and includes A Day in the Life of