Job requirements Installer, Sprinklers And Fire Protection Systems in Canada

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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 or a combination of over five years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in steamfitting, pipefitting or sprinkler system installation is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Steamfitter-pipefitter trade certification is compulsory in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and the territories.
• Steamfitter-pipefitter (non-construction) trade certification is compulsory in Quebec.
• Sprinkler system installer trade certification is compulsory in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Manitoba and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and the territories.
• Sprinkler system installer (non-construction) trade certification is compulsory in Quebec.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified steamfitters-pipefitters and sprinkler system installers upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

Source National Occupational Classification