Job Title

 

Boilermaker

 

Job description

 

Boilermakers construct, install, and maintain water tanks, boilers and other heavy metal structures. They also repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Boilermakers are usually employed in the building manufacturing and power generation plants, in shipbuilding, and other industrial projects. Their work involves the use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, or turnbuckles. Some of the tasks of a Boilermaker include loading and unloading materials, rigging materials for movement, directing crane operations, assembling/disassembling scaffolds and platforms, changing crane booms, inspecting and caring for rigging accessories and equipment, burning, gouging and welding, removing and replacing tubes, interpreting blueprints, laying out components, erecting support steel beams and columns, using various welding machines, aligning and fitting components.

 

Education Requirements

 

  • Successful completion of a Boilermaker apprenticeship is required in all Canadian provinces.
  • Alberta and Quebec require Boiling certification which is only voluntary but recommended in the other provinces of the country.

Apprenticeship Requirements

 

  • Grade 12 or equivalent
  • Pre-assessment examination
  • 26 weeks of technical training:
    • Pre-Entry - 2 weeks
      Basic Training -8 weeks
      Intermediate Training -8 weeks
      Advanced Training -8 weeks
  • 6,600 hours on the job training monitored by the Coordinator, under direction of the Boilermaker Apprenticeship Commitment (usually takes around 4 to 5 years).  

Certification

Certification is required in the provinces of Alberta and Quebec. In the other Canadian provinces it is only voluntary, but highly recommended. After the completion of the apprenticeship program, one is awarded a journeyperson certification.

In some provinces and territories, one can also progress from a journeyperson certification to a boilermaker certification if having over four years of on-the-job experience and college or industry courses in the field.

For a certification that can be used throughout all Canada, one has to attempt the Interprovincial Exam to qualify for the Interprovincial Standards? Red Seal. With a Red Seal Certification, one would be entitled to work anywhere in Canada. (International Brotherhood of Boilermakers-Local 128 - http://www.ibblocal128.org/apprenticeship.asp).

Schools for Boilermakers in Canada

 

Alberta


Northen Alberta institute of Technology  
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Tel: (403) 284-8110
Fax: (403) 284-7112
Toll Free: 1-877-284-8110
E-mail: advising@sait.ab.ca
Web: www.sait.ab.ca


Southern Alberta institute of Technology 
1301-16th Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Tel: (403) 284-8110
Fax: (403) 284-7112
Toll Free: 1-877-284-8110
E-mail: advising@sait.ab.ca
Web: www.sait.ab.ca


British Columbia


British Columbia Institute of Technology
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Tel: (604) 434-1610
Toll-free at 1-866-434-1610
Web: http://www.bcit.ca/


Manitoba


Red River College
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Tel: (204) 949-8466
Web: http://www.rrcsa.com


New Brunswick


New Brunswick Community College
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Tel: (506) 457 - 7352
Email: nbccd.email@gnb.ca
Web: http://www.nbccd.nbcc.nb.ca


Nova Scotia


Nova Scotia Community College
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Tel: (902) 491-4911
Toll-free at 1-866-679-6722
Web: http://www.nscc.ca/


Ontario


Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology               
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Tel: (613) 727-4723                       
Web: http://www.algonquincollege.com/

 

Canadore College
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Tel: (705) 474-7600
Web: http://www.canadorec.on.ca/

 

Conestoga College ? Institution of Technology and Advanced Learning
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Tel: (519) 748-5220
Web: http://www.conestogac.on.ca

 

Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology
Whitby Ontario, Canada
Tel: (905) 721-3300
Web: http://durhamcollege.ca

 

Kemptville ? University of Guelph
Kemptville, Ontario, Canada
Tel: (613) 258-8336
Web: http://www.kemptvillec.uoguelph.ca/


Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology                
Timmins Ontario, Canada              
Tel: (705) 235-3211            
Web: http://www.northernc.on.ca/


St. Lawrence College                   
Brockvill, Ontario, Canada
Tel: (613) 345-0660              
Web: http://www.sl.on.ca/


Humber College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tel: (416) 675-5000
Email: enquiry@humber.ca
Web: http://www.humber.ca/


Québec


Centre de formation des métiers de l?acier
Anjou, Quebec, Canada
Web: http://www.cspi.qc.ca/cfma/


Specialty programs


NorQuest College ? for new Canadians with experience as boilermakers
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Tel: (780) 644-6000
Web: http://www.norquest.ab.ca/


Red River College ?offers introductory programs specifically for women and Aboriginal Canadians interested in construction careers.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Tel: (204) 949-8466
Web: http://www.rrcsa.com


For more information


International Brotherhood of boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Forgers and Helpers  
Kansas City KS 66101
Tel: (913) 371-2640             
Web: http://www.boilermakers.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home


Boilermakers Contractors Association                
Fonthill, Ontario, Canada
Tel: (905)892-2244
 Fax: (905)892-2320                                  
Web: http://www.iciconstruction.com/site/about/about_default.html


Apprenticesearch
Web: http://www.apprenticesearch.com/fptrades/Boiler_long.asp

 

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Workplace Support Services Branch
Web: www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/tcu/apprentices

 

Apprenticeship Subject Pathways:
Web: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/apprenticeship/skills/pathwaye.pdf