Job requirements Electric Motor Repairer in Canada

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

• Completion of secondary school and training courses or a vocational program is usually required.
• Completion of a four-year apprenticeship program or a combination of over four years of work experience and industry courses in electrical mechanics is usually required for trade certification.
• Trade certification as an electric motor system technician is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon and Nunavut.
• Electrical motor and equipment repairer - winding trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Quebec.
• Electrical motor system technician (electrical utility) trade certification is available, but voluntary, in New Brunswick.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified electric motor system technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

Source National Occupational Classification

Professional certification and licensing