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Boilermaker

AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK

LOCATIONS DESIGNATED RED SEAL

$44.00/HR

Median wage in Canada

BOILERMAKER constructs, installs, erects, and dismantles, tests, maintains and repairs boilers, tanks, and other vessels such as exchangers, process towers and smokestacks that contain liquids, gases, and dry products. Performing Tasks:

  • Performs safety-related functions and common occupational skills.
  • Performs rigging and hoisting.
  • Performs fabrication of components.
  • Assembles and fits components (vessels, tubes, bolts, fibreglass)
  • Performs repairs, maintenance, upgrading and testing of vessels and components.

ABOUT RED SEAL TRADES

RedSeal

The Red Seal Program, formally known as the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program, is a program that sets common standards to assess the skills of tradespeople across Canada. The industry is heavily involved in developing the national standard for each trade. It is a partnership between the federal government, provinces, and territories responsible for apprenticeship training and trade certification in their jurisdictions.