Apprenticeship

**Sheet Metal is a compulsory* Red seal, Inter-provincial trade**

To graduate from each level of the apprenticeship program, an apprentice must
successfully complete the required technical training and compile enough on-the-job experience to total at least 1800 hours each year. Total trade time required is 7200 hours and at least 4 years in the trade.

As an Apprentice member of the SMART Local 296, you will be reimbursed for the cost of training, including tuition and drafting kits upon successful completion of each level.

Apprentice Year 1

1500 hours on the job training followed by 8 weeks (300 hours) of technical training

Apprentice Year 2

3000 hours on-the-job training followed by 8 weeks (300 hours) of technical training

Apprentice Year 3

4500 hours on-the-job training followed by 8 weeks (300 hours) technical training.

Apprentice year 4

6000 hours on-the-job training followed by 8 weeks (300 hours) technical training.

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*A compulsory trade is a trade where you must be a registered apprentice or a certified journeyperson. In the five compulsory trades of construction, electrician, plumber, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic, sheet metal worker and sprinkler fitter, employees must register in MyATC on their first day of employment and can work no more than six months or 900 hours before they must be indentured as an apprentice.