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British Columbia is moving forward with skilled trades certification, saying this will help attract more people to trades careers while boosting the prestige of skilled trades overall.
"BC's electrical contractors believe that all electrical work should be completed by appropriately trained electrical journeypersons and apprentices," said Matt MacInnis, president, Electrical Contractors Association of British Columbia (eca.bc.ca).
"The important next steps are to increase the number of apprentices being trained to meet current and future demand, and ensure we are supporting electrical apprentices through to completion," he added.
Under the new skilled trades certification, uncertified workers in seven trades will have a one-year transition period to support them to get registered as an apprentice or become a certified journeyperson before December 1,...