Automotive Service Technician

OaSIS employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school and training courses or a vocational program are usually required.
• Completion of a four-year automotive service technician apprenticeship program ora combination of over four years of work experience and industry courses in automotive technology is required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Trade certification for automotive service technicians is compulsory in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
• Automotive service technician (transmission) trade certification is compulsory in Ontario.
• Automotive service technician (steering, suspension and brakes) trade certification is compulsory in New Brunswick and Ontario.
• Automotive service technician (service station mechanic) trade certification is compulsory in Nova Scotia and available, but voluntary, in Prince Edward Island.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified automotive service technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
• Completion of secondary school and training courses or a vocational program are usually required.
• On-the-job training of two to three years is provided by employers.
• Completion of secondary school and training courses or a vocational program are usually required.
• Completion of a four-year truck and transport mechanic or truck-trailer repair apprenticeship ora combination of over four years of work experience and industry courses in truck or heavy duty equipment mechanics is required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Trade certification for truck and transport mechanics is compulsory in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia and the Yukon.
• Transport trailer technician trade certification is compulsory in Ontario and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia and the Yukon.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified truck-trailer repairers and truck and transport mechanics upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

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