Industrial Mechanic

OaSIS employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school and training courses or a vocational program is usually required.
• Completion of a three- to four-year apprenticeship program ora combination of over five years of work experience and industry courses in industrial machinery repair or millwrighting is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Industrial mechanic (millwright) trade certification is available, but voluntary, in all provinces and territories.
• Construction millwright trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Quebec and Ontario.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified industrial mechanics or millwrights upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
• Textile machinery mechanics hired from other industries may require additional training in textile processes and experience as a textile manufacturing machinery operator.
• Industrial sewing machine mechanic trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Quebec.

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