Confirm with the certifying body that your intended program qualifies you for this certification.

To practice as an electronic service technician in B.C., you may choose to register with Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia. Eligibility is achieved through completion of an accredited diploma program and 24 months of progressive work experience, 12 of which must be at the technologist profile or higher in a Canadian work environment.

Confirm with the certifying body that your intended program qualifies you for this certification.

This career is eligible for Red Seal endorsement. When all levels of your trades training are complete, you can write an Interprovincial Red Seal exam. A successful result demonstrates you have met the national standard for your trade in Canada will allow you to practice your trade outside of B.C. in provinces and territories covered by the Red Seal certification.

Confirm with the certifying body that your intended program qualifies you for this certification.

To work as an electronic service technician in B.C., you may need a SkilledTradesBC certification demonstrating that you have completed the necessary technical training and work experience part of your apprenticeship program. 

Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)

Confirm with the certifying body that your intended program qualifies you for this certification.

To practice as an aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technician or inspectors in Canada, you may need to receive an aircraft maintenance (AME) license from Transport Canada. Eligibility is achieved by completing an Transport Canada-approved AME basic training program, attaining the required amount of civil aviation maintenance work experience, and successfully writing the necessary technical and regulatory exams.

To work as an aircraft instrument, electrical, and avionics mechanic, technician, or inspector in B.C., you may choose to become certified through the Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace (CCAA). Eligibility is achieved through documenting competencies and submitting these to the CCAA.

Full licensing as an Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors requires work experience.

Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors

To work as a contractor or supervisor of electrical trades or telecommunications occupations, you must have the appropriate certification for the trade you are working in. For detailed educational options for a particular trade related to this career, see the following career pages:

- [Electricians (except industrial and power system) (72200)](https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/find-your-path/results/career/noc-72200)
- [Industrial electricians (72201)](https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/find-your-path/results/career/noc-72201)
- [Power system electricians (72202)](https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/find-your-path/results/career/noc-72202)
- [Electrical power line and cable workers (72203)](https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/find-your-path/results/career/noc-72203)
- [Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers (72204)](https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/find-your-path/results/career/noc-72204)
- [Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians (72205)](https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/find-your-path/results/career/noc-72205)

Confirm with the certifying body that your intended program qualifies you for this certification.

To work as an electrician in B.C., you will need a SkilledTradesBC certification demonstrating that you have completed the necessary technical training and work experience part of your apprenticeship program. 

To work as 'Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers' and 'Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians' in B.C., you may need a SkilledTradesBC certification demonstrating that you have completed the necessary technical training and work experience part of your apprenticeship program.

Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations

Electricians (except industrial and power system)

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, operate, maintain, and repair electric apparatus and systems such as residential, commercial, and industrial electric-power wiring; and DC and AC motors, controls, and electrical distribution panels. These programs include courses in the principles of electronics and electrical systems, wiring, power transmission, safety, industrial and household appliances, job estimation, electrical testing and inspection, and applicable codes and standards.

Electrician

Construction Electrician Apprenticeships

Electronic service technicians service and repair household and business electronic equipment such as audio and video systems, computers and peripherals, office equipment and other consumer electronic equipment and assemblies. They are employed by electronic service and retail establishments, by wholesale distributors and within service departments of electronic manufacturing companies. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors install, adjust, repair and overhaul aircraft instrument, electrical or avionics systems on aircraft. This unit group also includes avionics inspectors who inspect instrument, electrical and avionics systems following assembly, modification, repair or overhaul. They are employed by aircraft manufacturing, maintenance, repair and overhaul establishments and by airlines and other aircraft operators. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Contractors and supervisors in electrical trades and telecommunications occupations supervise and coordinate the activities of workers classified in the following unit groups: Electricians (72200), Industrial electricians (72201), Power system electricians (72202), Electrical power line and cable workers (72203), Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers (72204) and Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians (72205). They are employed in a wide range of establishments; places of employment are indicated in the above unit group descriptions. Contractors may be self-employed.

Electricians (except industrial and power system) lay out, assemble, install, test, troubleshoot and repair electrical wiring, fixtures, control devices and related equipment in buildings and other structures. They are employed by electrical contractors and maintenance departments of buildings and other establishments, or they may be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Electrician Foundation Certificates

Electrical: Apprenticeship

Electrician: Apprenticeship (Harmonized)

Electrical: Apprenticeship (Harmonized)

Construction Electrician: Apprenticeship

Electrician: Apprenticeship (Harmonized) (NIC)

This program prepares students for entrance into the field of Electrician by providing them with the basic knowledge, skills and technical training that employers are seeking in new hires. As electricity is used for a variety of purposes including climate control, security and communications, electricians need to be proficient in many applications of electricity.

Students will receive provincial apprenticeship curriculum pertinent to the apprenticeship level in which they are enrolled. Upon successful completion of all four apprenticeship levels and appropriate time in the trade, students may be eligible to write the Inter-Provincial Exam for either Construction or Industrial Electrician.

Electrician Apprenticeship

Selkirk College is endorsed by Skilled Trades BC to deliver all four levels of Construction Electrical Apprenticeship Technical Training as well as levels 1, 2 and 3 of Industrial Electrical Apprenticeship Technical Training to registered electrical apprentices.

Each level of training consists of a full-time, ten-week, on-campus program of study.

Activities include classroom sessions whereas an apprentice you will learn theoretical principals of electricity and applied concepts of the Canadian Electrical Code. Laboratory sessions help to reinforce electrical concepts covered by the theory classroom component.

Electrical: Apprenticeship Levels 1-4

This training is offered to indentured industrial electrical apprentices. Apprentices are required to attend technical training that consists of 10 weeks per year over a four-year period. This apprenticeship program requires that apprentices complete a set of core knowledge competency standards of technical training and a complete set of core workplace standards for each level (year) of the apprenticeship. The apprentice will have to provide evidence to a certified assessor to prove competence for the core workplace competency standards. The completion of competency standards will be tracked by the use of a logbook provided for the apprentice and maintained by the apprentice for all four levels of the apprenticeship.

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