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 a heavy-duty equipment mechanic 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. 

Heavy-duty equipment mechanics

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

To work as a machine fitter 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.

Machine fitters

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Heavy/industrial equipment maintenance technologies/technicians.

Heavy/industrial equipment maintenance technologies/technicians, other

Heavy Mechanical Apprenticeships

Machine fitters fit, assemble and otherwise build heavy industrial machinery and transportation equipment, including aircraft engines. They are employed in industrial machinery and transportation equipment manufacturing industries.

Heavy Mechanical Foundation Certificates

Heavy Mechanical Trades: Apprenticeship

This program consists of levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 Apprenticeship Technical Training. Upon completion of this course, students will be capable of working in the Heavy Duty, Truck and Transport, Diesel Engine, or Transport Trailer repair industry.

The Heavy Mechanical Technical training encompasses the following four trades:

Transport Trailer Technicians maintain, rebuild, overhaul, recondition, does diagnostic trouble shooting and repair of commercial truck trailers.
Diesel Engine Mechanics install, repair and maintain all internal combustion diesel engines and components as used in transport, construction and marine.
Truck and Transport Mechanics diagnose, repair and service highway buses and trucks. They work for commercial transport vehicle dealers, garages and service stations. A Commercial Transport Vehicle Mechanic is designated as a Truck and Transport Mechanic under the Interprovincial Red Seal program. These mechanics work on the mechanical, electrical and electronic components of vehicles. This includes the fuel, brake, steering and suspension, transmission, emission control and exhaust, and cooling and climate control systems. Some mechanics specialize in one or more of these systems.
Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians overhaul, repair and service equipment such as graders, loaders, shovels, tractors, trucks, forklifts, drills, and wheeled and tracked vehicles. Working from manufacturers’ specifications, they identify and repair problems in structural, mechanical, or hydraulic systems. Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians also work on industrial and construction vehicles, such as mining trucks and bulldozers; on heavy equipment used in construction, forestry, materials handling, landscaping, and land clearing; as well as on buses and large trucks.

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Heavy Mechanical Apprenticeships

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