mels123

I have been searching some of the Canadian job pages for my husband. He is a Carpenter, but can anyone explain what a Journeyman Carpenter is? Is it a Foreman, or a carpenter that works away, or something different?

Thanks in advance

Mel

dentaltech

i would like to know as well as it also appears before some engineers as well , when we have been searching jobs

Rich_007

Journeyman = time served tradesperson, having completed all apprenticeship training, with relevant Canadian certification, able to demonstrate all round experience as well as holding qualifications.

Rich.

Steve_P

This is not a criticism so please don't take it that way.

I find it difficult to believe that someone from the U.K. would not know what a journeyman is.

A journeyman is someone who has served his apprenticeship and is a fully qualified tradesman. For example an electrician, plumber, auto-mechanic, carpenter, etc.

Cheers
Steve

scimdarren

Then I have been a 'Journeyman' Electrician for 14 years in the UK without realising it! I wonder if it is a colloquial term that is only used in certain regions around the UK?

To add to the original question, you have to pass an exam to be recognised in Canada as a Journeyman (once the apprentice branch have reviewed your foreign credentials and allow you to sit it).

Darren

Craftybanshee

You can have a giggle at me then Steve. I thought a Journeyman was a travelling craftsman

Atlantic Xpat

Though I'm not a journeyman anything other than perhaps a journeyman of questionable DIY skills, its not a term I had heard prior to coming to Canada. I think the use of the term here is more to do with having a recognised interprovincial trade qualification. The papers here are full of ads for journeyman tradesmen needed out West.

Steve_P

Funny how times change I guess. I learned what a journeyman is/was before I left England in 1963.

Reference from Tiscali UK website.

So what are they called now?

Cheers
Steve

steve of 5-0

TIME SERVED.

Steve_P

Sounds more like a prison term.

I think I prefer journeyman.

mels123

Thanks everyone. We had never heard of the term Journeyman before. Like someone else said we know it as 'Timeserved Joiner'.

I thought I had better find out before he applied for jobs in Canada. He has worked in the construction industry for over 10 years and never heard that term used before in the UK.

Will his carpentry certificates not be recognised in Canada? If he has to sit tests, can they be done here in England?

Thanks again

Mel

1066

"Old gits on the dole".........

Gray C

I didn't know either.

dingbat

It will depend on the province, the job and the type of "certificates" he has.

wonderwoman

Hi, you might find some useful info on this sitetradesecrets.gov.ab.ca

i hope this link works as its the first time i've added a link, apologises if it doesn't !