A bit of advice please, at present I'm in the UK just killing some time basically awaiting my PR. Does anyone in the group know how I could get in touch with/get onto a Canadian distance course for plumbing? I've found similar courses in the UK for plumbing which I could start but would then need to get into skills conversion-if I start a Canadian distant course while I am killing time awaiting my PR it would cut down on the messing about at the other end. I already hold UK City & Guilds certificates that put me in a good position to go into plumbing work. Anybody got any ideas?

Thanks Steve

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Not sure you can do this distance.....most plumbing courses I know of are via college on an apprenticeship type basis. Where are you headed in the UK? Check out www.bcit.ca for BC and look under "Trades" when you search.

This is relevant to the trades in the province of Alberta:

http://www.tradesecrets.org/

Go to: Trades & Occupations, scroll down to “plumber� (then click), and read the info.

This is where you should start. If I were you, I’d find out now if your current qualifications would be recognized in Alberta. Understand that each province has its own laws that regulate the trades (plumbing is one example). The other provinces of Canada should have similar websites.

Hope this is of some help.

For British Columbia:

http://www.itabc.ca/newBCresidents.asp

The previous link that I gave you has an incredible amount of information on it - check it out thoroughly!

Check this (from British Columbia):


http://www.pacificvocationalcollege.ca/plumbing.htm


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thanks for the advice -have had a look at the sites both yourself and ocean mdx mentioned looks like a regulated trade ,my trade is regulated anyway locomotive o/haul - test .sorry i wasnt too clear in my post were in the uk and waitiong on a pr for ontario oshawa -maybe barrie as our destination i will probably go for assembly work to start with i believe this is certified but depending what you go after not neccesarily regulated
www.olciplumbing.info was the co. i was going to use here in the uk -9 mnth - 12 mnth corresp. course with various workshops leading to city &guilds qual thanks anyway,ill keep looking round for courses to fill some time 12months done-maybe only 12 months to go!! he he
cheers steve

thanks for the info -plenty to think about looking at ontario as a place to land though your info is still relevant there
thanks steve

http://www.tradesecrets.org/

If you select "related links", you can find out what the deal is in Ontario, or in any other province.