Jjuk26canada

Hi Guys, i spoke to a guy from the Uk while in Calgary in May this year, he says he used these guys.

I have emialed but i have had no reply yet, when it gets nearer for me i will call.

The company i have been speaking to tell me they would help as much as poss with the course through SAIT, http://www.sait.ca/start.php

http://www.mechanicaltrades.com/plumbing.html

Are you guys in Calgary?

Hey Wardy, we met some guys from Doncaster while out there, he works for himself fixing engines, they are loving it out there.

The Canada plumbing forums are always dead we should keep this one going during the process.

wardy_1990

Ha ha point proven pacepeter, only knew 2 off top of me head, medical gas lines and ro plant i have come across here, but none of others. Some hard studying to be done a recks. Jjuk26canada donny is a rapidly sinking ship were all trying to escape ha ha

pacepeter

Did a lot of work in Doncaster the year they had the floods also nicked all the copper pipe off my van while I was pricing a job up.

pacepeter

Yes that's the course I did helped a lot but I did it before it changed hands if any plumbers are coming to Calgary look me up

wardy_1990

2007 at toll bar no doubt. Just started my pipe fitting apprenticeship then was sand bagging for pikey sites. Hard luck with the pipe would like to say thats just coz thats where all gypos live but unfortunately majority of donny is like that, honesty is doncasters 2nd best policy is always a popular saying,
On another note only place i found codes is on canadian research council site and its still 165 dollars might have to just get it off them

MrHyperPants

Hi all,

I lived in Vancouver from Jan 2011 till Jan 2012. I was on a youth one year working visa. I struggled to get work in Vancouver and also to find information on Plumbing when I was there. I spoke to one ot the tutors at BCIT whom told me he gets phone calls every week from people like myself trying to find info out on RED Seal plumbing exam. He siad he wanted to put a course together to help people out.

I found out towards the end of 2011 that BCIT finally were offering this course for people trying to challenge the Red Seal Exam. Bit to late for me to sit as I had to leave as my visa was due to expire and I returned to the UK.


BCIT in Vancouver course is a lot cheaper then the other one offered above. I dont know how good it is though. link = http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=763253

However my gf is canadian and we are looking at immigrating to Canada at the end of 2013.

What I want to know is, can you challenge the red seal exam with a NVQ level 2 and 9630 hrs or does it have to be with a NVQ level 3 and 9630 hrs.

For me its been a long process of trying to find info out about the red seal and I even lived there and still struggled. I just got passed around on who to ask. It was bit of a joke.

Hope you have luck.

pacepeter

It's the plumbing experiance hours that matter make sure you have referenceS to back it up

Aviator

Provided you can prove 9000 hours of work experience (signed letters from employers or paysips) this is all that matters. If you cannot prove the hours ITABC may accept a sworn self declaration. Bring your certificates anyway, never know when they may be useful.

Qualification in BC is handled by ITA BC. Red Seal is just a standard, not an examination body, the exam as prepared and administered by the provincial training authority.

hutchy100

For my gas ticket I went to school in kamloops for bc you need to contact ita as there will tell you what u need to do

hutchy100

For ab its trade secrets
For onatrio I'm pretty sure its tssa

Aviator

For gas it is Safety BC, not the ITA who issue licenses http://safetyauthority.ca/

hutchy100

These guys r wanting to do plumbing not the gas fitting

Aviator

See post 23

Nelju

This is a Interprovincial practice exam and the answer key for plumbing. You might want take a look to get an idea of the kind of questions asked. It is a tough exam. Even canadians doing the apprenticeship here have a high fail rate.

More informacion for the Red Seal here.

MrHyperPants

Thank you for clearing this up. I will do the mammoth task of trying to contact companies I was subcontracted by.