Kellyjane85

Siouxie

Hello!

Express Entry is the program with many different routes within it, for Permanent Residence - it's not a visa.

Similarly there are many Red Seal Trade exams - but Red Seal is an endorsement on the Provincial Certification which is a requirement for many Regulated Trades. Which trade is he in? Presumably you want to ascertain the requirements for Alberta.... Whether he can challenge the Provincial Certification for his trade will depend on the amount of experience he has - he will need around 9000 hours for most regulated trades.
https://tradesecrets.alberta.ca/experiencedworkers/

Kellyjane85

Aviator

He will need to sit two exams, the safety authority for the gas ticket and the inter provincial exam for plumbing. He would have to prove the required experience, then challenge the exams. If he also does electrical as part of his job, that is another exam. The exams are the same for everyone. The whole point is to test someones understanding of the codes and regulations in Canada. He would be advised to study before taking the exams. The provincial certification bodies will be able to help.

Dorothy

No, the exam is the same no matter where he's from . Why would it be different for British than Canadian? He's going to work in Canada, right? So he's going to need to know Canadian standards . You can order study materials through the College of the Rockies or Centennial College (both $$$$) and do practice exams online.

​​​​​My partner is a diesel mechanic with almost 40 years experience and he said that the exam is not something you go into without study. He failed by 4 the first time around, so we're going back to Canada next week to sit it again.

Piff Poff

My husband is a Vehicle mechanic (cars/trucks). He failed the 1st time by 2. When he turned up to take the exam (as advised to see what he would have to brush up on) 1st time around he was given a 3 month work permit, even though we weren't planning on moving just yet. He then had 3 months in which to pass the exam. That entailed coming home, handing his notice in, working his notice and getting back to he could learn a bit on the job (He had a job to go to already) - Canadian terminololgy etc. In the meantime our house was put on the market and I followed several weeks later with our daughter. So if your OH can get some studying in, I would advise it wholeheartedly.

Siouxie

Sorry, I'm confused - what do you mean by 'we've passed the first part'? Your husband would need the Certificate of Qualification OR a qualifying job offer to start the application.
Express Entry (Trades) requires you to apply to the pool and then have sufficient points to be invited from the pool to apply for Permanent Residence.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...ed-trades.html

Yes, as others have said, the exams are the same.. do look at the link I gave to Alberta Trade Secrets - it will give you the information you need of what your husband will need to do to apply and challenge ...

MrHyperPants

The ITA in BC are pretty useless. Took me forever to get the right info.

I asked the ITA where I could get study material from, they told me to speak to a college. I spoke to BCIT, and they told me to speak to the ITA . Constantly went around in circles. Eventually figured out you can only get study material if you take a course at a college, which they hand out in class.

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Dorothy

We looked online for study materials and bought thebooks from College of the Rockies in Kamloops. The bookstore does online as well as in person. Same as Centennial in Toronto .

MrHyperPants

Your husband would be better off challenging the interprovincial red seal plumbing exam. Then go do night school for 12 weeks and sit the gas b ticket exam for the province you decide to live in.

I would recommend taking a plumbing job at a lower wage and get up to speed on how it's done here, wouldn't hurt to do a refresher course on plumbing as well. Terminology is different and some things are done differently.

The plumbing exam is 4hrs and 125 questions.

The BC Gas B ticket exam is 3hrs 150 questions.

No mock questions as it's all kept secret. Only mock questions you will find are from what people remembered from the exams.

MrHyperPants

Believe me I looked online, called colleges, spoke to people in the plumbing departments at colleges. Asked plumbers I worked with. No one seemed to have a answer. Which I founsd baffling. You would thing an apprentice that goes to college would know where they got their school notes from. Oh that's right it's handed out to you in class. Yet they couldn't tell me that.

I ended up doing a plumbing refresher course at BCIT in Vancouver online. Then once I got my red seal i was allowed to take the gas b ticket night school classes. Once I completed the gas classes I was allowed to sit the BC gas b ticket exam.

This was 4 years ago. So things may have changed. But it's still tight lipped on what is in the exams

Kellyjane85

I was just asking the question because our friend who lives in Canada has only just done his and he is a Canadian Citizen - he was confused as to why my partner had to do it but i have done alot of research on it and we have more of an understanding now.

Hope your husband passes his next exam Good Luck

Dorothy

Thanks. Best of luck to your husband too.

BristolUK

I've seen this expression a few times now. Challenging an exam. What does that mean, taking an exam? It's just that challenging something usually means to take issue with. In the case of an exam it sounds like taking the exam and disagreeing with the marks.

Someone please enlighten me.

Aviator

It is a commonly used expression for taking an exam on the merits of experience, rather than undertaking a usual course of education first.