Effective March 1, 2008, the term of apprenticeship for the plumber and steamfitter-pipefitter trades are being reduced from five years/9,000 hours to four years/7,200 hours.
Existing apprentices who have completed level four training, passed the interprovincial “Red Seal” journeyperson exam, and have accumulated a total of four years/7,200 hours of experience as of March 1, 2008, will be eligible to receive their journeyperson certificate.
Apprentices presently registered, and any new person indenturing as an apprentice, will be able to complete their apprenticeship programs in four years/7,200 hours.
Our current ratio pilot, which eliminates final level apprentices from the journeyperson to apprentice ratio calculation, will be applied to year four apprentices commencing March 1, 2008.
Certain adjustments to apprentice wages may be required. Apprentices are paid a percentage of the rate of a newly qualified journeyperson at their place of work, as may be adjusted from time to time.
All apprentices, who have been identified as eligible to receive their journeyperson certificate as a result of this change, have received a form to complete and return to the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission It is the apprentice’s responsibility to complete and return this form. We will begin issuing certificates after March 1, 2008. when the changes are brought into effect. More information.
