What are the Skilled Trades?​

Did you know that there are more than 140 skilled trades professions, all with exciting opportunities to help you grow a long and rewarding career? From chef to electrician to programmer, there’s a skilled trade for everyone. Keep scrolling to find your perfect match. 

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Construction

Ontario’s towns and cities are growing. This means construction is growing, and so are the job prospects.​​

Electrician – Domestic and Rural​​

Enjoy having a mix of city, suburban, and rural life? An Electrician – Domestic and Rural will plan, assemble, connect, install, repair, test, and maintain electrical systems, specifically in houses, small dwellings, and/or farms. These systems include heating, lighting, digital, communication, control, and security systems.​
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You will be a master interpreter of blueprints, sketches, and specifications, taking a system from early concept to electrical connection. You will have an eye for detail, by testing equipment and diagnosing faults in electrical and electronic components. This is a job that will be a conductor of excitement. ​

Electrician – Construction and Maintenance​​

Looking for a job with a jolt of excitement? As an Electrician – Construction and Maintenance, you will plan, assemble, connect, install, repair, test, inspect, and maintain electrical systems in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. This will include heating, lighting, power, communication, control, energy storage, renewable energy, and security systems.​
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You plan and execute on the job. You take blueprints, sketches, and specifications, and turn them into installed and tested electrical systems. You measure, cut, thread, bend, assemble, and install conduits and conductors. And after a long day’s work, you’ll leave the site with an electric feeling of powering neighbourhoods and cities.​

Construction Millwright​

There is no construction without machinery and equipment, and a Construction Millwright is behind it all. You will lay out and install machinery, mechanical equipment, and other automated and robotic systems. If you consider yourself a people person, this job will have you working closely with people in other trades, like instrument mechanics, ironworkers, pipefitters, and electricians.​
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Specifically, on the job, you’ll do mathematical calculations to interpret drawings and turn them into a finished product. You’ll use welds, brazes, solders, rigs, hoists, and hand and power tools. You will also install bearings, seals and packing, pipe systems and valves, fans and blowers, electric and electronic controls, and pneumatic and hydraulic systems. The major perk of this job is you will drive forklifts. ​

Thinking about your career? The skilled trades could be perfect for you.​​

Reasons to consider the skilled trades

The skilled trades provide rewarding, lucrative and purpose-driven career pathways that are in high demand. ​

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Can I pursue a skilled trade?​

Find out if you’re eligible to pursue a skilled trade in Ontario. Spoiler: there’s a skilled trade for everyone. 

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Frequently asked questions​

Providing answers to your biggest questions about the skilled trades. Covers everything from the pay to training.​

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