NorthWest WaTrades & Apprenticeships
Trades & Apprenticeships
Plain guides for Red Seal apprentices and the shops that train them, plus a free notice board for all applicable provinces and territories.
There are two routes to an apprenticeship: through a union local, or directly with an employer.
Apprentice and Employer Board
Free notices for apprentices and trade employers, listed by date.
How to find a sponsor
Two routes to a sponsor, step by step.
Starter tool kit by trade
What a first-year kit looks like for six trades.
Your first week on site
Show up early, ask good questions, write everything down.
Employer incentive explainer
For employers thinking about hiring a first-year apprentice.
All 54 Red Seal trades, A to Z
- Agricultural Equipment Technician
- Appliance Service Technician
- Auto Body and Collision Technician
- Automotive Refinishing Technician
- Automotive Service Technician
- Baker
- Boilermaker
- Bricklayer
- Cabinetmaker
- Carpenter
- Concrete Finisher
- Construction Craft Worker
- Construction Electrician
- Cook
- Drywall Finisher and Plasterer
- Floorcovering Installer
- Gasfitter — Class A
- Gasfitter — Class B
- Glazier
- Hairstylist
- Heavy Duty Equipment Technician
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Dozer)
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Excavator)
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Tractor-Loader-Backhoe)
- Industrial Electrician
- Industrial Mechanic (Millwright)
- Instrumentation and Control Technician
- Insulator (Heat and Frost)
- Ironworker (Generalist)
- Ironworker (Reinforcing)
- Ironworker (Structural/Ornamental)
- Landscape Horticulturist
- Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic)
- Machinist
- Metal Fabricator (Fitter)
- Mobile Crane Operator
- Motorcycle Technician
- Oil Heat System Technician
- Painter and Decorator
- Parts Technician
- Plumber
- Powerline Technician
- Recreation Vehicle Service Technician
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic
- Roofer
- Sheet Metal Worker
- Sprinkler Fitter
- Steamfitter/Pipefitter
- Tilesetter
- Tool and Die Maker
- Tower Crane Operator
- Transport Trailer Technician
- Truck and Transport Mechanic
- Welder
Source: red-seal.ca, checked Nov 4, 2026.
NorthWest Wa's Apprentice and Employer Board is an independent listing board. We don't screen, match or rank anyone, and we're not affiliated with any government, union or employer group. Apprentices never pay to use it.