College of New Caledonia's four-year apprenticeship program popular choice for students
Steve Woods is looking forward to finishing his second year as a College of New Caledonia apprenticeship student in the heavy mechanical trades foundation program.
With most journeyman heavy mechanical technicians making about $50 per hour, a first-year apprentice earns 60 per cent of that, which works out to $30 per hour, and that will jump to $36 per hour after a second year of school and $42 per hour after the third year. Factor in overtime while short-staffed companies struggle to keep up with their busy workloads and those apprentices are going to be drawing significant paycheques that get fatter each year they’re in class.
“Heavy mechanical trades is a blended program. We have engine mechanics, trailer mechanics, heavy-duty commercial transport , all in the same stream here, and they work together on the same stuff. They start separating in the fourth year.” When Woods, Burke and his classmates are finished their fourth year they will need to have worked 1,500 hours before they can then write their technical qualifications Red Seal exam, which allows them to work in every province and territory except Quebec.
Burke and Woods were first-year classmates two years ago and because of their job demands both missed the first intake of second-year students. Their familiarity with each other has made their second year of classes that much more enjoyable and they’re learning how important teamwork and communication skills are in their trade. That’s much easier this year than in 2020, when the pandemic forced the class to do all the paperwork at home through a Zoom connection.
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