emiiuki said:First of all, I would like to thank hmisabpk for all his time and effort spent on helping all of us with millions of questions. I've spent the past few days just reading your posts and I'm amazed that you still still have the energy to bother with us even you've arrived in Canada two and half years ago and, probably, are not interested in this things anymore..
I need your oppinion:
My husband is a industrial electrician with 20 years of experience. The idea is that he should go to Canada on a tourist visa and complete an electrician trade certificate (after two month exam preparations on the local college), it will take about three months, all together. Then he can apply for FSTC (from our homecountry) and we can all go to Canada together and start looking for jobs.
1. They announced the beginning for the FSTC as of January 2nd, but I can't find any information about that. On CIC website doesn't even exist the document check list for this program, or any other instructions, apart from the announcement.
2. We were checking a lot of job adds for electricians and they all demand this certificate, so this is the only way to obtain it, because the other condition is to have a job offer.
3. The only thing I am not sure of is if he can apply for this exam while on tourist visa? I saw that they are loooking for something like SSN (I don't know is that the way it is called in Canada). If this is true (and he can't get one), does this mean that no one outside Canada can obtain this certificate?
4. Can you tell me what is the labour market for industrial electricians (licenced), is it hard to get a job and are the wages high enough to live a normal life, even if only one spouse works (just for the beginning)?
5. And what level of English knowledge is demanded for trades (not in the application, but for real work)?
Hi emiiuki,
Thank you for nice words and appreciation.
1. Details and information are there : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5747ETOC.asp
2. That is true, need licence to work as electrician in Canada
3. He can apply to any community college as international student, they don't required SIN number, check the few colleges links and their requirements for application. ( # 6 )
4. Below is the link (# 7)
5. Intermediate
6. Electrician and Electrical Programs at Ontario Colleges
http://www.ontariocolleges.ca/SearchResults/PROFESSIONS-TRADES-ELECTRICIAN-ELECTRICAL/_/N-lpp5
http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/employmentontario/training/certification.html
http://www.humber.ca/program/electrician-industrial-apprenticeship
Become licensed industrial electricians
http://www.ehow.com/how_5036061_become-licensed-electrician-canada.html
http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca/en/working/OI_HOW_WORK_INDELEC_CM.html
7. Jobs and wages for Industrial Electricians :
http://www.workingincanada.gc.ca/job_search_results.do?searchstring=industrial+electricians&button.submit=Search
Hope that helps,
hmisabpk