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International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers; International Association of Fire Fighters; International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers; International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers
The Ontario College of Trades was the regulatory body that governs skilled trades in Ontario. The College officially opened on April 8, 2013 and its activities are mandated by the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (OCTAA). The current Ontario government has wound down its operations.
The Red Seal program is under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship (CCDA) It was created in 1959 as a result of the first National Conference on Apprenticeship in Trades and Industries, held in Ottawa in 1952. [1] Not all provinces/territories participate in all the Red Seal trades. [2]
In January 1978, CCU had a membership of 26,007 across 13 unions. This totalled 0.8% of all workers in Canada. [3] In 2013, the Construction Maintenance and Allied Workers (CMAW) affiliated with the CCU. [4] In 2016, the Association of Employees Supporting Education Services (AESES) affiliated with the CCU. [5] [6]
The Canadian Union of Skilled Workers (CUSW) is a blended skilled trades union based in Canada. It was founded in February 1999 and was a former local (Local 1788) of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which then represented Ontario employees of Ontario Hydro. [1] It is affiliated with the Confederation of Canadian Unions.
Conversely, a voluntary trade is a trade where a certification or license is not required to practise. [ 1 ] In Ontario, for example, there are 23 skilled trades that are designated "compulsory" as of July 2021.
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Skilled workers in the building trades (e.g. carpenters, masons, plumbers, plasterers, glaziers, painters etc.) were also referred to by one or another of these terms. [1] One study of Caversham, New Zealand, at the turn of the century notes that a skilled trade was considered a trade that required an apprenticeship to entry. [2]