Why a career in the trades?
- We are facing a serious shortage of skilled trades people in B.C. There’s never been a better time to enter the trades and quality training programs are waiting for you.
- You earn while you learn, so a career in the construction trades means you can begin earning a living right away.
- The construction trades offers its apprentices and journeypersons good pay and many opportunities for advancement. If you work for a union company, you will also receive good health benefits and a pension.
- Those who work in the construction industry are making valuable contributions to communities throughout B.C. They are engaged in infrastructure, industrial, commercial, institutional and residential construction.
- Many people are drawn to the trades because they like working with their hands, enjoy problem solving and seeing their accomplishments for many decades after a project is completed.
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