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Construction Boilermaker Apprenticeship

Boilermakers are skilled trades people who build, install and maintain boilers, tanks and vessels which are huge steel containers with thick, solid walls that hold liquids and gases and must withstand a great deal of pressure for a long time. Boiler making requires physical strength, the ability to work at great heights, a high degree of technical skill and knowledge, as well as good communication and mathematical skills. Students get in this program the welding certifications that are required by a journeyperson construction boilermaker:

  • F6F4 Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) Root with Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) 7018 Electrode
  • F6F6 Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) Thru-Out
  • F4F4 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) 7018 Electrode Welding Thru-Out.

What are the steps to Apprenticeship?

  1. Find an employer who is willing to train you in the field you want to apprentice in. Humber College does not find an employer for you.
  2. Once you find a company that will take you on as an apprentice you must contact The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities who will come to your place of employment and register you as an apprentice.
  3. Sign a contract of apprenticeship or training agreement with your employer and Training Consultant from the Apprenticeship Board of the Ontario government.
  4. Complete on the job training and the required working hours.
  5. Complete in-school training arranged by your Training Consultant at your assigned community college.
  6. Challenge and pass the trade certification exam and receive a grade of at least 70%.
  7. Receive your Certificate of Qualifications and journeyperson status.

In the Calendar

For more information on any of the following, please see the current Academic Calendar.

Career Opportunities

Petro-Canada's Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, a ship-shaped production platform, is one of the largest ever built. It contains 14 oil tanks and can store 960,000 barrels of oil from Newfoundland's Terra Nova oil fields. Then again, boilers, blast furnaces, power generating storage tanks and pressure vessels are usually of mammoth size. It's an exciting time to forge a lifelong career in a trade where so much is on a grand scale. Our goal is to prepare students to work in the construction of boilermakers, blast furnaces, storage tanks and pressure vessels. Construction Boilermaker apprentices can work at construction sites, nuclear power plants, heavy water plants, refineries and chemical manufacturers.

Industry Demand

Up to 40 per cent of current boilermakers are expected to retire in the next few years, increasing demand for skilled workers to maintain, repair and retrofit existing facilities and to meet the needs of the current wave of industrial construction. At the same time, advancing technology, new materials and modern production techniques such as modular construction and computer-assisted design are also changing the boilermaker field rapidly.

Facilities & Equipment

Centre for Trades and Technology
110 Carrier Drive
Toronto, ON

Humber's Centre for Trades and Technology located on Carrier Drive is the new home for Construction Boilermaker Apprenticeship program

Ed Hoffmann

Contact Us

Program Coordinator: Ed Hoffmann
Email: edward.hoffmann@humber.ca
Telephone #: (416) 675-6622 ext. 78034