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Construction Boilermaker Apprenticeship |
School of Applied Technology |
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Apprenticeship Certificate
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Program Code:
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Length: Contact your local Apprenticeship Branch Office of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities for start dates. |
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CONTACT INFORMATION: humber.ca/appliedtechnology | 416.675.6622 ext. 78038 | apprenticeship@humber.ca
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Humber provides the required technical training and in-school component for your boilermaker apprenticeship. Boilermakers are skilled tradespeople who build, install and maintain boilers, tanks and vessels - huge steel containers with thick, solid walls that hold liquids and gases and must withstand a great deal of pressure for a long time. Physical strength and stamina are pluses in this trade, as is the ability to work at great heights. Boilermaking also requires a high degree of technical skill and knowledge, as well as good communication and mathematical skills. Students acquire the welding certifications that are required by a journeyperson construction boilermaker.
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. Up to 40 per cent of current boilermakers are expected to be retired 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. The demand for young people with new skill sets is certain to increase.
Enjoy the travel, camaraderie, and pride that come with creating something tangible from raw materials, working at construction sites throughout Canada, at nuclear power plants, heavy water plants, refineries and chemical manufacturers. Or work in boiler production plants as industrial facilities turn increasingly to smaller prefabricated boilers.
Apprentices completing the required in-school training are issued Certificates of Apprenticeship from Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning. Upon successful completion of in-school and on-the-job training, apprentices write the Ontario Certificate of Qualification trade exam.
Apprenticeship certification from one province or territory is not necessarily accepted by others. Upon the completion of the Construction Boilermaker Apprenticeship program, you may write an Interprovincial Boilermaker (Red Seal) Certification test, which will allow you to work in all jurisdictions of Canada without additional testing.
Boilermakers serve a 6,600-hour apprenticeship with 720 hours allocated to three levels of in-school training.
The Construction Boilermaker Apprenticeship Committee Local 128 directs work assignments.
Non-academic admission criteria may also be required.
Note: This apprenticeship is regulated by the Apprenticeship and Certification Act.
Applicants are required to register through their local Apprenticeship Branch Office of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU).
The 2012/2013 fee for this program is
- Basic $450
- Intermediate $450
- Advanced $450.
Fees are subject to change.
For more information visit Fees and Financial Assistance.
Basic Session | ||
| Course Code | Course | Credits |
| BMAP 111 | Plant Systems and Ancillary Components 1Plant Systems and Ancillary Components 1Course Code: BMAP 111 Credits: 3 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe the introductory fundamentals and function of pressure vessel systems in accordance with the government safety regulations, manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications and approved industry standards. | 3 |
| BMAP 112 | Rigging and Hoisting 1Rigging and Hoisting 1Course Code: BMAP 112 Credits: 3 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to explain and practice general rigging including wire rope, and block and tackle, formulas for safe working loads, and slings and chokers according to government safety regulations and manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications. | 3 |
| BMAP 113 | Prints and Layouts 1Prints and Layouts 1Course Code: BMAP 113 Credits: 8 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to interpret and correlate information from prints including material, identification of parts, orientation and layout of structure or parts of a structure, using drafting techniques, to describe and develop layouts for basic geometry and simple plate structure, describe the features of basic construction materials used to fabricate pressure vessels, and cut and thread pipe in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations and approved industry standards. | 8 |
| BMAP 114 | Applied Trade Calculations 1Applied Trade Calculations 1Course Code: BMAP 114 Credits: 2 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to apply basic mathematics to solve trade related problems according to the specifications for specific pressure system applications. | 2 |
| BMAP 115 | Welding and CuttingWelding and CuttingCourse Code: BMAP 115 Credits: 6 On successful completion, the apprentice is able to explain physical and mechanical metallurgy, including elements of materials, production processes, properties, and types of steel, to perform cutting on mild steel using oxyacetylene equipment, to perform Shielded Metal Arc Welding procedures on pressure vessels and related components according to the ASME – Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code requirements and in accordance with a Welding Procedure Specification (WPS), with the government safety requirements, manufacturer’s recommendations and approved industry standards. | 6 |
| BMAP 116 | Trade Tools and EquipmentTrade Tools and EquipmentCourse Code: BMAP 116 Credits: 5 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to operate and maintain basic hand tools, to describe and use portable power tools, to describe the construction features and demonstrate the safe use of shop equipment, to perform measurements with instruments according to government safety regulations, manufacturer’s recommendations and approved industry standards. | 5 |
| BMAP 117 | Trade EnvironmentTrade EnvironmentCourse Code: BMAP 117 Credits: 3 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to apply effective communication techniques using communication media related to apprenticeship, trade unions and product information in the boilermaker trade. | 3 |
Intermediate Session | Course Code | Course | Credits |
| BMAP 211 | Plant Systems and Ancillary Components 2Plant Systems and Ancillary Components 2Course Code: BMAP 211 Credits: 7 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to select use and set up scaffolding and work platform structures, to describe trade practices and procedures for heavy industrial installations, to maintain plant systems and remove and demolish plant components and equipment according to job requirements. He/she will be able to describe the function, construction features, types, and perform layout and fit up erection procedures of tanks, quality control systems according to government safety regulations and manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications. | 7 |
| BMAP 212 | Rigging and Hoisting 2Rigging and Hoisting 2Course Code: BMAP 212 Credits: 4 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe the construction and design features of wire rope drums and spooling procedures, the types and operation of cranes according to job requirements, block and tackle systems used for reeving and perform square reeving procedures, and to perform rigging, hoisting and jacking operations using recommended equipment according to government safety regulations, manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications and approved industry standards. | 4 |
| BMAP 213 | Prints and Layouts 2Prints and Layouts 2Course Code: BMAP 213 Credits: 9 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to identify information on fabrication and erection drawings, to identify and use computer-aided drawing programs including AutoCAD and/or Auto Sketch and/or Quick Pen, to perform layout and fabricating skills according to government safety regulations according to manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications and approved industry standards. | 9 |
| BMAP 214 | Applied Trade Calculations 2Applied Trade Calculations 2Course Code: BMAP 214 Credits: 2 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to apply mathematics required to perform layout and fitting according to manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications and approved industry standards. | 2 |
| BMAP 215 | Welding and Cutting 2Welding and Cutting 2Course Code: BMAP 215 Credits: 8 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe concepts in metallurgy, including physical and mechanical properties and control of expansion and contraction according to sound scientific and physics principles to select materials used in the trade. Perform cutting and welding procedures using cutting and heating processes and Shielded Metal Arc Welding equipment according to ASME code, government safety requirements, manufacturer’s recommendations and approved industry standards. | 8 |
Advanced Session | Course Code | Course | Credits |
| BMAP 311 | Plant Systems and Ancillary Components 3Plant Systems and Ancillary Components 3Course Code: BMAP 311 Credits: 10 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to perform tank shell assembly procedures, perform set up and installation procedures required for boiler erection, describe fibrerglass fitting procedures, to assemble and install condensers and exchangers and related components according to government safety regulations, manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications, and approved industry standards. | 10 |
| BMAP 312 | Rigging and Hoisting 3Rigging and Hoisting 3Course Code: BMAP 312 Credits: 2 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to perform reeving procedures of block and tackle equipment, to extract information from a rigging print to determine crane and pole positioning according to job requirements according to job requirements, government safety regulations, manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications and approved industry standards. | 2 |
| BMAP 313 | Prints and Layouts 3Prints and Layouts 3Course Code: BMAP 313 Credits: 8 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to develop templates, patterns and drawings and set up power rolling equipment, to fit plate units and pipe and shell sections with components, to describe procedures for destructive and non-destructive testing of materials, to apply visual dimensional and drawing reference checks and quality and production flow inspection methods according to manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications and approved industry standards. | 8 |
| BMAP 314 | Applied Trade Calculations 3Applied Trade Calculations 3Course Code: BMAP 314 Credits: 2 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to apply advanced mathematics required to perform layout and fitting according to manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications. | 2 |
| BMAP 315 | Welding and Cutting 3Welding and Cutting 3Course Code: BMAP 315 Credits: 8 Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe the cutting process for plasma arc and high-pressure water and oxygen lances, interpret welding symbols and perform Shielded Metal Arc Welding procedures, to explain concepts in metallurgy including the effect of alloys on the cutting action, heat straightening, and hot and cold working according to sound scientific and principles of physics, to describe heat treatment including steel manufacturing methods and effects of heat treatment according to sound principles of metallurgy, manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications. | 8 |
*Reportable subjects will change as new Ministry curriculum is implemented.
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