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Railway Car Technician

A Railway Car Technician:

  • Inspects, repairs, replaces and reconditions mechanical or structural components and systems of freight cars and passenger coaches
  • organizes work
  • performs material handling procedures
  • services rail trucks
  • services underframes
  • services brakes
  • services car safety appliances
  • services car bodies
  • services coaches
  • performs safety and maintenance inspections
Apprenticeship Resources
Apprenticeship Training Standard (PDF)
Exam Counselling Sheet (PDF)
Curriculum Training Standard – Level 1 (pdf)
Curriculum Training Standard – Level 2 (pdf)
Curriculum Training Standard – Level 3 (pdf)

Apprenticeship Program

An apprenticeship training program consists of on-the-job and in-school training. Generally, the time-frame to become competent in the trade of Railway Car Technician is 8,000 hours (approximately four years) consisting of 7,280 hours of on-the-job work experience and 720 hours of in-school training.

On-The-Job Training

An apprenticeship involves practical training provided on-the-job by a skilled worker, or trainer. The skills or competencies to be developed are set out by the trade’s Apprenticeship Training Standard and are recognized by the industry as being essential to the practice of the trade.

As these essential skills are developed, the apprentice’s sponsor or trainer signs the relevant sections of the training standard to indicate that the apprentice has met the individual training objectives by demonstrating the skills required of a skilled worker, or journeyperson, in the trade.

In-School Training

A Railway Car Technician apprenticeship includes three levels of theoretical training, which includes but is not limited to instruction in:

  • material handling
  • welding and fabrication
  • regulatory publications
  • rail car brakes
  • rail car safety applications
  • car/train safety and maintenance inspections
  • rail car trucks
  • rail car underframes
  • rail car bodies
  • rail coaches

Railway Car Technician is a trade named under the Building Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act, 2021. This trade has an apprenticeship program that is administered by the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. Upon completion of an apprenticeship program, the Ministry issues a Certificate of Apprenticeship.

This trade has a certifying exam. When the certifying exam is passed, Skilled Trades Ontario will issue a Certificate of Qualification in this trade. Because this trade is non-compulsory, this certificate does not have to be renewed, and the information of individuals practicing this trade will not appear on the Skilled Trades Ontario Public Register.

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