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Residential (Low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer

A Residential (Low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer installs residential air-handling and ventilation systems in low-rise (four storeys or fewer) residential buildings that do not have common conditioned areas. The work is done in self/contained, singlefamily dwellings such as detached, semi-detached and town and linked homes that have a wood frame construction. Specifically, a Residential (Low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer:

  • follows safe working practices and procedures and environmental protection practices
  • organizes work for residential (low rise) sheet metal installations
  • prepares the worksite
  • installs ventilation and main ducts
Apprenticeship Resources
Curriculum Training Standard – Levels 1&2 (pdf)
Apprenticeship Training Standard (PDF)
Exam Counselling Sheet (PDF)

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

An apprenticeship training program consists of on-the-job and in-school training. The Registrar of Skilled Trades Ontario, under the authority of section 14 of the Building Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act, 2021, has set the hours of apprenticeship training for the trade Residential (Low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer at 4,500 (approximately two and a half years), which consists of 4,140 hours on the job work experience and 360 hours of in-school training. These hours are consistent with apprentice training hours previously set out in regulation under the Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act, R.S.O 1990.

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 Residential (Low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer apprenticeship includes two levels of theoretical training, which includes but is not limited to instruction in:

  • trade skills and practices
  • hand tools, power tools, material-handling equipment, ladders, and scaffolding
  • reading and interpreting codes, manuals, and specifications
  • producing sketches and drawings
  • duct requirements and installation procedures
  • worksite organization and practices
  • installation of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment and accessories
  • principles of home construction
  • principles and properties of air

Depending on the training delivery agency, in-school training may be available in one of the following ways:

  • block release (full-time, for a set number of weeks)
  • day release (one day per week from September to June)
  • part-time (night-school programs)
  • alternative delivery (online, correspondence, etc.)

Residential (Low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer 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 Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development. Upon completion of an apprenticeship program, the Ministry issues a Certificate of Apprenticeship.

This trade has a certifying exam. Upon passing the certifying exam, Skilled Trades Ontario issues a Certificate of Qualification in this trade.

Because this trade is compulsory, to practice this trade legally in Ontario a person must hold a Registered Training Agreement, Provisional Certificate of Qualification or Certificate of Qualification and their information must appear on the Skilled Trades Ontario Public Register. A Certificate of Qualification issued in this trade must be renewed to be valid.

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