Trades - Apprenticeship in Plumbing: Apprenticeship

This apprenticeship program delivers the in-school technical training for apprentices working toward Red Seal certification as a Plumber in British Columbia. It is organized into four sequential levels, each ending with an examination: levels one through three run six weeks and level four runs eight weeks, for roughly twenty-six weeks of in-school instruction spread across about four years alongside employer-based on-the-job training. Apprentices need an employer sponsor and must be actively registered with SkilledTradesBC, holding a valid Trade Worker Identification number, before enrolling. On completing all four levels and the 6,420 work-based training hours the trade requires, apprentices become eligible to sit the Red Seal Interprovincial Examination, an endorsement recognized in every Canadian jurisdiction, and KPU reports level completions to SkilledTradesBC toward the apprentice's designation. Training schedules and waitlists are published through KPU's Registration Application, with further opportunities listed on Trades Training BC. The program suits people already sponsored by an employer in the plumbing trade who are progressing through the standard BC apprenticeship pathway toward full Red Seal certification.