Red seal challenge exam refrigeration-Air conditioning mechanic

 

Red seal challenge exam refrigeration-Air conditioning mechanic

Occupation Description

The term "Refrigeration Mechanic" refers to a person who fabricates, installs, alters, repairs and services any system used for cooling and/or heating (i.e. heat pumps) in closed systems containing refrigerant or brine and thermoelectric cooling units. These systems include piping, controls and electrical work usually performed by a journeyperson.

Red Seal challenge Exam Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic

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A list of provincial/ territorial certification authorities and their web address can be obtained here

Job Responsibilities of Red Seal Refrigeration Mechanic Canada

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics install, maintain and service residential, commercial, industrial and institutional heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. They also connect the air delivery systems and install and service hydronic and secondary refrigerant systems and related controls. Their duties include laying out the reference points for assembling, installation, and installing components, installing wirings to connect components to an electric power supply and calibrating associated controls. They also measure, cut, bend, thread and connect pipe to functional components and utilities of systems. They maintain, repair and service systems by inspecting and testing components, soldering and brazing parts to repair defective joints, repairing and replacing worn or defective components and reassembling repaired parts and components and systems. As part of service and commissioning, a refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic start-up, tests, charges, adjusts, calibrates, balances, measures, verifies, maintains and documents refrigeration systems.

How to become a Red seal qualified Refrigeration Mechanic or journeyman in Canada?

 

There are two pathways to becoming a refrigeration mechanic or trade person or journeyman in Canada.

1.    Apprenticeship pathway

Apprenticeship programs are for individuals who are inside Canada and have an employer to sponsor them. They have to complete course work and necessary training under the supervision of a journeyman for 11,660 hours which expands on approximately 5 years.

2.    Challenge Pathway

Challenge programs are for individuals who are inside or outside Canada and have extensive experience working in the occupation and wish to challenge the certification.

Red Seal Challenge Exam refrigeration and Air conditioning Overview

If you are a person working in refrigeration and Air conditioning occupation outside Canada (all countries) and have verifiable experience of 10,830 documented hours, then you don’t need to complete any training or course work in Canada. All you need to do is gather your work experience documents and educational documents and lodge an online application from your country of residence to challenge the red seal Refrigeration exam, off course you have to pay an application processing fee.

Once your online application with supporting documents and processing fee is submitted, the regulatory authority (each Canadian state or province has its own trade regulatory authority) will scrutinize the submitted application and related documents and then get it verified by your employer. After the verification process is successfully completed you get approval to challenge the red seal exam.

What after the Red Seal Challenge Exam Application Approval?

The red seal exam is conducted only inside Canada; there is no authorized exam centre outside Canada. Once the red seal exam application is approved; you get 36 months’ time to come to Canada to write the exam.

You will book the available exam date in the centre of your choice by speaking with the regulatory body via telephone. After that, you will apply for a Canadian visitor visa to write the exam. The red seal exam approval letter and exam booking letter will be your official invitation letters.

The following table shows a summary of prerequisites and requirements of the red seal challenge exam for refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics.

 

Trade Name	Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic/ Refrigeration Mechanic
NOC Code	7313
Nationality	Any
Minimum Qualification	Matric/ O Level/ 10th./ equivalent
Preferred Qualification	A level./ Diploma in relevant technology
Minimum experience	10,830 hours
Age limit	NO
Application	Online

 

 

Steps by step process for Red Seal challenge Exam Canada

01: Choose a Canadian province or territory, where you wish to apply. For complete list and contact details of all territorial/provincial certification authorities across Canada click here

02: Also, contact the certification authority of the province or territory.

03: Then, submit application forms, educational and work experience documents & fees for the registration.

04: Receive an endorsement/approval letter from a certification authority (If the assessment was positive)

05: Then, prepare to write the Red Seal exam.

06: Apply for a Canadian visitor’s visa to write your Red Seal challenge exam there (If you are outside Canada).

07: Land in Canada well before the examination date.

08: Write a Red Seal exam. (120 Multiple-choice questions 4 hours Exam).

09: Then, receive the red seal exam result. 

10: Also, receive a red seal certificate (If passed). Also, as a qualified Journeyman, you can work in your trade, across Canada.

 

Why write the Red Seal challenge Exam?

The primary benefit of the red seal is that it increases your chances of employment. And, as a trade worker, you earn Journeyman status in Canada.
This means that your technical skills and qualifications are recognized inter-provincially in Canada and you are a licensed, tradesperson.
Therefore, employers and companies in the Canadian provinces and territories prefer to hire certified trade workers.

Moreover Red seal qualified refrigeration Mechanic earns handsome money and their wage rate is very competitive. And lastly, the red seal qualification gives you more weightage in different immigration programs and the chances to settle in Canada in a very short time are quite significant.

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