Millwright Apprentices Braden Shaffer, Stewart Symes, and Robert Oak at the Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton Machine Shop, inspect equipment as part of their day-to-day job.
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The Apprenticeship Program W R I TTE N b y A s h l e y Evan s P H OTOS B Y L e adin g S e aman B r e ndan Gib s o n , M A R P A C I ma g in g S e rvic e s
Apprentices are the next generation of highly skilled tradespeople at FMFCB. They are young, well trained, and ready to fill the vacancies left by retiring employees in the ship repair unit.
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path to employment is carved over four years with both handson and vocational training, ending with a trade certification. Apprentices start off with a base hourly wage of about $19, with regular incremental increases over four years climbing as high as $36 an hour for some trades. They also have the benefit of receiving their Red Seal Certification through the B.C. Industry Training Authority.
A day in the life of an apprentice A typical day for Kyle Hubicka’s apprenticeship at Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton starts when he hikes up his overalls and heads out to locate the journeyperson he’s matched with for the day. A journeyperson is a qualified and skilled person in a trade. CONTINUED ➔ FMF CAPE BRETON 1996 - 2021
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