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 Powered Lift Truck Technician is 7,000 hours (approximately three and a half years) consisting of 6,280 hours of on-the-job work experience and 720 hours of inschool 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 Powered Lift Truck Technician apprenticeship includes three levels of theoretical training, which includes but is not limited to instruction in:

• applied health and safety procedures
• fluid power systems
• internal combustion engine systems
• fuel systems
• drive train systems
• electric drive motors and control systems
• brake systems
• electrical and electronic control systems
• suspension and steering systems
• frame and cab systems
• hydraulic lift systems
• tires and wheels

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

• lock 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.)

Powered Lift Truck 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 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. 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.