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Elevating Devices Mechanic

An Elevating Devices Mechanic constructs, installs, services and maintains elevating devices including elevators, lifts and escalators. Specifically, an Elevating Devices Mechanic:

  • inspects, services and maintains existing elevating devices
  • installs new elevating devices
  • rigs and hoists elevating devices
  • installs and maintains control equipment
  • installs and maintains protective devices
Apprenticeship Resources
Becoming an Elevating Devices Mechanic in Ontario (PDF)
Chart of Experience By Class and Type of Elevating Devices (PDF)
Apprenticeship Training Standard
Curriculum Standard (PDF)

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 Elevating Devices Mechanic is 8,000 hours (approximately four years) consisting of 7,280 hours of on-the-job work experience and 720 hours of in-school 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

An Elevating Devices Mechanic apprenticeship includes three levels of theoretical training, which includes but is not limited to instruction in:

  • mechanical print reading
  • ladders, scaffolding, work platforms, rigging and hoisting
  • mechanical practice
  • traction elevator installation
  • elevator hydraulic systems and installation
  • industrial electricity for elevating devices
  • motors, generators, controls and alternative current drives
  • solid state electronics/circuit tracing
  • escalators and moving walks installation
  • lifts for persons with physical disabilities
  • elevator modernization/alterations

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.)

Elevating Devices Mechanic 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.

As there is no certifying exam in this trade, Skilled Trades Ontario does not issue a Certificate of Qualification and therefore cannot accept Trade Equivalency Assessment applications for this trade.

As this trade is non-compulsory, the information of individuals practicing this trade will not appear on the Skilled Trades Ontario Public Register.

The trade of Elevating Devices Mechanic is also regulated under the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000, and Certificate of Qualification issued by Skilled Trades Ontario does not authorize its holder to engage in the practice of the trade unless the individual also holds an EDM-A certificate from the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA).

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