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Overview
Take the first step towards becoming an Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) with SLC Skills Start, a new program supported by the RBC Foundation. This first-level program is delivered at no direct cost to participants over a total of 17 weeks, from February 18, 2025 to June 13, 2025.
Participants will receive level one training in Industrial Mechanic (Millwright), health and safety training and certification, three micro-credentials, and be matched with an employer for an eight-week paid placement. Through support from the RBC Foundation, participants will be supplied with hand tools, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and access to wraparound supports including travel stipends and a childcare subsidy.
SLC Skills Start was developed to address the critical shortage of skilled tradespersons in Ontario. Benefits of participation in SLC Skills Start include:
- No direct cost to participants
- No out-of-pocket costs for hand tools, textbooks, Personal Protective Equipment
- 8-week paid work placement
- The opportunity to write the Level 1 equivalency exam to continue the 433A apprenticeship pathway
Program Details
9 weeks + 8 week placement
Program Highlights
In this program, participants will:
- Focus on Level 1 in-class courses and health and safety
- Develop skills and knowledge required to install, maintain, troubleshoot, overhaul, and repair stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment
- Earn three micro-credentials Digital Literacy, Inclusive Workplace Communications and Workplace Effectiveness. Micro-Credentials are credentials that are transferable across disciplines and can be stand alone as requested by employers or stackable with other credentials to earn more comprehensive credentials
Program Outline
2025
This course will allow the apprentice the opportunity to calculate safety factors used in rigging and hoisting procedures and the respective practical applications.
Requirements
Admission Requirements
Participant must have:
- A secondary school diploma or equivalent
- Eligible to work in Canada
Other Requirements
There will be an entrance test on Math, Reading Comprehension, Composition, and Mechanical Aptitude followed by an interview in order to gain entrance to the program.
Fees
2025
Your new career pathway is mapped out for you with this program that has no direct cost to participants and no out-of-pocket cost for hand tools, PPE, or textbooks.
This support has been provided by the RBC Foundation.
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Career Opportunities
Industrial Mechanics (Millwrights):
- Are employed in manufacturing plants, utilities, and other industrial establishments
- Earn upwards of $57 per hour in Canada
- Are a Red Seal Trade, so when your apprenticeship is completed you will be given the professional designation RSE for Red Seal Endorsed
Fully qualified Red Seal Industrial Mechanics (Millwrights):
- Read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings
- Install, align, dismantle, and move stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment such as pumps, fans, tanks, conveyors, furnaces, and generators
- Operate hoisting and lifting devices such as cranes, jacks, and tractors to position machinery
- Inspect and examine machinery and equipment to detect and investigate irregularities and malfunctions
- Install, troubleshoot, and maintain power transmission, vacuum, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems, and programmable logic controls
- Adjust machinery and repair or replace defective parts
- Operate machine tools such as lathes and grinders to fabricate parts required during overhaul, maintenance, or set-up of machinery
- Clean, lubricate, and perform other routine maintenance work
- Construct foundations for machinery or direct other workers to construct foundations
- Assemble machinery and equipment prior to installation using hand and power tools and welding equipment
Program Contacts
Program Contact
Laurie Millard
lmillard@sl.on.ca
PROGRAM PARTNER
This project was supported by the RBC Foundation
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