Trades - Apprenticeship
Carpenter Blue and Red Seals
Location
Vermilion
Credential
Journeyperson
Program Length
4 training periods
Enhance your journeyperson status with 2 other standards.
- The Blue Seal is an Alberta program. It’s earned by taking approved business studies. Now a separate certificate, the program also has a new name: Achievement in Business Competencies (Blue Seal).
- The Red Seal is a national designation. You earn it by passing an interprovincial exam. That means you can work anywhere in Canada with your Red Seal Endorsement (RSE). Currently not all trades have a red seal standard.
| Blue Seal - Achievement in Business Competencies |
Blue Seal program is the common name for the Achievement in Business Competencies Program.
If you have a valid Alberta Journeyperson Certificate, you are eligible to receive a Blue Seal after completing 150 hours of study in an approved business program. You can choose courses at Lakeland College. The Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board established the Achievement in Business Competencies Program. It both encourages and recognizes business studies by anyone who is already certified in an Alberta designated trade or occupation. |
| Take Blue Seal courses at Lakeland |
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Lakeland offers you the ability to take both online and face-to-face business courses in Lloydminster. You can earn while you learn as you can fit the courses into your work schedule. Take courses in our 1-year general business certificate. You'll need at least 4 courses to reach the minimum 150 hours to earn a blue seal. If you have the academic requirements, you could earn the certificate. Please contact our business enrolment specialist for more information about how to apply for courses and how to reach your goal.
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| Red Seal |
A Red Seal shows that you have successfully completed an inter provincial standards exam. You’ll get a distinctive red seal to attach to your journeyman certificate.
This means you will be able to work anywhere in Canada without having to write another province’s trade exam. The Red Seal Program was created in 1952. It encourages the standardization of apprenticeship training and certification programs across Canada. A national occupational analysis of each of the 56 Red Seal trade is used as a base document for inter provincial exams and is encouraged for use in curriculum development. The Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship (CCDA) administers the program. Check the Red Seal trades in Alberta. For more information, check the Red Seal Website. Exams, samples questions, and individual trade standards are included. Lakeland also offers prep courses for red seal exams for anyone who hasn’t achieved their red seal status. Check trades continuing education for those courses. |