Heavy Equipment Technician Blue and Red Seals

If you have a valid Alberta Journeyman Certificate, you are eligible to receive a Blue Seal business certificate 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.

Complete details are available on the Blue Seal website.

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.

Red Seal trades

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.

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 [continuing education] for those courses.