Ontario painter license help!
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as topic need information for how to getting license. some ppl said go to centennial college, some said apply to MTCU,some said get the working experience letter from the boss(but need at least 8500 hours),then go to ministry of transportation.
Contact your local apprenticehip office.Most of the info you want is here:
http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/employmentontario/training/certification.html
In Ontario you need to be certified as a Bodyman, but it is voluntary as a Painter, unlike Alberta where you need to be certified for both. In any case, there is Red seal (inter-provincial) certification for Autobody Technician and Automotive Refinisher.
Thx Ben! If I apply the apprenticeship !do I have to finish that hours as they require? I have 6 years exp.
Your best bet is to phone your nearest apprenticeship office and speak with them. In some cases they may let you challenge the exam (1 practical, 1 written) if you have sufficient proof of work experience. That would be the quickest way. However, you maynot get a red seal that way…that should get you a certificate of qualification (equivalent to red seal) but only valid in Ontario. I’m not 100% sure on all the details with Ontario (as each province is a little different). But call the local office and you should be able to a ton of answers.
I have looked more into the auto body technician license then the painters license (which I believe is about half the time), I’m sure it works the same way.
You would need to first do as Ben mentioned and contact the apprenticeship office who will assign you a rep, he/she will need to register you as an apprentice. They will give you a book your supposed to have a licensed tech sign off each time you perform a specific task, however you can usually just have your boss or licensed tech supply a letter stating your hours and experience on the job to satisfy the hour requirement.
Auto body tech is done is 3 8-week blocks of schooling, then when you have both school and your hours you write your final license test. Rather then do the schooling you can challenge the test, so if you pass the first one with a 70 percent then you can skip your first block of school, then try challenging the second or go to the second block of school..etc same with the 3rd.
I tried challenging the first test which is supposed to be the easiest. I failed it 3 times, i think I did worse on it each attempt and the highest I had was a 66. I was studying from the current manual and the test was based on one from about 10 years prior, i think I have a thread started somewhere here bitching about it. I wrote that test at Durham, I complained to every official and tried to at least find out the year of the test and the best they could say is they are in the process of redo’ing the it. I wrote the test at Durham College, but Durham doesn’t actually offer the schooling. Centennial is the only one around I know of, maybe one in Ottawa too.
Good Luck!
wow… :clappy
first of all,thx Ben and jimmo!!
btw jimmo,have u passed the first test yet? lol! so the apprenticeship office gave u the current manual to study,then the test is about the old shools? :rofl !
and also do they approve parttime school?The Journeyman test (although updated) will likely still contain several outdated questions as well. Having these tests with similar format/questions will prepare you better for that. As far as painting goes, there may be a couple of questions on lacquer, 1k enamels, blending single stage, incompatibility of products over fresh 1k enamels etc… But you will also need to be up to date on safety, tinting, tri-stage/let down panels, booth flow requirements, proper specifications for colour corrected booth lights etc…
You definitely have a huge advantage if you do some of the schooling.
I’ve given up on the test route, its $150 a try also and if you fail you have to wait 6 months to rewrite. Well it was Durham College whom told me what the current book Centennial was teaching with so I (foolishly) assumed my test would be based on it. They had specific questions such as one I recall regarding temperatures on high strength steel. I knew the first time I wrote I didn’t know so I made sure I studied it and thought I had it going back the second time. The book I believe said up to 1000 degrees (and in brackets some manufacturers say 1200). My choices on the test were something like 800,900,750,925.. I was pissed. lol had another one ask me to identify a cars year and they supplied a 16 digit VIN rather then a real 17 digit one…I could go on and I’m getting worked up now, I better stop.
How come you decided to go for this license? And when are they writing this new test? And on what book?
I’m trying to figure this stuff out but would it give one the ability to purchase commercial land and install a paint booth?
You seem like you understand painting very well so it scares the crap out of me when you say you failed the first test 3 times. Then you say there’s level 2 and level 3… Do you think I would have a better chance at creating a petition for an easier test?
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