Boilermaking

Training objectives

This program allows the student to develop the skills necessary for the assembly, disassembly and installation of steam generators, boilers, spherical pressure vessels and towers.

The boilermaker career is practiced mainly on construction sites in the following sectors: aluminium smelters, mines, nuclear power plants, steel mills, thermal power stations (such as Hydro-Québec in Tracy), and especially cogeneration plans. These are more popular nowadays; petrochemical, refinery, pulp and paper and cement companies.

The graduate of this program is also qualified to apply processes of rigging, bolting and assembly of composite materials and steel.

Hourly wage according to the collective agreements

	Industrial, institutional and commercial	Civil engeneering and roadways	Light-duty residential
Apprentice
1st périod	$26.87	$26.92	$25.20
2nd périod	$31.35	$31.40	$29.40
3rd périod	$38.07	$38.13	$35.70
Journeyman	$44.79	$44.86	$42.00

 

Prerequisites

• High school diploma (HSD) or Attestation of Equivalence of Schooling (AENS); or
• Must be 16 years of age and have the Secondary 4 units in French, English and mathematics; or

• Must be 18 years of age, have passed the General Development Test (GDT/TDG) and have the specific prerequisites.

Contact us to verify your prerequisites: 514-353-0801 or cfma@csspi.gouv.qc.ca

Admission

Due to a province-wide recruitment process, applications are evaluated based on the results of psychometric tests, the academic record, the labour needs of the applicant’s region of origin and the number of available spots. Therefore, please send us your application at least 2 months before the training begins.