Parts 

Technician 2

A Parts Technician 2 is an organized and resourceful tradesperson who excels at maintaining a complex system for receiving and sorting parts and supplies. 

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As a Parts Technician 2, you’ll enjoy using your systematic and dexterous skills to receive goods and sort incoming parts, supplies and materials.  

You’ll maintain shipping and receiving records, keeping account of the type, amount and location of a wide range of parts and supplies. You’ll have many industries to choose from, as you oversee the essential systems that keep our communities running. 

What You'll Learn

  • How to follow proper health and safety requirements 
  • How to communicate effectively 
  • How to identify parts  
  • How to catalogue parts 
  • How to use equipment and procedures to handle materials  

Key Job Skills

  • Communication 
  • Coordination 
  • Parts identification and cataloguing 
  • Health and safety procedures 
  • Materials handling techniques and equipment 
Technical Training 3 weeks over 1 year
Work-Based Training
1680 HOURS
General Skills
Analytical Coordinated Resourceful Systematic

For more information regarding the other levels in this progressive trade, please refer to the following program pages:

 

Certificate of Qualification Exam Information


 

Technical Training

The classroom is where you learn the technical knowledge to complement your work-based training. Make sure to register as early as possible to secure a seat for technical training with a SkilledTradesBC-designated training provider. 

Visit Trades Training BC and EducationPlannerBC to find where this program is being offered across the province. 

Program Information and Resources

In effect starting August 1, 2023

Program and Exam Updates

None. 

Challenge the Certification Exam

If you have work experience in the trade but have never been certified in Canada, you may be eligible to challenge the certification exam as a Trade Qualifier to become certified without going through an apprenticeship program. 

If you have some practical experience but do not yet qualify for the certification exam, you may be eligible to challenge a level exam to enter the program at the appropriate level. 

Check the Program Profile on this page for the available pathway options and eligibility details.