Discover the Success Stories

Amy Carr is a Sheet Metal Worker by trade and has been working in the industry for 13 years.

Jenny Coleman is a Red Seal certified Painter and Decorator, with 14 years of experience in the trade. Jenny is now an instructor at the Finishing Trades Institute in Surrey, BC.

Chaylene Deboer is a certified Red Seal electrician with 8+ years of experience. Chaylene encourages girls and women considering joining the trades to just do it! 

We interviewed Victoria, a parent to a Youth in Trades Program participant. She reflects on her family's journey to learn, understand, and start the apprenticeship journey and what her son's future might look like. 

For Apprenticeship Recognition Month, we called upon the skilled trades community to highlight employers and training providers who go above and beyond for B.C.'s apprentices! 

For Apprenticeship Recognition Month, we called upon the skilled trades community to highlight employers and training providers who go above and beyond for B.C.'s apprentices! 

For Apprenticeship Recognition Month, the Greater Victoria School District is recognizing Mega Power Installations for their longstanding partnership and contributions to supporting youth in trades and apprenticeships. 

Danika Haynes is a young professional cook apprentice with a bright future ahead of her.

This month, we are celebrating Indigenous Peoples in the skilled trades! Rebecca Marshall is a Red Seal Cook, who works as a Transport Canada Endorsed Ship's Cook aboard an Emergency Tow Vessel on the coast of British Columbia. Read this Q&A to learn more about her apprenticeship journey and what being Indigenous means to her.