Heavy Duty Equipment Technician
Trade Description:
A heavy duty equipment technician is certified to diagnose, troubleshoot, assemble, service, repair and maintain heavy duty equipment. This includes any mobile equipment and attachments used to construct buildings, roads or highways, logging or mining operations, and railway operations.
Heavy construction companies, railways and companies involved in forestry, farming, oil and gas, material handling, landscaping and land clearing all employ heavy duty equipment technicians.
| Trade Regulation | |
| National Occupational Analysis | |
Apprenticeship - Annual Requirements:
| Levels | Total Hours/Year (On-the-Job & Technical Training) |
Total Weeks/Year (Technical Training) |
Delivered By |
| 4 | 1,800 | 8-8-7-5 |
ACC (All Levels) RRC Polytech (Level 1 only) |
Training Standards:
 Level One |
Level Chart |
| Level Two |
NOA Subtask to Unit Comparison |
| Level Three | |
| Level Four | |
Red Seal Exam Information
| Red Seal Exam Breakdown | Red Seal Exam Self-Assessment Guide (PDF) |
| Sample Exams | Red Seal Exam Self-Assessment Guide (Online) |
| Types of Exam Questions | Red Seal Exam Preparation Guide |
Challenging the Exam - Trades Qualification:
Years of Experience |
Hours Required | Additional Practical
Exam Required |
| 6 | 10,800 | No |
| Employer Declaration | Employer Declaration (FR) Statutory Declaration | Statutory Declaration (FR) | ||
Designated Trainers:
| Work Experience Form |
Accredited Programs:
| Apprenticeship Trade | Training Institution - Secondary Schools |
Training Institution - Post-Secondary Schools |
Training Institution Program Name |
Level |
| Heavy Duty Equipment Technician | __ | Assiniboine Community College, School of Trades & Technology | Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Program | 1 & 2 |
| __ | Assiniboine Community College, School of Trades & Technology | Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Program | 1 | |
| Garden Valley Collegiate | __ | Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Program | 1 | |
| R. D. Parker Collegiate | __ | Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Program | 1 | |
| __ | Red River College | Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic - Certificate Program | 1 | |
| Swan Valley Regional Secondary School | __ | Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Program | 1 | |
| __ | University College of the North - The Pas | Heavy Duty Mechanics Program | 1 | |
