The Apprenticeship Housing Maintainer Program is comprised of three levels (or three periods) of training. The goal of apprenticeship training is to develop a competent journeyperson through a combination of technical and on-the-job training. The Apprenticeship Housing Maintainer program at Aurora College provides the technical training components for all three levels. Each technical training component is eight weeks long.

In order to obtain a Housing Maintainer Journey Certificate, Apprentices must successfully complete all three levels of the program (a total of 5400 hours of technical and on-the-job training - approximately 1800 hours per year) and the requisite examinations. The on-the-job training may be supervised by journeypersons from a variety of eligible trades. The eligible trades vary for each level, depending on the topics covered and are referenced on page two.

This program outline provides an overview of all three levels of the Housing Maintainer Program. The Program is designed to provide apprentices with the fundamental knowledge and skills to perform preventative and on-demand maintenance, minor repairs, and modernization improvements on existing physical structures and components of buildings. Due to the nature of the work of Housing Maintainers, safety is taught on a continuous basis throughout this program.

This program outline is based on the Housing Maintainer Apprenticeship Occupational Standards and DACUM (2008) from the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification section.

Applicants to this program must be registered as Housing Maintainer apprentices with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE), Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification section.

All applicant assessment is conducted by the Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification section of ECE. Service is accessed through a local ECE Career Service Centre. Anyone wishing to become a Housing Maintainer apprentice must:

• be at least 16 years of age
• be physically capable of performing the work involved in the Housing Maintainer trade
• have a genuine desire to become a good tradesperson
• find a suitable employer, who holds a journeyperson certification in a relevant trade for the period (or employs the holder of a journeyperson certificate in a relevant trade) and who is willing to hire and train the applicant. The relevant trades are listed below:

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Eligible supervising Trades

Level One: housing maintainer, oil burner mechanic, gasfitter, power engineer
Level Two: housing maintainer, plumber, gasfitter, power engineer
Level Three: housing maintainer, carpenter

The applicant must also be able to achieve a pass mark of 70% on the appropriate Trade Entrance Exam, Cluster #2.

Applicants will be admitted to this program based on the eligibility requirements set by the Apprenticeship division of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment.

The objectives of this program are to enable participants to carry out the tasks required of a Housing Maintainer in a competent and safe manner. Successful completion of this program, along with the other apprenticeship requirements as described in the document entitled Housing Maintainer Trades and Occupations Descriptions and Guidelines, will lead to certification as a journeyperson Housing Maintainer.

As a graduate and certified journeyperson of the Apprenticeship Housing Maintainer program you will competently perform assigned tasks on existing physical structures and components of buildings including:

• Preventative and on-demand maintenance
• Minor repairs
• Modernization improvements

All work will meet safety, quality and production standards required by government and employers.

Students must successfully complete all components of this program including theory and the skill-based shop portion of the program.

Students much achieve an overall mark of at least 65% on each course to pass this program. A credit pass for a course may be awarded under certain conditions.

"An apprentice who is absent from a trade instruction course in which he or she is enrolled for more than 5% of the total time of the course may be terminated from that course by the supervisor and be subsequently scheduled to repeat the entire course."
Section 20(1) of the Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Regulations

An apprentice who fails to achieve a passing grade during a course will be deemed to have failed at that level, regardless of the final exam result, and will have to repeat the entire course (based on NWT Apprenticeship, Trade and Occupations Certification Regulations).

The Apprenticeship Housing Maintainer program is designed to train apprentices to perform preventative and on-demand maintenance, minor repairs, and modernization improvements on existing physical structures and components of buildings. These buildings include individual dwelling units, multi-residential units, small shops and administrative buildings with individual heating units not exceeding 400,000 BTUs. Note: Students are responsible for ensuring that they attend shop activities equipped
with CSA approved, Personal Protective Equipment. This includes:

• Safety Boots
• Protective Eyewear
• Ear Protection
• Hard Hats

Students are responsible for supplying their own safety boots; Aurora College will supply the required eye and ear protection and hard hats