by the Ontario College of Trades
There is a renaissance under way in Ontario — a skilled trades renaissance.
Not only is the number of people entering apprenticeships increasing, but perceptions of the trades are changing too. Long gone are the days when a skilled trades career was deemed a career of last choice.
Today, trades professionals in the automotive industries must keep up-to-date with a variety of different technologies, including computer diagnostic systems for automotive service technicians, and paintless dent repair and collision avoidance systems for those in the auto body and collision repair trade. These are all technologies that require robust computer, analytical and problem-solving skills.
In other words, a career in today’s automotive industry requires each and every single trades professional to use their hands and their head.
The Ontario college of Trades (the college), an industry-driven regulatory body that protects the public interest by regulating and promoting the skilled trades, plays an important role in helping automotive tradespeople reach that level of professionalism by updating training standards.
The college is in the process of making changes to training and curriculum standards that address estimating damage repair, paintless dent repair and advanced electronic safety and convenience systems. It’s all part of the college’s effort to ensure trades professionals receive nothing less than world-class training and certification.
“Ontarians rely on certified trades professionals every day, and those trades professionals deserve to have a professional organization that operates with their interests in mind,” says David Tsubouchi, the college’s CEO and registrar.
The Ontario College of Trades (the College) is an industry-driven, professional regulatory body that protects the public by regulating and promoting the skilled trades. One of the main responsibilities of the College is to ensure that individuals performing the skills of compulsory trades have the training and certification required to legally practice their trade in Ontario. You may visit their website at www.collegeoftrades.ca.
