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Certificate of Qualification in Ontario

The last mile of an apprenticeship, one guide per trade. Closing the logbook and getting the hours signed, getting a straight answer out of Skilled Trades Ontario, challenging the exam on experience you already have, what is on the paper, and the licence that starts the day you pass.

5 ways to move forward

Practical guidesDealing with Skilled Trades OntarioNothing gets Skilled Trades Ontario to answer the phone faster. What you control is knowing your own expiry dates early enough to act, and building a dated paper trail while you wait rather than after you have lost.Practical guidesFinding a sponsorYour hours only count if an employer signs you up, and almost nobody advertises the position. Work from the public record of who just pulled a permit in your trade and your city instead of a queue with no front.Practical guidesChallenging the C of QThe assessment is a documentation exercise, and what stops people is a work history written in the wrong language. Get the hours, the scope and the people who will confirm them down while you still can.Practical guidesProvisional C of Q expiringIf you have just opened the notice and your stomach dropped, start here. Book the seat before you study, count backwards from the seat rather than forwards from today, and get your options from STO in writing.Practical guidesC of Q, then whatYour ticket lets you do the work. Something else entirely lets you sell it. Read the Last Mile guide for your code to the end, find out whether your trade needs a contractor licence, and look around a working business before you file anything.

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