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Originally Posted by maslin
The US has zero regulation. No required schooling, training, certification, documents, nothing. A degree from a tech school certainly helps you get a job, but there are no federal requirements. I've worked with guys that didn't even have a drivers license.
Some states (cities?) have requirements. "Mechanics Licenses" and such. Never needed one myself, worked in 4 shops across 3 states. I held a State Inspectors License in VA until I moved out west, only required to perform state safety inspections.
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In Canada a tech has to go through a full training program. It can take several years and cost $10,000 or more for the classes that are required to get to Journeyman status. It is a College of Trades job so like nurses, dental hygienists or any other job regulated by a College (as in an association not the school type of college) you must be registered to even put a wrench to a car for pay. Even the lowest of the low oil change guys at dealerships are usually first year apprentices even though a license is not required to do that work. There is a LOT at risk if you screw up too often and lose your job at the place sponsoring your apprenticeship. You could go a long time before finding another place to take you on so you can resume getting your hours and class room stuff.
The College of Trades monitors progress very closely and if there is any discrepancy in an apprentice's documentation, log books (they have to record everything they do) or school records they can and will pull them from the program and they will never legally be in that trade.
This is what they have to go through:
https://www.collegeoftrades.ca/wp-co...rvice-Tech.pdf