How to become a tinsmith-sheet metal worker in Quebec and what is the salary?

To become a tinsmith-sheet metal worker in Quebec, the pathway goes through the Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ):

Pathway:

• DEP in sheet metal work (program 5360): 1,605 hours (CCQ trade brochure "Ferblantier"; inforoutefpt lists an approximate duration of 15 months)
• CCQ apprentice competency certificate: issued after passing the DEP, on presentation of a job guarantee from an employer registered with the CCQ covering at least 150 hours over 3 consecutive months
• Apprenticeship: 3 periods of 2,000 hours (6,000 hours in total)
• CCQ qualification exam (Tinsmith, trade 230): 3 hours, 60 questions, 60% passing grade — it leads to the journeyman competency certificate

Hourly rates in construction (CCQ, trade 230, institutional and commercial sector, day shift, regular rate, query of October 18, 2026):

• 1st-period apprentice: $30.47/h
• 2nd-period apprentice: $35.55/h
• 3rd-period apprentice: $43.17/h
• Journeyman: $50.79/h

Rates vary by sector (civil engineering and roads, industrial, institutional and commercial, residential) and by shift; the CCQ publishes them in its "Wage rates" tool.