Electrician

(excluding the specialty of security systems installer)
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What does an electrician do?

Constructs, overhauls, alters, repairs, and maintains electrical installations

The installations may be used for lighting, heating, or motive power. This work includes the wires, cables, conduits, accessories, appliances, and apparatuses that form part of the installation. 

 Prepare to erect walls, floors, roofs.
Note: Work done by electricians must comply with the requirements of the different applicable standards and regulations.

This description is drawn from several sources and may be quite different from the definition of the trade given in the Regulation Respecting the Vocational Training of the Workforce in the Construction Industry.

What does it take to become a electrician?

AUTONOMY – CAREFULNESS – GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION AND COORDINATION – GOOD COLOUR PERCEPTION INTEREST in acquiring knowledge related to application of mathematical calculations, electrical engineering, electronics, and reading plans and technical specifications.  APTITUDE for interpretation of standards and solving malfunctions and for working in tight spaces.

Hourly wage

According to the collective agreements (May 2023)
Between $20.58 and $43.96

Job prospects
Very good

Training
DEP 1,800 hours

Interesting! Which academic program should I take?

Training required:

Diplôme d’études professionnelles – Électricité (5295) or Electricity (5795)

Training generally offered in the following regions:

* Training also offered in English.

Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Bas-Saint-Laurent
Capitale-Nationale
Centre-du-Québec
Chaudière-Appalaches
Côte-Nord
Estrie
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Lanaudiere
Laurentides
Laval
Mauricie
Montérégie
Montréal*
Outaouais
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Would you like to know about the program content? Consult Inforoute FPT

Academic prerequisites

There are different options for accessing the training program

HOLD A DIPLOMA

  • Hold a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent

OR

  • Hold a postsecondary diploma, such as a diploma of college studies or a bachelor’s degree

BE AT LEAST 16 YEARS OLD

  • Be at least 16 years old on September 30 of the school year during which the person begins the training program 

AND

  • Have passed the Secondary 4 units in language of instruction, second language, and mathematics in the study programs established by the Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec (MEQ)

OR

  • Have completed recognized equivalent training.

BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD

  • Be at least 18 years old at the time training begins

AND

  • Have the functional prerequisites: have passed the general development test (GDT)
  • Have the prerequisites specific to the study program concerned

OR

  • Have completed recognized equivalent training

HOLD CERTAIN SECONDARY 3 UNITS 

  • Have completed the Secondary 3 units in language of instruction, second language, and mathematics in the study programs established by the MEQ 

AND

  • Continue general education concurrently with vocational training in order to complete the missing Secondary 4 units in language of instruction, second language, and mathematics in the study programs established by the MEQ
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