BTAC offers Direct Entry and Pre-Apprenticeship opportunities for over 20 different skilled trades careers - and there are 13 skilled trades unions waiting to hear from you. Interested in a specific trade? Learn more below.

Boilermakers who are working in construction will build, erect, repair, test, install, and maintain boilers, tanks, and pressure vessels. Boilermakers Local 73 provides job-ready Core Training and Technical Training for members.

IBEW offers a Pre-Apprenticeship Program that leads to Level One electrician theory accreditation with credit for 900 practical hours toward employment as an apprentice. You'll receive technical training and a work term. 

Ironworkers fall under three categories: Generalists, Structural/Ornamental, and Reinforcing. They fabricate and construct steel buildings, bridges, ornamental ironwork, and more and reinforce concrete structures. Ironworkers Local 752 delivers Apprenticeship Level Training for the Province of Nova Scotia. 

The Finishing Trades include: Industrial & Commercial Painters; Glaziers & Glass Workers; Drywall Finishers; Fire Proofing Applicators; Wall Covering Installers; Floor Covering Installers; Asbestos Abatement. The Finishing Trades work on interior and exterior surfaces of buildings and other structures, often at heights. 

In addition to providing Dispatch Ready and skills upgrading training for members, the Sheet Metal Local 56 Campus in Sydney, Cape Breton provides customized training for equity groups on an on-demand basis.

Choosing a career as a Bricklayer or a Tilesetter can offer a lifetime of opportunity. Not only can you work on a wide variety of projects throughout your career, in many cases you can infuse your own creativity.

Elevator Constructors and Mechanics assemble, install, maintain, and repair freight and passenger elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and other related equipment.
 

Construction Craft Workers and Labourers prepare and clean up jobsites, move materials and equipment, perform cement finishing, demolition, concrete sawing & drilling, and more. Labourers Local 615 delivers Apprenticeship Level Training for the Province of Nova Scotia, along with skills upgrading and Dispatch Ready Training.

This 11,000 square foot Training Centre includes an 18-booth welding shop, a pipe/plumbing and sprinkler training area, a residential mock module for in-floor heat installation, as well as plumbing and fixture installation training. Pipe Trades workers lay, fabricate, maintain, install, repair, and service equipment and piping systems.

The Carpenter Millwright College (CMC) has been established to provide practical training to those seeking employment in the construction trades. Courses include: Carpentry, Millwright, Scaffolding, and Formwork.

Heat & Frost Insulators work with different insulation materials to prevent the passage of heat, cold, moisture, vapour, sound, and fire. Insulators Local 116 provides Apprenticeship Level Training for the Province of Nova Scotia.

Operating Engineers work in general construction, pipeline, mining, and more. The Operating Engineers Training Institute of

Nova Scotia includes a 550-acre facility and multimillion dollar fleet of training equipment, mobile and crawling cranes, and heavy duty earth movers. Courses run throughout the year.

Sheet Metal Workers design, layout, measure, fabricate, and assemble or repair sheet metal. They use laser or plasma cutting equipment to cut, drill, punch, and shape sheet metal products.

Roofers install a waterproof membrane on buildings with a flat or sloped deck consisting of wood, steel, or concrete.