3 to 4 years

Voluntary

No

Plastic mould design draftspeople draw plans for templates and patterns, plastic moulds, and tooling for mould-making and modifications. They develop and prepare engineering drawings from preliminary concepts, sketches, calculations, specification sheets, and other data. They use computer-aided design and graphics drafting stations to complete their plans.

• The Draftsperson – Plastic Mould Design apprenticeship consists of 7,400 hours of on-the-job training.
• Apprentices must also complete 600 hours of in-class technical training.
• Once you have successfully completed the apprenticeship requirements, you receive a Certificate of Apprenticeship and are certified as a journeyperson in the trade.
• A person with at least 8,000 hours of related work experience is eligible to apply for a Trade Equivalency Assessment (TEA) and, if successful, becomes certified as a journeyperson in this trade.

Grade 12 or equivalent.

Please contact your local apprenticeship office for information on the availability of technical training for this program.