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Canadian data · Ontario, Canada
Three service calls before noon, all in other people's basements. A furnace that won't ignite, a landlord who wants it cheap, and a crawlspace you'd rather not describe. You explain the same thing four times a day to people who are cold.
Apprenticeship, 3–4 years, plus gas licence
An apprenticeship — a sponsor, then hours, then a ticket.
Low — paid apprenticeship, about $3,000 in school blocks
You earn while you learn.
$52k – $98ka year, Ontario
The low number is what you should plan on for the first years.
Openings a year
1,400 openings a year · More of it each year
Heat pumps put a second wave of work on top of the retirement wave.
Who else is asking
about 3 people per opening
Low. Employers chase apprentices rather than the other way around.
Whether a machine takes it
exposure: low
Diagnostics got smart. Crawlspaces did not.
Where the work is
everywhere
Every building has weather. This is the least location-bound trade here.
Who actually does it
who's in the room
Broad range, many arriving in their thirties from warehouse or driving work.
How soon you earn
Paid almost immediately
Counted from the day you decide, not the day you start.
No bottleneck. Demand outstrips new licences in every region.
Emergency calls in January, and customers who treat you like the bill.
Refrigeration, building automation, your own van and book of clients.
Ask a local shop if you can ride along for a morning. Bring your own boots.
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