I got my 313D this year, and I want to take the 313A challenge exam.
Anyone knows how many hours I need for that?
I send few email to skill trade ontario, and I got differenet answer. One guy told me I only need 4500hours, and others told me I need total 9000hours to challenge it.
Anyone did that before?
They're not the brightest at the Skilled Trades.
They've removed the very pertinent information in terms of Level's and hours for each trade and what is required for going from a 313D to a 313A off their curriculum standards. No requirement for the employer on pay increases per level, etc... I've tried to find it myself as I can't find it anymore. The college of trades had it very clearly laid out in a way that made sense on what exactly is involved in going from a 313D to 313A.
It's supposed to be 4500 hours for a 313D and 9000 hours for a 313A. If you go from a 313D to a 313A it's supposed to cut the required hours of experience in half.
You're not supposed to be required to gain 9000 hours of experience for the 313A ontop of already having the 4500 hours with a 313D since the experience and trade is so closely related.
They're such clowns that work there and so incompetent at understanding anything since they're likely DEI hires, they might make you achieve 9000 hours ontop of the hours you already got with the 313D.