Update on the Residential Construction Industry Training Organization (RCITO) The Industry Training Authority (ITA) will not be renewing its fee-for-service agreement with the Residential Construction Industry Training Organization (RCITO) as of April 1, 2012. RCITO has been responsible for six ITA-designated trades, including the Residential Framing Technical (RFT) program for which you are registered. Management of these programs has now shifted to ITA.
What does this mean if I am an apprentice Residential Framing Technician (RFT)? ITA will continue to support you throughout your apprenticeship. Some apprentices in the Residential Framing Technician (RFT) program may have taken this program with the intent of switching to a Carpenter apprenticeship. An ITA staff member will contact you to determine if you wish to complete the Residential Framing Technician (RFT) program by maintaining your RFT apprenticeship, or if you wish to transition to a Carpenter apprenticeship. If you decide to continue your RFT apprenticeship, you will acquire both a RFT Certificate of Qualification and a Certificate of Apprenticeship or you can move your apprenticeship over to the Carpenter program. If you have not heard from ITA, by February 25 , 2012, please contact Richard Ho at ITA Customer Service at (778) 327-5910 or by email at rho@itabc.ca.
Description
A Residential Framing Technician is a person who builds the concrete formwork, constructs the “frame” or supporting structure of single and multi-family buildings, encloses the building, and installs the windows and doors to the “lock-up” stage. The framer is responsible for the wooden and/or steel structure from the sill plate on the foundation to the installation of the roof trusses and/or rafters. The structure includes floor platforms, with supporting joists and blocking, interior and exterior walls and sheathing, openings for windows and doors with structural support headers in bearing walls, interior and exterior stairs.
