Marine Fitters work in the shipbuilding and repair industry to cut and fit metal plates and other components in the process of assembling, constructing and repairing large vessels.
Program Updates:
ITA has launched a program for Metal Fabricator (Fitter) Endorsement: Marine Fitter December 15, 2017. For details refer to OPSN 2017-021.
The Exam Weighting Chart is available for the Standardized Written Exam and shows the approximate percentage of weighting per General Area of Competency (GAC).
Program Information
The documents below offer detailed information specific to this program.
Challenge Certification/Recognize Prior Experience
If you have significant work experience in a trade but have never been certified in Canada, you may apply to challenge the certification.
OR
If you sponsor apprentices but have never been certified in Canada, you may request to supervise and sign-off apprentices when they are ready to be certified. Please refer to the application form on whether this trade qualifies.
- Instructions
- How to Apply
- Download(PDF 264.47 KB)
- Application Form
- Personal information and exams scheduling information (for challenge option)
- Download(PDF 55.7 KB)
- Employer Declaration
- Document of relevant work experience
- Download(PDF 180.49 KB)
- Statutory Declaration
- Attestation for self-employment/work experience when employer cannot be contacted
- Download(PDF 89.36 KB)