WESTERN CANADA
PILEDRIVERS
TRAINING CENTRE
• ITA Designated Trades
Training Provider
• Trade Certified Pile Drivers
and Bridgeworkers
• NCCA Accredited Certified
Riggers & Signalers
• Red Seal Carpenters
• CWB Certified Welders
• CWB Certified Welder Test Centre
• CSA Z275.4 Competent Surface
Supplied Divers
• AWS D3.6 Class “B” Underwater
Welding Certification with CWB Stamp
Business Manager – Darrell Hawk
#101–580 Ebury Place, Delta, BC V3M 6M8
Phone: 604-526-2404 Fax: 604-526-2446 Toll Free: 1-800-562-2404
Email: piledrivers@piledrivers2404.ca Web: www.piledrivers2404.ca
found the instructors very accommodating
and knowledgeable.
“This eases you into the program.
However, the course is no cakewalk –
especially in the third-year program
– where to get through it you need a lot
of experience and knowledge as well as
study time. I went into it knowing that
being the youngest and inexperienced,
I would need to work and study twice
as hard, but thanks to my classmates
and teachers, I got through it. Now I
am confident that I can go out into
the field and greatly contribute to the
long and sometimes difficult process of
pile driving.”
While the journey was difficult,
Fahey, who is 23 and from Campbell
River, says he would absolutely recommend
this program to others.
“While it’s true you can learn a lot
on the job, you can learn much more
in the classroom with the very knowledgeable
and experienced teaching
staff. Another great reason to go
through the program is the certified
tickets you receive along the way. For
instance, in the third-year program, I
received six tickets – not including my
journeyman ticket. In the next two to
five years, I hope to be in a foreman
position, working my way up the ladder
and being known for doing safe, efficient
and good work.”
Johnson agrees and added, “I’d definitely
recommend this program. It’s a
kind of jack-of-all-trades job, but in the
program you get to slowly learn the ins
and outs of this trade so you are not
walking blind into a jobsite.”
FEATURE
Square cut on an H-pile with oxy-acetylene torches
Graduate Patrick Fahey on a jobsite and
loving it
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