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Trade jobs in Alberta

Current Alberta postings for electricians, plumbers, steamfitters/pipefitters, ironworkers, carpenters and millwrights, with pay on every listing, plus the apprenticeship rules and wages for each trade.

Listings sourced from Job Bank (Government of Canada). Apply on the original posting. We show the title, employer, location, wage and date from each posting and link straight to it on jobbank.gc.ca. Listings without a wage are left out. Last updated: .

Alberta trades postings today

10 listings shown Filter Alberta jobs on the full board

The six trades in Alberta

Postings today are from our board. Wages are Job Bank's 2025 hourly figures for Alberta (median, with low and high), revised November 19, 2025; they cover the whole occupation group and don't account for experience. Outlooks are Job Bank's 2025–2027 ratings, which compare occupations within the same province. A dash means Job Bank didn't publish a figure. Each trade links to our full guide.

The six job-board trades in Alberta: certification, postings today, Job Bank 2025 hourly wages and 2025–2027 outlook
TradeCertificationPostings todayMedian hourly wage, 2025 (low–high)Outlook 2025–2027
Electrician (construction)Compulsory5$38.00 ($21.50–$46.00)Moderate
PlumberCompulsory2$30.00 ($20.00–$43.00)Moderate
Steamfitter/pipefitterCompulsory1$44.90 ($26.94–$56.77)Moderate
IronworkerCompulsory1$40.60 ($27.00–$51.00)Limited
CarpenterNot compulsory1$34.00 ($22.22–$42.00)Moderate
Millwright (industrial mechanic)Not compulsory0$42.00 ($27.95–$59.63)Moderate

Apprenticeship and certification in Alberta

Your apprenticeship authority is Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training (Tradesecrets) (opens in a new tab). Alberta's trade names: Electrician, Plumber, Steamfitter-Pipefitter and Ironworker (with Reinforcing, Structural/Ornamental and Metal Building Systems Erector branches).

  • In Alberta's compulsory certification trades, you must be a registered apprentice working under a certified journeyperson, a certified journeyperson, or hold a recognized trade certificate to perform the trade's restricted activities.
  • Alberta's plumber and steamfitter-pipefitter programs each have 4 periods of 1,560 hours of work experience and 8 weeks of classroom instruction.
  • Alberta's plumber program includes Gasfitter – Class B certification, so apprentices who finish receive two journeyperson certificates.

How to read the table: Compulsory means only registered apprentices or certified journeypersons may do the work (in Alberta, the trade's restricted activities). Not compulsory means the trade isn't on that province's compulsory list, so apprenticeship certification is optional, though other licences, permits or tickets may still apply. In Quebec, anyone doing construction work covered by Act R-20 needs a CCQ competency certificate, and some work outside construction (such as electricity, plumbing and pipe fitting) needs a separate compulsory certificate from the Quebec government. Where we couldn't confirm a status from an official source, we say check with the authority. Status is from each province's own list, checked October 28, 2026.

More for Alberta job seekers

Sources

  1. Tradesecrets (Alberta) — Compulsory certification trades (opens in a new tab)
  2. Tradesecrets (Alberta) — Plumber (opens in a new tab)
  3. Tradesecrets (Alberta) — Steamfitter-Pipefitter (opens in a new tab)
  4. Job Bank — Wages open data, 2025 Wages file (revised November 19, 2025), Open Government Portal (opens in a new tab)
  5. Job Bank — 3-Year Employment Outlooks, 2025–2027 (published December 10, 2025), Open Government Portal (opens in a new tab)
  6. Job Bank (Government of Canada) — postings (opens in a new tab)

Postings updated: Oct 28, 2026, 6:25 AM ET. Province facts checked: Oct 28, 2026.

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