Certification Advisor - Lower Mainland (Permanent, Full-time)

SkilledTradesBC; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Pension contributions

Lifestyle Spending Account

On-site gym

Comprehensive health and dental plans

Job summary

SkilledTradesBC is seeking a Certification Advisor to join the Lower Mainland team in BC. The role focuses on promoting apprenticeship, understanding legislation, and ensuring compliance through education and outreach to employers, sponsors, and apprentices.

The successful candidate will conduct inspections and investigations, provide regulatory guidance, and collaborate with multiple departments to support enforcement activities while advancing the province's skilled trades credentialing system.

Qualifications

• A post-secondary education and/or trades certification is preferred; a combination of education, training, and experience in apprenticeship may be considered.
• Experience in working with administrative legal frameworks and ability to understand and interpret standards and legislation.
• Experience in deploying training, mentoring, and support models for regulatory teams, including applying investigation skills and analysis.
• Experience working with government, boards and senior leadership.
• Strong people-centric leadership and relationship-building in complex environments.
• Experience using data and analytics to support decisions.
• Strong administrative skills, including concise reports.
• Proficient in a digital work environment with multiple IT systems and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Represent SkilledTradesBC locally to stakeholders, industry, employers, sponsors, and apprentices.
• Develop regional relationships to promote skilled trade training, apprenticeship, and sponsorship in BC.
• Conduct compliance activities including education, promotion, inspection, audit, investigation, and enforcement.
• Receives/requests information and coordinates with other departments to resolve requests.
• Prepares detailed written summaries of findings and communicates decisions to clients and staff.
• Maintains current knowledge of legislation, regulations, and policies.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder relations

Communication

Analytical thinking

Public outreach

Education

Post-secondary education or trades certification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Certification Advisor - Lower Mainland (Permanent, Full-time)

Job Description

Posted Friday, August 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. | Expires Saturday, August 29, 2026 at 9:59 a.m.

Join SkilledTradesBC and be part of a highly engaged organization that is named one of BC’s Top Employers and certified Great Place to Work!

ABOUT THE POSITION

SkilledTradesBC is currently seeking one (1) Certification Advisor to join our team in Lower Mainlandregion of BC.

Reporting to the Manager, Certification Advisors. Certification Advisors are responsible for maintaining and enhancing skilled trade apprenticeship and certification in British Columbia. Through a model that emphasizes education and support, Certification Advisors will ensure that legislated responsibilities are understood and observed. This is achieved by leading awareness and educational outreach activities with impacted parties, providing sound interpretation of legislated requirements and initiating compliance activities throughout the province. To complement the outreach activities, Certification Advisors value a customer-centric approach and are effective communicators exercising sound judgment in an independent environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES

Locally represent SkilledTradesBC to stakeholders, industry, employers, sponsors, and apprentices. Develop regional relationships to better promote the value, knowledge, and regulatory responsibilities behind skilled trade training, apprenticeship, and sponsorship in BC.

• Builds and enhances relationships with industry, employers, sponsors, and apprentices to ensure legislated responsibilities under the Skilled Trades BC Act is understood
• Conduct compliance activities including education, promotion, inspection, audit, investigation, and enforcement
• Receives/requests information and reaches out to SkilledTradesBC departments that can support in resolving requests some of which may be confidential or quite sensitive in nature, from clients or other interested parties
• Conducts preliminary assessments of complaints/applications, ensuring all relevant documentation is present, and follows up with requests to the client or other interested parties if any documentation is missing
• Performs searches of various databases and other available resources to collect
• additional information that guides compliance activities performed
• Updates databases to include findings and decisions
• Prepares detailed written summary of findings and decisions and communicates decisions to clients and staff
• Conducts supplementary reviews to reassess decisions in the event that new or additional information is presented
• Confirms that decisions are compliant with legislation, regulations, and policies and are accurately recorded in program databases and records systems
• Maintains current knowledge of legislation, regulations, and policies
• Maintains and regularly updates records and databases to ensure ongoing compliance and to assist ongoing and future enforcement activities
• Participates in the training and mentoring of new branch staff and collaborates with colleagues to share information and processes
• Advises clients and stakeholders on the Skilled Trades BC Act and associated regulations and provides direction on the appropriate processes
• Assists with the preparation and delivery of public education workshops on matters related to the Apprenticeship and Skilled Trades Certification
• Role model collaborative approaches to communication and innovation and actively seek ways to enhance the work environment, including harmonization of new mandates into the existing culture
• Participates at various committees, seminars, joint initiatives and events related to compliance and the Skilled Trades Certification legislation

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• A post-secondary education and/or trades certification is preferred; a combination of education, training, and experience with demonstrated success in working within the apprenticeship system as a coach, counsellor, or advisor will be considered
• Experience in working with administrative legal frameworks and ability to understand and interpret standards and legislation
• Experience in deploying training, mentoring, and support models for regulatory teams, including applying investigation skills and analysis for inspection practice
• Experience working with government, boards and senior leadership
• Strong people-centric leadership known for their effective management and relationship building skills, with experience leading multi-disciplinary professionals in complex environments with exceptional results
• Strong conflict management skills and experience
• Experience effectively utilizing data and analytics to support organizational decisions
• Strong administrative skills, including the ability to write concise reports
• Strong ability to work in a digitalized environment with multiple IT systems and use Microsoft Office Suite

Assets

• A strong knowledge of the B.C. apprenticeship system, or comparable provincial apprenticeship system.

Other Job-related information

• Travel is required. Must have a valid BC driver’s license and access to a personal vehicle

COMPENSATION

Salary Band D: $74,720 - $101,094

SkilledTradesBC offers a highly competitive benefits package and perks which include:

• Hybrid work schedule, floater days, and a 37.50-hour work week,
• Eligible for pension contributions,
• Lifestyle Spending Account, on-site gym,
• Extensive Extended Health and Dental Plans that are 100% employer paid.

Posting Closing Date: Friday, August 28, 2026

WHO WE ARE

SkilledTradesBC is a crown agency that is responsible for leading and coordinating the skilled trades training and credentialing system for the province. SkilledTradesBC provides strategic leadership, policy support and customer services to help apprentices, employers and industry.

SkilledTradesBC sets program standards, maintains credential records and issues the highly regarded Interprovincial Red Seal and B.C. Certificate of Qualifications (C of Q) credentials.

At SkilledTradesBC , we are committed to diversity and inclusion to ensure that everyone can be their best, authentic self at work. We strive to remove barriers that affect marginalized communities in our recruitment processes. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply.