Natural gas service person

Work with your hands, work with your team, and work outdoors. Work with us.

Natural gas service persons respond to natural gas related emergencies such as fire, damaged gas lines and carbon monoxide calls in a dynamic and diverse work environment. They make repairs and inspect residential and commercial gas-related appliances and equipment, replace natural gas meters and regulators and repair or install service lines. Service persons also locate underground natural gas and electrical lines.

Become a natural gas service person

Get paid to learn!

• This four-year fully paid apprenticeship includes competency-based trade schools, formal classes and on-the-job training.
• During your paid training, you'll be rotated to different work locations throughout Manitoba.
• After you complete your training and successfully pass testing and evaluation, you'll receive a journeyperson’s certificate as a natural gas service person.
• Apprentices make an hourly rate of $24.13 and $32.71. A journeyperson makes an hourly rate between $37.08 and $47.69.

Qualifications

All of the following qualifications are required for the apprenticeship program.

You must:

• be a high school graduate with Mathematics 40S (Applied or Pre-Calculus), Physics 30S, and English 40
  
  or
  
  a Class “A” or “B” Gasfitter’s license issued by the Province of Manitoba certifying qualification (or equivalent Provincial certification)
• possess and maintain a valid Manitoba Class 5 driver’s licence (intermediate or full) and be eligible for upgrade
• be willing to work in all types of weather, work at heights and in confined spaces, have good mechanical aptitude, physical coordination, manual dexterity and be able to lift heavy objects from a variety of physical positions

If you're selected for skills assessment, we test that you have the physical strength, dexterity, and endurance requirements. Prepare for the physical demands of the job – read our Physical Training Guide for Skills Assessment & Trades Orientation (PDF, 4.4 MB).

Recruitment journey

We typically recruit annually in February, but recruitment dates are subject to change.

This recruitment normally takes approximately four months.

1. Step 1
   Apply online
2. Step 2
   Aptitude testing

   If selected, you will write standardized aptitude tests to assess how well your abilities match the requirements of the job.

3. Step 3
   Skills assessment training orientation day

   If selected for the next step, you will participate in a pre-employment skills assessment and trade orientation session to demonstrate your job-related skills. This component may include an interview. A current driver’s abstract must be provided at this time.

4. Step 4
   Selection for hire
5. Step 5
   Offers of employment
6. Step 6
   Orientation

Current positions

View current job postings to check if the role is posted. If it is not posted, set up a job alert to be notified when the application period is open. Use the “Register now” button to set up your online registration (if you don’t have one already set up). Your online profile is not an application. Once you've registered, you must submit an application for the job during the recruitment period.

View instructions for creating a profile and setting up job alerts. Set up the job alert, select “trades” and “gas service” as your area of interest.

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How to apply

Applications must include:

• current resumé and cover letter
• high school transcripts¹ and any post-secondary school transcripts or training certificates

If you're selected, you will write standardized aptitude tests to assess how well your abilities match the job’s requirements. If selected for the next step, you'll participate in a panel interview and a one-day pre-employment skills assessment and trade orientation session (PDF, 135 KB) to demonstrate your job-related skills. A current driver’s abstract must be provided at this time.

Note: Register on a desktop computer or laptop – the application will not work on your mobile device.

Apprenticeship program benefits

You will not accumulate any student or trainee debt in this training program. We pay you a bi-weekly salary during the four-year trade schooling, formal classes, and on-the-job training. You’ll belong to a union and have a collective agreement.

You must buy your own set of tools, but we offer a payroll deduction option to help spread out the cost. If your tools break on the job, we replace them at our expense.

Safety

Safety remains our top priority in everything we do.

You'll receive all necessary personal protective equipment (PPE), including clothing, eyewear and hardhats and learn how to use and care for your PPE.

You'll receive safety training and learn safe work procedures. Before each job, crews participate in job planning and tailboard meetings to discuss the best and safest way to do the work. You also have the right to refuse a task you believe to be unsafe.