• Small appliance repairers usually require some specialized college or high school courses or several months of on-the-job training.
  
• Major appliance repairers/technicians require some secondary school education and completion of a college program in appliance repair or Completion of a three- or four-year apprenticeship program in appliance repair.
  
• Appliance service technician, or appliance serviceperson, trade certification is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
  
• A provincial gas fitter licence, or gas appliance technician certificate, may be required for gas appliance service technicians.
  
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified appliance service technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
  

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