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Skills that raise your rate

• Industrial and refinery experience

  High-temperature piping, tanks and vessels. The best-paid work, mostly in Alberta and Sarnia.

• Firestopping

  Sealing openings where pipes pass through fire-rated walls. A growing, code-driven specialty.

• Asbestos abatement awareness and certification

  Old insulation often contains asbestos. Trained workers are needed to remove it safely, and it pays a premium.

• Sheet metal cladding

  Fitting the metal jacket over outdoor insulation. Precise, in demand.