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Tickets that raise your rate

• Welding tickets

  CWB (Canadian Welding Bureau) tickets and pressure welding tickets add several dollars an hour. A steamfitter who can weld is the most wanted person on site.

• Plumber licence (a second trade)

  Many hold both. It opens commercial and hospital work that is less cyclical.

• Medical gas certification

  Hospitals need certified installers for oxygen and vacuum piping.

• Nuclear security clearance

  Ontario's Darlington and Bruce nuclear refurbishments hire pipefitters by the hundreds, with steady multi-year work.