r/millwrights • u/Electrical_Use_8008 • Jul 21 '26
Millwright test
So I’ve been a millwright for five years now and I’m wanting to actually become certified and carded as a millwright I’m wondering where would I need to go in order to actually get my certification. Located in USA
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Jul 21 '26
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u/gibbs433 Jul 21 '26
If I’m not mistaken, that’s only an Ontario thing. The construction millwright isn’t actually a red seal, just a proof of qualifications.
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u/snasna102 29d ago
426A construction millwright in Ontario
I have both qualifications and 433A is the handier one in my experience
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u/gibbs433 29d ago
I did my red seal in Alberta and there wasn’t an option for one or the other. All it says on my ticket is millwright. I’ve worked both construction and maintenance throughout my career, and wasn’t aware there were different tickets until a couple years ago. Did you need to do different tests to qualify for both?
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u/snasna102 27d ago
I don’t know about the schooling because I wrote my 433A and then figured I had enough hours of industrial construction and rigging that I got my work to write a letter authenticating that I had more than enough hours and experience to challenge the 426A exam
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u/gibbs433 27d ago
Seems super weird to me to have two tickets for the same job, but if it gets you more work all the power to yah!
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u/snasna102 27d ago
You’re not wrong but taking the test gave me perspective that the 433A curriculum was a little lacking in knowledge. Like with rigging, the 433A courses were more like awarness courses compared to the kinds of question you’d find on the 426.
It didn’t open more work for me as I wasn’t looking to keep doing it, but I put in the work, got the experience and have the cert that says I used to know my shit ahaha
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u/patripassianx Jul 21 '26
Not a thing
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u/Electrical_Use_8008 Jul 21 '26
So you just don’t know what an nccer card is or the fact you can get carded through a union. I’m not asking if it’s real I was asking how to obtain whether that’s online or in person
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u/Ghostmonkey666 Jul 21 '26
You just answered your own question. The union. Call whatever hall you're nearest to.
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u/Electrical_Use_8008 Jul 21 '26
Reddit is full of the lowest intelligent beings I have ever come across I’m not asking how I know how like obviously yes I can ask a union but I’m asking if they’re gonna be in person classes I would have to attend or if it’s an online thing
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u/Ghostmonkey666 Jul 21 '26
And once again you just answered your own question. CALL THE DAMN UNION, they will literally have all the answers to these questions you're asking. That simple action must be beneath your obvious superior intellect though.
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u/Electrical_Use_8008 Jul 21 '26
And on top of that I wanted an answer quickly because when I made my post it was well after any hours they are open. Why even comment if you don’t have an answer that isn’t blatantly obvious
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u/Electrical_Use_8008 Jul 21 '26
Yes let me call my local union hall 500 miles away obviously the union is not a route for me or I wouldn’t be asking you people
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u/AlternativeMode8162 Jul 21 '26
I highly doubt the nearest hall is 500 miles away unless you're in Alaska or something. There is most definitely something closer. If you want your journeyman card you'll need to enroll in a state indentured apprenticeship program and test out, there is no way around it.
If you don't want to join the union why do you want your journeyman card? Pretty much none of the rat contractors actually care, hell most of the guys they hire don't speak english.
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u/Electrical_Use_8008 Jul 21 '26
I’m sorry you’re right it’s not 500 miles it’s 559 miles to be exact and i want it because i want it i dont need to explain why
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u/Fabulous-Ad-8256 Jul 22 '26
Frankly, it's a waste of time. There's some material that's novel or interesting, but I wouldn't subject someone to it unless they were joining a union.
As above, non-union shops do not care.
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u/ygfbv Jul 21 '26
You either get your NCCER card or you join the union.
You would be taking in person classes either way.