Trace Fire Protection currently has opening for a junior fire alarm technician.

***This isn’t an electrical apprenticeship position***

Information about Trace: Established in 1993; over 85 full time employees; Office based in Markham, Ontario; Service and inspection at over 1500 sites in the GTA area. In house design, electrical, fire alarm, and sprinkler divisions.

Responsibilities

- Annual testing on fire alarm, sprinkler, portable equipment, and emergency lighting systems. Additional responsibilities as knowledge and experience is gained in the industry.

- Occasional service or repairs with other technicians

- Small repairs and assisting on projects and larger repairs as needed from time to time

- You must show up on time every day and put in a full day's work. You must be prepared to drive to the various jobsites that we service on a daily basis in the GTA (ranging from Hamilton/Kitchener/Waterloo in the west to Toronto region in the east). You will be scheduled with a senior technician on a daily basis for the first couple of years.

Qualifications

- Background in a related school or trade (example electronics, fire protection engineering, technical courses).

- Ability to make it to jobsites in the GTA(possibly ranging from Hamilton/Kitchener in the west to Durham region in the east but we try to schedule you as close to home as possible) in a reliable manner (we have a 1 hour service area of buildings from the 401 and 404) and try to stream west end employees to Toronto and West sites, and east end employees to Toronto and East sites.

- Willingness to learn, show up on time, focus on the job at hand

- Prior mechanical or technical experience is a benefit.

What We Offer

- Modern iPad inspection data and results entry with our custom made iPad application

- Paperless annual and monthly testing reports
- Long term, steady work with established 30 year old company

- Annual christmas bonus

- Company assisted benefits package after 3 months

- Company iPhone, iPad, specialty tools, uniforms





- Valuable experience working with management who are licensed engineers, master electricians, sprinkler fitters, and fire alarm technicians

- Annual vacation pay % increase with every year of employment

- Company RRSP retirement plan

- Opportunity to grow into a full technician in time, and receive the benefits that come with that position (CFAA license, service vehicle, etc).

Typically, the "Trainee" technician period is about 2 years in duration. You will be assisting other technicians mainly with testing of systems. While in the trainee period, you can sign up for and progress through the 5 x CFAA (canadian fire alarm association) courses and gain experience, knowledge, and schooling over the first 2 years. After 2 years you can write the CFAA practical and theoretically exams to become a fully licensed (but Junior) technician. Once you become fully licensed, the position normally provides a company vehicle, on-call roster, and the ability to perform more solo or "lead" work. After a couple years as a Junior technician you can progress into intermediate and senior roles.

The fire alarm industry is very stable in that all the work is mandated by code and insurance, there is no option to not perform the testing and repairs. As such, there are no real slowdowns and the wages rise fairly quickly and steadily. You will be doing work that directly impacts the life safety of the building residents and occupants.

In this trade there is no formal apprenticeship, the courses are online / mail order. As such, you can progress to a full trade license quicker than trades such as an electrician or plumber.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $25.00-$27.00 per hour

Expected hours: 35.0 – 45.0 per week

Perks:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Application question(s):

- Do you have your own vehicle with means to travel to jobsites daily?
- Are you able to work full time Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm consistently?
- Do you have industry relevant education such as college fire protection courses, or transferrable job experience in condo and apartment settings such as security or building maintenance?

Work Location: In person

📌 junior fire alarm technician (Canada)
🏢 Trace Fire Protection
📍 Canada