If you are looking for a career in the skilled trades and are considering taking a course to get your Gas Technician license, there are some questions you should ask yourself before you decide to take this step.

Do you like working independently?

As a gas fitter, you'll be working on installing, repairing and maintaining appliances, gas lines, regulators, and gas meters. Often this kind of work involves going into a customer's home for repair/maintenance jobs. If you are someone who enjoys working on your own rather than in groups, going back to school and taking a Gas Technician 3 course to become a licensed gas fitter might be the right step for you.

Though most work be done independently, it will also involve talking to and interacting with the customers to get the information required for the job. You may also be required to advise and discuss with clients the safety features and maintenance of gas units in their homes or in their businesses.

Do you like working with machines?

This one is a bit of an obvious one. Being a gas tech will involve testing, repairing, maintaining and sometimes replacing defective equipment. Though there are some aspects of the job that doesn't involve working on appliances and machines, this is largely what you will be doing.

If you are interested in working with your hands to build or repair these machines, start looking for gas fitter courses in Ontario, because this job is likely for you.

Are you interested in varied work?

For most of the year, gas fitters work 40 hours. 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. However, like most skilled trades jobs, there are times in the year where more hours may come up and you may need to work overtime to complete projects or keep up with demand.

Along with these changes in peak seasons, what you'll be doing as a licensed gas tech will vary with the seasons. In the winter, you'll likely be performing repairs or maintenance on furnaces or water heaters. In the summer, there's the illusion that gas technician jobs are nonexistent - which isn't the case. You may find yourself working on air conditioning units, outdoor fireplaces, or even barbecues which run through natural gas lines.

If you're interested in work that varies and is not the same thing every day, start the search for skilled trades academies which offer gas tech courses.

The Niagara & Halton Skilled Trades Academy offers a Gas Technician 3 Full and Part Time course which are open for registration. Within just a few short weeks, you can be a licensed gas technician working in the field as a gas fitter.