Sheet Metal Worker (Tinsmith) Examination - Effective as of January 6, 2025
The examination is 3 hours long. It contains 60 questions and each question is worth 1 point. The required passing grade is 60%. The materials provided for the exam include a pencil, a calculator, a blank sheet of paper, an eraser, and a plan book. No other material or reference document is allowed during the examination.
Skill Content on Which Questions May Be Based
Section 1 - Applying basic tinsmithing skills (25%)
- Applying health and safety rules :
- Using personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Safely using lifting and work access equipment
- Maintaining a safe work environment
- Organizing the work :
- Interpreting plans and specifications
- Using the required types of material according to their compatibility
- Lifting and moving a piece
- Communicating using the hand signal code
- Developing and manufacturing parts :
- Interpreting data from the parts to be developed
- Making parts
- Installing scaffolding :
- Checking scaffolding location and assembling sections
Section 2 - Installing distribution, evacuation and recovery (ventilation) systems (42%)
- Performing pre-installation work :
- Installing suspension and anchoring equipment on a structure (concrete, steel or wood)
- Assembling and installing accessories and equipment (dampers, fire dampers, mufflers, fans, coils)
- Installing ducts and devices :
- Installing ducts and devices
- Installing earthquake protection on appliances and ducts
- Finishing the installation
Section 3 - Installing metal cladding (33%)
- Installing cladding on roofs :
- Installing metal cladding on a flat roof
- Installing metal cladding on ancestral roofs
- Finishing the installation
- Installing interior and exterior cladding :
- Installing the cladding support system
- Installing the cladding
- Finishing the installation
Samples of questions for provincial qualification examination.
Suggested documentation
The suggested documents are an important tool to help you prepare for the examination. However, your best asset to write the exam successfully are the quality and diversity of the skills you have acquired during your apprenticeship.
- SHEET METAL, & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (US). (2020). HVAC Duct Construction Standards: Metal and Flexible. The Association.
https://store.smacna.org/hvac-duct-construction-standards-metal-and-flexible-4th/ - ASSOCIATION DES ENTREPRENEURS EN REVÊTEMENT MÉTALLIQUE DU QUÉBEC (AERMQ). Manuel technique, AERMQ, 2020, 465 p. In French only.
www.aermq.qc.ca - LES PUBLICATIONS DU QUÉBEC. Gréage et levage: guide de sécurité (traduction, Marc Pelletier; collaboration Pierre Bouchard et al.; pour la Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail), Québec, Publications du Québec, 2006, 174 p. In French only.
www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca - PENDER, James Angus. Le soudage , Éd. métrique, Chenelière /McGraw-Hill, Montréal, 1977, 200 p. In French only.
- COMMISSION SUR LES NORMES, L’ÉQUITÉ, LA SANTÉ ET LA SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL. Collection Guide d’installation et d’utilisation, Échafaudages, CNESST. In French only.
www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca - COMMISSION DE LA CONSTRUCTION DU QUÉBEC (CCQ). Fiers & compétents – perfectionnement en construction. In French only. In French only.
https://fiersetcompetents.ccq.org