Jul 21 • 🛠 Trade-Specific Support
RSOS 2025 Breakdown for the Top 10 In-Demand Red Seal Trades in Canada for 2025
What’s RSOS?
Red Seal Occupational Standard = the official playbook for each trade. It outlines what you’re expected to know, do, and be tested on. It’s your cheat code for passing the exam and leveling up your tradecraft.
Exam Structure (Most Trades):
- ✅ Multiple Choice
- 🕐 4 Hours
- 🎯 70% to pass
- 📊 100–150 questions (varies by trade)
- 💥 Split by Major Work Activities (MWAs) — each with tasks & sub-tasks
- 📄 RSOS PDFs available for each trade at red-seal.ca
🔟 Most In-Demand Red Seal Trades (2025)
RankTrade
Why?
Industrial Electrician (Automation, plants, mining)
Millwright (Industrial Mech) Manufacturing & heavy industry
Welder (Infrastructure, oil & gas)
Cook (Service industry shortage)
Hairstylist (Personal services demand)
Carpenter (Housing boom)
Plumber (Aging infrastructure)
Construction Electrician (Commercial/residential builds)
Steamfitter/Pipefitter (Refineries, energy)
HD Equipment Technician Resource + construction sectors
✅ What’s In the RSOS for Every Trade?
Each Red Seal trade has a custom RSOS, but here’s the common structure:
- MWA A – Common Skills: safety, tools, organizing work, documentation
- MWA B+ – Core Tasks: specific to each trade (e.g. wiring, welding, engine repair, cutting hair, mixing dough)
- Final MWAs – Specializations, troubleshooting, emerging tech (e.g. EV systems, smart HVAC, digital controls)
📘 Examples (Quick Snapshots):
Electrician (Construction)
- 100 questions
- MWAs: Planning & Prep (12%), Wiring (35%), Panels & Systems (30%), Troubleshooting (23%)
- Focus: codebook, circuits, tools, prints, safety
Heavy Duty Mechanic
- 135 questions
- MWAs: Engines, Drivetrains, Hydraulics, Electrical, Brakes, Diagnostics
- Focus: CAT/Komatsu service logic, hydraulics, teardown/rebuild
Baker
- 150 questions
- MWAs: Fermented Dough (27%), Cakes & Pastries (22%), Assembly/Finishing (17%), Chocolate & Sugar Work (10%)
- Focus: baking ratios, proofing, mixing, sanitation
Welder
- 125 questions
- MWAs: Processes (GMAW/SMAW/FCAW), Materials, Fabrication, Blueprint Reading
- Focus: position welds, metallurgy, distortion control
🛠️ Want the RSOS PDF for Your Trade?
Click your trade > scroll to RSOS or NOA PDF📥 Download it — that’s your study bible
🔥 Coach’s Tip
Don’t just study questions — study the tasks. The Red Seal exam is task-weighted.
If a trade’s RSOS shows 35% of the job is electrical troubleshooting… you bet 35% of your exam is too.
“If you train the task, the test will feel familiar. If you only train the test, the job will crush you.”
– Will Nemo
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RSOS 2025 Breakdown for the Top 10 In-Demand Red Seal Trades in Canada for 2025
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