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Building Trades of Alberta

We coordinate and promote the interests of 18 Alberta local trade unions whose 60,000 members work in the residential, commercial and industrial construction, maintenance, and fabrication industries.

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Construction Trades Hub

Everything you need to start your career in the unionized skilled trades.

Start Planning Your Construction Career:

  • Explore the many skilled trades in Alberta.
  • Sign up for FREE trade-specific learning resources, videos, tutorials and more!
  • Use easy-to-access online study tools to help guide you through your apprenticeship.
  • Learn how joining a union can support you in your successful career.

Building Resiliency

Building Resiliency is an innovative program designed to support the Building Trades of Alberta’s membership in raising awareness about mental health, wellness, and resiliency in the workplace.

Supporting Mental Health and Wellness:

  • Develop skills for managing your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
  • Become a certified Peer Support through the Workplace Mental Health Leadership Certificate program.
  • Learn about the benefits of a Recovery-Informed-Workplace.
  • Sign up for Breaking Free, a free interactive digital service that offers confidential recovery support for alcohol and drugs.
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Apprentices and Training

The BTA affiliated unions provide the best safety training and skills training in the industry. Working with our industry partners, the BTA and its locals promote careers in the building trades through visits to high schools, trade fairs, scholarships, and much more.

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Build Together

Build Together is committed to highlighting rewarding careers in the unionized skilled trades to underrepresented groups, including women, Indigenous, youth, and new Canadians.

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Path Forward

BTA’s Path Forward initiative seeks to foster hope and belonging in Alberta’s Indigenous youth, countering high rates of addiction, incarceration, mental health issues, and suicides in their communities.

The Skilled Trades Advantage

The BTA coordinates and promotes the interests of 18 Alberta local skilled trades unions, whose more than 60,000 members work in the residential, commercial and industrial construction, maintenance, and fabrication industries.

The BTA:

  • promotes a safe industry
  • works to influence legislation, regulation, and government sentiment toward organized labor
  • creates and participates in alliances and partnerships with owners and contractors
  • participates in boards, associations, committees and other industry groups
  • develops programs that support under-represented groups in the trades
  • develops programs that highlight the value of unionized labour in order to help create more work opportunities for our members
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The BTA proudly coordinates and promotes the interests of 18 Alberta local skilled trades unions and

Thank you to Wade Glavine and our partners at ACTI for inviting us to their Christmas Open House! 🎄ACTI is a wonderful partner to the BTA and we're happy to support their innovative combination of physical and virtual training. We can't wait to keep working with them in 2024! #apprenticetraining #buildingtradesofalberta ... See MoreSee Less
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As we head into the holiday season, Barbara Simic and our partners in The Educational Partnership Foundation are starting their Give the Gift of Literacy campaign. Every child deserves to have books, and we're proud to support them! 📚 🎄"Did you know one in four Canadian households doesn’t own a single book? We asked prominent Albertans about the impact that books have had on their lives. In this episode, watch Tara Nelson share their story. Help us get books in the hands of kids that need them by supporting TEPF’s Give the Gift of Literacy campaign today. Your donation will go even further, thanks to the Calgary Flames Foundation's generous matching initiative up to $25,000. Donate now." tepf.ca/give-the-gift-of-literacy-campaign#LiteracyMatters #EmpowerYoungMinds #YYC #AlbertaEducation #FlamesFoundation #GiftOfLiteracyTEPF ... See MoreSee Less
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HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: The world's FIRST net-zero ethylene cracker is coming to Alberta's Industrial Heartland!The BTA has worked with Dow every step of the way to help bring this investment to Alberta and we're incredibly excited to see this decision! The Path2Zero Project will bring massive opportunities to our construction sector, our economy and our environment. We look forward to continuing to work with Dow on this project! #buildingtradesofalberta #netzero #albertajobsinvestalberta.ca/dow-makes-final-investment.../ ... See MoreSee Less
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🚨 HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: The world's FIRST net-zero ethylene cracker is coming to Alberta's industrial heartland!The BTA has worked with Dow every step of the way to help bring this investment to Alberta and we're incredibly excited to see this decision! The Path2Zero project will bring massive opportunities to our construction sector, our economy and our environment. We look forward to continuing to work with Dow on this project! 🥳 #buildingtradesofalberta #netzero #albertajobsInvest Alberta's news release: investalberta.ca/dow-makes-final-investment-decision-another-big-win-for-an-invest-alberta-client/Dow's news release: www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dows-board-of-directors-approves-final-investment-decision-for-p... ... See MoreSee Less
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