Truck & Transport Mechanic (310T)
Maintain and repair commercial trucks, buses, and trailer brake, steering, and drivetrain systems.
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A Red Seal endorsement is a seal on your provincial or territorial trade certificate. It shows you have the knowledge and skills to practice your trade across Canada — earned by passing the interprovincial Red Seal exam.
What this trade covers
Maintain and repair commercial trucks, buses, and trailer brake, steering, and drivetrain systems.
Exam format
- • 120 multiple-choice questions
- • 4-hour time limit
- • 70% required to pass
- • Closed-book
- • 135 questions, 4 hours, 70% to pass
- • Questions align with the Red Seal Occupational Standard (RSOS)
Exam blueprint (RSOS)
Questions are distributed across major work activities defined in the Red Seal Occupational Standard — the same breakdown used on the official exam.
Common Occupational Skills
Services, diagnoses and repairs engines and supporting systems
Services, diagnoses and repairs air systems and brake systems
Services, diagnoses and repairs electrical and electronic systems
Services, diagnoses and repairs drive trains
Services, diagnoses and repairs steering, chassis/frames, suspensions, tires, wheels and hubs
Services, diagnoses and repairs cabs
Services, diagnoses and repairs trailers
Services, diagnoses and repairs climate control systems
Services, diagnoses and repairs hydraulic systems
Services, diagnoses and repairs hybrid and electric vehicles (EV)
Official Red Seal resources
Source material from the Red Seal Program — administered by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship (CCDA).