Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics install and maintain oil, coal and wood heating systems in residential and commercial buildings.

• Completion of secondary school and training courses or a vocational program is usually required.
  
• Completion of a three- to four-year apprenticeship program or a combination of over four years of work experience and industry courses in heating systems installation and repair is usually required for trade certification.
  
• Oil heat system technician trade certification is compulsory in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
  
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified oil heat system technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.