Gasfitter Apprenticeship Survey for Red Seal ProgramThank you to everyone who responded to the Gasfitter Apprenticeship Survey for the Red Seal Program. This survey is now closed. Your responses will help to develop the necessary interprovincial standard examination, training programs and curricula for the Red Seal Program for Gasfitters. The request to designate the Gasfitter trade as an Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program has been approved by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship (CCDA). For more information on the Red Seal, please visit the Red Seal Program webpage. |
Licensed contractors working with natural and manufactured gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, digester gas, landfill gas, or a mixture or dilution of gasses, need to apply for a permit before they install regulated equipment, piping, or appliances.
If you have an installation and the scope of the work on that site has since changed, get the permit amended at your nearest BCSA office.
Please note: BC Safety Authority issues gas installation permits for the Province of British Columbia, except for the following municipalities that issue their own gas permits. They issue gas installation permits for single family dwellings or if the gas meter pressure is 2PSI or less, and/or if the total connected load to the gas meter is 409,600 BTU/hr or less.
Gas Installation Permit
If you have an existing BC OnLine account, you can access MyConnection on April 15, 2013 to obtain an installation permit. Those who do not have a BC OnLine account can access MyConnection after April 29, 2013.
Alternatively, please prepare all the information in the Gas Installation Permit Application Form 501 and:
- Call our customer service line on 1-866-566-7233 or,
- Mail or fax the form to your nearest BCSA office, or
- Visit any of the BCSA offices in person.
For commercial and all other installations, please refer to the Gas Fee Schedule or for residential installations refer to:
- Contractor Fees (Residential Installations - Fully Detached Dwelling)
- Contractor Fees (Residential Installations - Multi-Unit Dwellings)
For BCSA areas of jurisdiction, remember that you’ll need to contact BC Safety Authority when each phase of the regulated gas system is complete to request an inspection.
Completing your installation
For BCSA areas of jurisdiction, if you have finished or altered your permitted installation, please complete the Gas Notification of Completion, Installation or Alteration Form 570 and:
- Call our customer service line on 1-866-566-7233 or,
- Mail or fax the form to your nearest BCSA office or,
- Visit any of the BCSA offices in person.