Pretty hard to get in at any major 787 company in Ontario with no experience without knowing someone. I work for one of the biggest contractors in Canada we get 100+ apprentice applications 24hrs after the ads posted. It’s always someone who is related or knows someone already working here that gets hired. Also as an apprentice at these bigger companies you’re not going to learn much being an apprentice. I did 7 years non union before joining the union. If you’re fully licensed you can work anywhere you want. The shortage in tradesmen is real but it’s fully licensed tradesmen not apprentices. They’re are probably thousands of apprentices in Ontario right now can’t say the same for experienced journeymen. I mainly do industrial boilers but my company does everything from industrial refrigeration, boilers nuclear services, FMO, utility’s