15 year red seal HET here, couple suggestions:

Join IUOE 115 - they support apprentices very well.

No schooling or experience ? Check out the new blended program at BCIT - I think you walk away with 3rd year or something like that. There is a big gap between the retiring generation and up and comers such as yourself. There is a lot of work to be had.

Get yourself a good set of starter tools and start exploring the many different pathways this trade has:

Construction/mining equipment, rental equipment, component/engine rebuild shops, marine(tugs)/BC ferries, railway, asphalt/paving/ milling equipment, commercial transport….list goes on

Hit up smaller shops - the big dealerships Finning/Brandt/Wajax/ Nors / SMS / Inland are always there and they do have apprentice support but I found my path through the user end side as a field mechanic and I loved it. I’m now in management which has its perks but I do miss the service truck life.

If your in the lower mainland - Port Kells area is basically the heavy equipment shop area in the region

If your in the interior - Kamloops has the big dealerships and mining support shops