Carpenter - Red Seal Self-Assessment and Exam Breakdown
Self-Assessment
This tool can be used to reflect on your own experience and knowledge in the trade compared with what is on the exam.
Exam Breakdown
Each Red Seal exam's questions are developed to assess the activities laid out in in the National Occupational Analysis. This trade's Red Seal exam has 100 questions Footnote *, which are distributed as follows:
Block A – Common Occupational Skills - 14 questions
Task 1 - Uses and maintains tools and equipment
4 questions
Task 2 - Performs safety related activities
3 questions
Task 3 - Uses building materials
4 questions
Task 4 - Builds and uses temporary access structures
3 questions
Block B – Planning and Layout - 18 questions
Task 5 - Interprets documentation
5 questions
Task 6 - Organizes work
5 questions
Task 7 - Performs layout
8 questions
Block C – Concrete - 15 questions
Task 8 - Constructs formwork
10 questions
Task 9 - Installs concrete, cement-based and epoxy products
5 questions
Block D – Framing - 17 questions
Task 10 - Constructs floor systems
5 questions
Task 11 - Constructs deck systems
3 questions
Task 12 - Constructs wall systems
4 questions
Task 13 - Constructs roof and ceiling systems
5 questions
Block E – Exterior Finish - 13 questions
Task 14 - Installs exterior doors and windows
5 questions
Task 15 - Installs roofing
4 questions
Task 16 - Installs exterior finishes
4 questions
Block F – Interior Finish - 13 questions
Task 17 - Applies wall and ceiling finishes
3 questions
Task 18 - Installs flooring
2 questions
Task 19 - Installs interior doors and windows
3 questions
Task 20 - Constructs and installs finish components and stairs
5 questions
Block G – Renovations - 10 questions
Task 21 - Performs renovation-specific support activities
4 questions
Task 22 - Performs renovation-specific construction activities
6 questions
For more information about exam preparation materials (textbooks, modules, etc.) contact your provincial/territorial apprenticeship office.