Certificate Examples

Certificate Numbers for each Certificate Type except Red Seal and Blue Seal, are defined as follows:

Comprised of alphabetic and numeric characters that are not limited to a certain layout or a defined amount of each type within the overall 9 alphanumeric characters. The 9 characters is a maximum length. It may be shorter.
The alpha characters can be at the beginning (prefix), the end (suffix) or anywhere in between. The numeric part always increments by one for each Certificate issued.

Possible examples are:
’00001A’, ‘00002A’, ‘00003A’ … ‘ 00009A’, ‘00010A’, ‘00011A’ …
‘FC 00001’, ‘FC 00002’, ‘FC 00003’ … ‘FC 00009’, ‘FC 00010’ …
or to demonstrate the extreme case, the following example:
‘A101B30A’, ‘A101B31A’, ‘A101B32A’ … ‘A101B39A’, ‘A101B40A’ …

The following table shows an example of each Certificate Number by Certificate Type (including Red Seal and Blue Seal):

Certificate Type

Current Certificate Number Definition and Example

Journeyperson Certificate

(Current)

Completion of an apprenticeship education program will result in a journeyperson certificate with a 6-digit unique sequential number (add leading zeroes, if necessary) followed by ‘A’ (e.g. ‘000001A’)

Completion of a trades qualifier program will result in a journeyperson certificate with a 6-digit unique sequential number (add leading zeroes, if necessary) followed by ‘NQ’ (e.g. ‘000002NQ’)

Both wallet cards are embossed with the Alberta seal and a holographic laminate as an additional security feature to protect from tampering and counterfeiting.

Journeyperson Certificate

(Pre-July 2022)

6-digit unique sequential number (add leading zeroes, if necessary)
followed by ‘A’

(e.g. ‘000001A’)

Qualification Certificate

(Pre-July 2022)

6-digit unique sequential number (add leading zeroes, if necessary)
followed by ‘NQ’

(e.g. ‘000001NQ’)

Qualification of Occupation

(Pre-July 2022)

6-digit unique sequential number (add leading zeroes, if necessary)
followed by ‘OQ’

(e.g. ‘000001OQ’)

Occupation Certificate

(Pre-July 2022)

6-digit unique sequential number (add leading zeroes, if necessary)
followed by ‘N’

(e.g. ‘000001N’)

Certified in Occupation

(Pre-July 2022)

6-digit unique sequential number (add leading zeroes, if necessary)
followed by ‘G’

(e.g. ‘000001G’)

Blue Seal Certificate
(Achievement in Business Competencies Program)

6-digit unique sequential number (add leading zeroes, if necessary)

(e.g. ‘000024’)

Red Seal Endorsement

AB Province Code (‘J’)
followed by a dash (‘-‘) followed by
2-character Interprovincial Trade Code
followed by a dash (‘-‘) followed by
6-digit unique sequential number (add leading zeroes, if necessary)

(e.g. ‘J-01-000001’)