Welcome to the Canadian Elevator Industry Educational Program

Members of the International Union of Elevator Constructors ( IUEC ) are the highest skilled and best-trained mechanics and apprentices in all the Building and Construction Trades. This is due to the outstanding comprehensive training program they receive through the Canadian Elevator Industry Educational Program ( CEIEP ). Since it inception in 1967, CEIEP has maintained an educational program that is the standard for the entire elevator industry and prescribes the courses required of  a constructor who wishes to advance from apprentice to mechanic.
 
CEIEP offers both required and elective courses to elevator constructors at training sites located all across Canada. CEIEP courses are called "modules" and each module consists of one or more "units". CEIEP modules are administered over a four-year time period. After an apprentice progresses from first year through year four, and upon successful challenge of the CEIEP Mechanics' Exam, he or she graduates to the journeyman/mechanic level.
 
CEIEP insures that IUEC mechanics will be ready and able to meet the challenges created by technological advances in the industry through the Mechanics Continuing Education Technical Review Series.