Built from 35 years inside the trade
Red Seal Training Academy is a subsidiary of AnchorPoint Consulting Group, built by Red Seal tradespeople who have held the tickets, worked the jobs, and sat the same certification exams you are preparing for.
About Red Seal Training Academy
We started in the trades in Scotland, qualified in heavy industrial work in the UK, worked across Australia, and have spent the last two decades in Canada on major industrial operations, infrastructure projects, and shipbuilding — including Canada’s Federal Fleet Renewal program at Vancouver Shipyards with Seaspan.
We built Red Seal Training Academy because the exam prep that existed wasn’t good enough. Most of it is written poorly. The questions are generic, the explanations are thin, and the format doesn’t reflect how the actual exams are structured. We knew we could build something better. Every book in this series is built from 35 years of knowing what the work actually involves, what the exams actually test, and what separates the tradespeople who pass from those who don’t.
Red Seal Endorsement
Project Management Professional
Environmental Operators Certification Program
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Scottish Qualifications Authority
City & Guilds
The exam prep the trades actually deserve
Most exam prep books for trade certifications are built by publishing companies, not tradespeople. They cover the topics in the study guide but miss the context — the application, the judgment calls, the knowledge that only comes from doing the work at a professional level over a long career. The result is questions that test memorisation instead of understanding.
Red Seal Training Academy builds exam prep from the inside out. Every question in every book is written with the actual work in mind — what a journeyperson encounters on the job, what the exam actually tests at each level, and what understanding looks like versus what guessing looks like. The Learning Pack and Exam Format structure is designed around how working adults actually learn and retain information under examination conditions.
35 years. Three countries. One standard.
The experience behind these books spans three decades of industrial work across the UK, Australia, and Canada. Here is where it came from.
Scotland — North Glasgow College Trades training and certification in mechanical and piping systems. City and Guilds qualifications in Advanced Welding and HVAC Engineering.
UK — Haden Young — Heavy Industrial Industrial pipefitting and mechanical systems in major UK industrial facilities. Hands-on qualification in high-pressure systems and process pipework.
Australia — Industrial Operations Heavy industrial and resources sector operations. Cross-jurisdictional trade experience and exposure to international codes and standards.
Canada — Red Seal Certification — Steamfitter / Pipefitter Canadian Red Seal endorsement. National certification recognised in every province and territory. EOCP certifications in all four water and wastewater disciplines.
Canada — Senior Industrial Operations Major industrial, infrastructure, and energy projects across Western Canada. PMP. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Power Engineer Class 5.
Vancouver — Vancouver Shipyards — Federal Fleet Renewal Senior Operations Manager on Canada’s Federal Fleet Renewal program with Seaspan. One of the largest active shipbuilding programs in Canadian history.
Vancouver — Founded by a Red Seal Training Academy Built the exam prep series the trades actually deserve. 32 trades. Canada and the United States. Operating as a subsidiary of AnchorPoint Consulting Group.
A subsidiary of AnchorPoint Consulting Group
Red Seal Training Academy operates as a subsidiary of AnchorPoint Consulting Group, based in Vancouver, BC. AnchorPoint works across industrial operations, workforce development, technical training, and operational consulting in the infrastructure, energy, marine, and shipbuilding sectors.
The Exam Cram Series sits within AnchorPoint’s broader mandate to build the capability of North American tradespeople — from apprentices writing their first certification exam to operators advancing through water and wastewater licensing levels. Where AnchorPoint delivers consulting and training to organisations, Red Seal Training Academy puts the tools directly in the hands of the individual tradesperson.