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School Subject: Chemistry

  • Nursery and Greenhouse Workers

    Legacy duties

    • Prepare soil, plant bulbs, seeds and cuttings, graft and bud plants, and transplant seedlings and rooted cuttings
    • Spray trees, shrubs, flowers and plants to prevent disease and pests
    • Position and regulate greenhouse and outdoor irrigation systems to water plants and fields
    • Dig, cut and transplant trees, shrubs, flowers and plants and prepare them for sale
    • Provide information to customers on gardening and the care of trees, shrubs, flowers, plants and lawns
    • May operate tractors and other machinery and equipment to fertilize, cultivate, harvest and spray fields and plants
    • Maintain inventory and order materials as required
    • Clean working area.

  • Nuclear Medicine Technologist

    Legacy duties

    • Prepare radiopharmaceuticals, such as radionuclides and other materials and administer them to patients or to biological samples
    • Operate radiation detection equipment, such as gamma cameras, scanners, scintillation counters, tomodensitometers and ionization chambers, to acquire data for use by nuclear medicine physicians in the diagnosis of disease
    • Perform diagnostic procedures using radioactive materials on biological specimens, such as blood, urine and faeces
    • Record and process results of procedures
    • Check equipment to ensure proper operation
    • Provide appropriate care for the patient during the examination
    • Apply radiation protection measures
    • May train and supervise student nuclear medicine technologists or supervise other nuclear medicine technologists.

  • Occupational Therapists

    Legacy duties

    • Analyse clients' capabilities and expectations related to life activities through observation, interviews and formal assessments
    • Develop intervention programs to address clients' needs related to self-care, work and leisure activities
    • Maintain clients' records
    • Establish personalized care plans working as a member of an interdisciplinary team
    • Consult and advise on health promotion programs to prevent disabilities and to maximize independent function in all activities of life
    • May supervise support personnel and students and provide training.
    • Occupational therapists may specialize in working with specific populations such as children or adults, or persons with distinct problems such as dementia, traumatic brain injury and chronic pain, or provide special interventions such as return-to-work programs.

  • Medical Sonographers

    Legacy duties

    • Operate ultrasound imaging equipment that transmits high frequency sound pulses through the body to produce images of those parts of the body requiring examination
    • Monitor examination by viewing images on video screen, to evaluate quality and consistency of diagnostic images, and make adjustments to equipment, as required
    • Record, store and process scanned images by using camera unit connected to ultrasound equipment
    • Observe and care for patients throughout examinations to ensure patient safety and comfort
    • Prepare examination reports for physicians to aid in the monitoring of pregnancies and the diagnosis of cardiac, abdominal, ophthalmic, vascular and other disorders
    • Perform quality control checks on ultrasound equipment to ensure proper operation and perform minor repairs and adjustments as required
    • May supervise and train student and other medical sonographers.
    • Medical sonographers may specialize in abdominal, cardiac, cerebral, obstetrical and gynaecological, ophthalmic, intraluminal or peripheral vascular sonography. They may also specialize in adult or pediatric echocardiography or neurosonology.

  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineers

    Legacy duties

    • Conduct studies and design, develop and specify the processes, and machinery to concentrate, extract, refine and process metals from ores
    • Conduct studies on the properties and characteristics of materials and design, develop and specify processes for moulding, shaping, forming and thermal treatment of metals, alloys and metallic systems, ceramics, semiconducting and other materials
    • Conduct chemical and physical analytical studies, failure analyses and other studies and recommend material selection, design of materials, corrosion control measures, operational testing and other procedures
    • Co-ordinate production testing and control of metal refining, smelting or foundry operations or non-metallic materials production operations
    • Supervise technologists, technicians and other engineers and scientists.

  • Mechanical Engineering Technologists

    Legacy duties

    • Prepare and interpret conventional and computer-assisted design (CAD) engineering designs, drawings, and specifications for machines and components, power transmission systems, process piping, heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems
    • Prepare cost and material estimates, project schedules and reports
    • Conduct tests and analyses of machines, components and materials to determine their performance, strength, response to stress and other characteristics
    • Design moulds, tools, dies, jigs and fixtures for use in manufacturing processes
    • Inspect mechanical installations and construction
    • Prepare contract and tender documents
    • Supervise, monitor and inspect mechanical installations and construction projects
    • Prepare standards and schedules and supervise mechanical maintenance programs or operations of mechanical plants.

  • Medical Laboratory Technologists

    Legacy duties

    • Conduct chemical analyses of blood, urine, and cerebro-spinal and other body fluids
    • Study blood cells and other tissues to determine their relation to various physiological and pathological conditions
    • Prepare tissue sections for microscopic examinations using techniques to demonstrate special cellular tissue elements or other characteristics
    • Establish procedures for the analysis of specimens and for medical laboratory experiments
    • Perform blood group, type and compatibility tests for transfusion purposes
    • May supervise and train other medical laboratory technical staff, students and helpers
    • May perform the duties of a pathologist's assistant in some hospitals.
    • Medical laboratory technologists may specialize in areas such as clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology, hematology, histotechnology, immunohematology and cytotechnology.

  • Medical Laboratory Technicians

    Legacy duties

    • Collect blood or other samples from patients
    • Receive tissue samples from patients
    • Log patient samples and prepare them for testing
    • Set up medical laboratory equipment
    • Conduct routine laboratory tests and sample analyses
    • Clean and maintain medical laboratory and medical laboratory equipment.

  • Licensed Practical Nurses

    Legacy duties

    • Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
    • Perform nursing interventions such as taking vital signs, applying aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensuring infection control, monitoring nutritional intake and conducting specimen collection
    • Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects
    • Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
    • Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
    • Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team
    • Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families.

  • Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Contractors and Managers

    Legacy duties

    • Plan, organize, direct and control the operations of landscaping, interior plantscaping, lawn care and tree service establishments
    • Tender bids on contracts for landscaping and grounds maintenance work
    • Plan and estimate the materials and labour requirements for individual contracts
    • Organize and direct the planting and maintenance of trees, gardens, lawns, shrubs and hedges and the construction and installation of fences, decks, patios, walkways and retaining walls
    • Hire and supervise staff
    • Maintain financial and personnel records.