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  • Dental Laboratory Bench Workers

    Legacy duties

    • Prepare plaster models and moulds from dental impressions
    • Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
    • Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases
    • Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
    • Mould wax over denture set-up to form full contours of artificial gums
    • Make orthodontic bands from gold, silver, stainless steel or other metals
    • Finish metal framework of dentures and polish and buff dentures to obtain natural finish.

  • Dental Technologists and Technicians

    Legacy duties

    • Design, fabricate or repair dental devices including full or partial dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, clasps and bands, and implants
    • May consult with dentists or other specialists on problematic dental cases
    • May train and supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers in fabricating dentures and other dental devices
    • May perform supervisory and administrative functions for the dental laboratory.

  • Dental Hygienists

    Legacy duties

    • Conduct an initial dental assessment and consult with dentists on patient care
    • Take dental impressions
    • Instruct patients regarding oral hygiene procedures
    • Clean and stimulate the gums to prevent gum disease
    • Remove stains and deposits from teeth to prevent tooth and root decay
    • Apply fluoride treatment
    • Take and develop X-rays
    • May perform restorative and orthodontic procedures under the direction of a dentist
    • May supervise dental assistants in their health care functions.

  • Curators

    Legacy duties

    • Recommend the acquisition of paintings, photographs, sculptures, documents and other museum and art gallery artifacts
    • Research origins and artistic history of artifacts
    • Develop storylines and themes and organize displays and exhibitions
    • Co-ordinate the storage of collections and setting-up of displays and exhibitions
    • Oversee the conservation, display and circulation of collections
    • Supervise curatorial assistants and other museum technicians.
    • Conservators and curators may specialize in a particular type of collection or material, such as furniture, weapons, books, paintings and musical instruments.

  • Credit and Other Investment Managers

    Legacy duties

    • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities of a credit department in an industrial or commercial organization
    • Administer corporate, commercial and personal loan accounts
    • Advise customers on the commercial and personal financial services corresponding to their needs
    • Evaluate and review loan and credit applications and collateral and make recommendations
    • Approve or reject credit applications, establish credit limits and determine repayment plans or schedules in accordance with authorized limits
    • Ensure collection of overdue or delinquent accounts
    • Ensure credit policies and procedures are followed according to established guidelines and applicable legislation
    • Prepare credit and loan reports
    • Recruit credit personnel and identify their training needs.

  • Conservators

    Legacy duties

    • Examine artifacts, determine their condition, suggest methods for treating them and recommend preventive conservation techniques to their owners
    • Restore and conserve paintings, photographs, sculptures, furniture, pottery and other museum and art gallery artifacts
    • Provide advice on display and storage of museum and gallery artifacts to ensure proper maintenance and preservation
    • Research new conservation and restoration techniques
    • Provide consultation to museums, art galleries or private individuals
    • Supervise conservation technicians and other museum technicians.

  • Computer Network Technicians

    Legacy duties

    • Maintain, troubleshoot and administer the use of local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), mainframe networks, computer workstations, connections to the Internet and peripheral equipment
    • Evaluate and install computer hardware, networking software, operating system software and software applications
    • Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks and to co-ordinate access and use of computer networks
    • Provide problem-solving services to network users
    • Install, maintain, troubleshoot and upgrade Web-server hardware and software
    • Implement network traffic and security monitoring software, and optimize server performance
    • Perform routine network start up and close down and maintain control records
    • Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations
    • Conduct tests and perform security and quality controls
    • Control and monitor e-mail use, Web navigation, and installed softwares
    • Perform shell scripting or other basic scripting tasks
    • May supervise other workers in this group.

  • Community and Social Service Workers

    Legacy duties

    • Interview clients to obtain case history and background information
    • Assess clients' relevant skill strengths and deficits
    • Assist clients to sort out options and develop plans of action while providing necessary support and assistance
    • Assist clients in locating and utilizing community resources including legal, medical and financial assistance, housing, employment, transportation, assistance with moves, day care and other referral services
    • Prepare intake reports
    • Counsel clients living in group homes and half-way houses, supervise their activities and assist in pre-release and release planning
    • Participate in the selection and admission of clients to appropriate programs
    • Assess and investigate eligibility for social benefits
    • Meet with clients to assess their progress, give support and discuss any difficulties or problems
    • Refer clients to other social services
    • Advise and aid recipients of social assistance and pensions
    • Provide crisis intervention and emergency shelter services
    • Implement and organize the delivery of specific services within the community
    • Implement life skills workshops, substance abuse treatment programs, behaviour management programs, youth services programs and other community and social service programs under the supervision of social services or health care professionals
    • Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs by tracking clients' behavioural changes and responses to interventions
    • Maintain contact with other social service agencies and health care providers involved with clients to provide information and obtain feedback on clients' overall progress
    • Co-ordinate the volunteer activities of human service agencies, health care facilities and arts and sports organizations
    • Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research.
    • May supervise social service support workers and volunteers.

  • Civil Engineers

    Legacy duties

    • Confer with clients and other members of the engineering team and conduct research to determine project requirements
    • Plan and design major civil projects such as buildings, roads, bridges, dams, water and waste management systems and structural steel fabrications
    • Develop construction specifications and procedures
    • Evaluate and recommend appropriate building and construction materials
    • Interpret, review and approve survey and civil design work
    • Conduct field services for civil works
    • Ensure construction plans meet guidelines and specifications of building codes and other regulations
    • Establish and monitor construction work schedules
    • Conduct feasibility studies, economic analyses, municipal and regional traffic studies, environmental impact studies or other investigations
    • Monitor air, water and soil quality and develop procedures to clean up contaminated sites
    • Conduct technical analyses of survey and field data for development of topographic, soil, hydrological or other information and prepare reports
    • Act as project or site supervisor for land survey or construction work
    • Prepare contract documents and review and evaluate tenders for construction projects
    • Supervise technicians, technologists and other engineers and review and approve designs, calculations and cost estimates.

  • Chemical Technicians

    Legacy duties

    • Assist in setting up and conducting chemical experiments, tests and analyses
    • Operate and maintain laboratory equipment and apparatus and prepare solutions of gas and liquid, reagents and sample formulations
    • Compile records for analytical studies
    • Assist in developing and conducting programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards
    • Carry out a limited range of other technical functions in support of chemical research, tests and analyses, and environmental air and water quality monitoring and protection
    • Assist in the design and fabrication of experimental apparatus.