School Subject: English

  • Legal Secretaries

    Legacy duties

    • Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents, such as deeds, wills, affidavits and briefs, from handwritten copy, shorthand and machine dictation using computers
    • Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
    • Schedule appointments, meetings and conferences for employer
    • Set up and maintain filing systems, utilizing knowledge of legal records and procedures and frequently controlling confidential materials and documents
    • Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material and co-ordinate the flow of information internally and with other departments or organizations
    • Determine and establish office procedures and routines
    • May supervise and train other staff in procedures and in the use of current software
    • May attend court, meetings or conferences to take notes, minutes and dictation
    • May perform other general office work as required including preparing financial statements.
  • 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.
  • Librarians

    Legacy duties

    • Recommend acquisition of books, periodicals and audio-visual, interactive media and other materials for inclusion in library collection
    • Provide reference services
    • Select, classify, catalogue and weed library materials
    • Prepare bibliographies, indexes, reading lists, guides and other finding aids
    • Develop systems to access library collections
    • Perform manual, on-line and interactive media reference searches, make interlibrary loans and perform other functions using Internet and CD-ROM, to assist users in accessing library materials
    • Provide specialized programs for children, seniors and other groups
    • Conduct library information and orientation training programs and tours
    • Perform related administrative duties and supervise library technicians, assistants and clerks.
  • Library Technicians and Assistants

    Legacy duties

    • Assist library users in accessing books, films, photographs, maps, documents, electronic materials and other library materials
    • Catalogue new library acquisitions under the direction of a librarian
    • Issue for circulation library books and other materials
    • Perform manual and on-line reference searches and make interlibrary loans for users
    • Assist librarians in giving tours and providing children's and other specialized library programs
    • Enter the checkout and return of books and other library materials if necessary.
  • Machinists

    Legacy duties

    • Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, charts and tables or study sample parts to determine machining operation to be performed, and plan best sequence of operations
    • Compute dimensions and tolerances and measure and lay out work pieces
    • Set up, operate and maintain a variety of machine tools including computer numerically controlled (CNC) tools to perform precision, non-repetitive machining operations such as sawing, turning, milling, boring, planing, drilling, precision grinding and other operations
    • Fit and assemble machined metal parts and subassemblies using hand and power tools
    • Verify dimensions of products for accuracy and conformance to specifications using precision measuring instruments
    • May set up and program machine tools for use by machining tool operators.
  • Insurance Underwriters

    Legacy duties

    • Review individual and group applications for automobile, fire, health, liability, life, property, marine, aircraft and other insurance
    • Evaluate new and renewal applications to determine insurance risks, insurance premiums, extent of insurance coverage and other conditions of the insurance contract using medical reports, rate tables and other documents and reference materials, adjust premiums, coverage or risk itself to make acceptance of new and renewal applications possible
    • Approve sale of insurance policies and ensure compliance with government regulations
    • Provide recommendations on individual or group insurance plan designs
    • Provide underwriting advice and answer inquiries from clients and from insurance agents, consultants and other company personnel
    • Prepare underwriting reports and update insurance forms when necessary.
  • Landscape Architects

    Legacy duties

    • Confer with clients to determine design needs
    • Survey and assess designated sites and develop designs taking into consideration landscape features, buildings, climate, future usage and other aspects
    • Prepare or oversee the preparation of detailed drawings for sites, including features such as trees, shrubs, gardens, lighting, walkways, patios, decks, benches, fences, retaining walls and fountains
    • Prepare or oversee preparation of site plans, reports, sketches, models, photographs, maps, land use studies and design plans
    • Estimate costs, prepare specifications and evaluate tenders for landscape construction projects
    • Conduct environmental design studies, including environmental assessment, planning and the preservation and re-creation of historical sites
    • Conduct community and neighbourhood physical planning studies, participate in multidisciplinary urban design studies and prepare design guidelines
    • May manage and supervise landscape construction work.
  • Land Surveyors

    Legacy duties

    • Develop survey plans, methods and procedures for conducting legal surveys
    • Plan, direct and supervise or conduct surveys to establish and mark legal boundaries of properties, parcels of lands, provincial and Canada Lands, aboriginal land claims, well-sites, mining claims, utility rights-of-way, roadways and highways
    • Survey and lay out subdivisions for rural and urban development
    • Determine precise locations using electronic distance measuring equipment and global positioning systems (GPS)
    • Analyze, manage and display data using geographic information systems (GIS) and computer-aided design and drafting (CAD)
    • Record all measurements and other information obtained during survey activities
    • Prepare or supervise the preparation and compilation of all data, plans, charts, records and documents related to surveys of real property boundaries
    • Certify and assume liability for surveys made to establish real property boundaries
    • Advise, provide consultation and testify as an expert witness on matters related to legal surveys.
  • 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.
  • Insurance Adjusters

    Legacy duties

    • Investigate circumstances surrounding insurance claims to determine validity of claim
    • Inspect automobile, home or other property damage
    • Take statements and consult with claimants, accident witnesses, doctors and other relevant individuals and examine records or reports
    • Determine amount of loss or damages covered by insurance policies
    • Negotiate settlement of claims
    • Prepare adjustment reports.