School Subject: English

  • Insurance Claims Examiners

    Legacy duties

    • Review, examine, calculate and authorize insurance claims investigated by insurance adjusters
    • Examine adjusters' reports and similar insurance claims or precedents to determine extent of insurance coverage
    • Ensure claims are valid and settlements are made according to company practices and procedures
    • Consult lawyers, doctors or other relevant individuals to discuss insurance claims
    • Approve automobile, fire, life, disability, dental or other insurance claims.
  • Insurance Agents and Brokers

    Legacy duties

    • Sell automobile, fire, health, life, property, marine, aircraft and other types of insurance to clients
    • Establish client insurance coverage, calculate premiums and establish method of payment
    • Provide information concerning group and individual insurance packages, the range of risk coverage, benefits paid and other policy features
    • Ensure appropriate forms, medical examinations and other policy requirements are completed
    • Monitor insurance claims and respond to clients' enquiries
    • Identify and solicit potential clientele.
  • Human Resources Managers

    Legacy duties

    • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of human resources or personnel departments
    • Plan human resource requirements in conjunction with other departmental managers
    • Co-ordinate internal and external training and recruitment activities
    • Develop and implement labour relations policies and procedures and negotiate collective agreements
    • Administer employee development, language training and health and safety programs
    • Advise and assist other departmental managers on interpretation and administration of personnel policies and programs
    • Oversee the classification and rating of occupations
    • Organize and conduct employee information meetings on employment policy, benefits and compensation and participate actively on various joint committees
    • Direct the organization's quality management program
    • Ensure compliance with legislation such as the Pay Equity Act.
  • Hunters

    Legacy duties

    • Operate boat or snowmobile or travel on foot to reach hunting area
    • Kill wild animals using firearms or other weapons
    • Skin dead animals for pelts using knives
    • Treat, pack and transport pelts to processing plants or to public auctions
    • Maintain hunting equipment
    • May monitor animal population in the hunting regions to ensure future sustainability.
    • Trappers and hunters may specialize in trapping or hunting a particular kind of animal.
  • Health Records Technician

    Legacy duties

    • Classify, code, cross-reference and store health records and related information
    • Maintain indexes for classification systems
    • Operate information retrieval systems and respond to requests for health record information
    • Prepare medical, social and administrative statistics
    • Apply knowledge of medical terminology, physiology and treatments.
  • Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists

    Legacy duties

    • Conduct theoretical and applied research to extend knowledge of surface and subsurface features of the earth, its history and the operation of physical, chemical and biological systems that control its evolution
    • Plan, direct and participate in geological, geochemical and geophysical field studies, drilling and geological testing programs
    • Plan, direct and participate in seismic, electromagnetic, magnetic, gravimetric, radiometric, radar and other remote sensing programs
    • Plan, direct and participate in the analysis of geological, geochemical and geophysical survey data, well logs and other test results, maps, notes and cross sections
    • Develop applied software for the analysis and interpretation of data
    • Plan, direct and participate in the analysis of core samples, drill cuttings and rock samples to identify chemical, mineral, hydrocarbon and biological composition and to assess depositional environments and geological age
    • Assess the size, orientation and composition of mineral ore bodies and hydrocarbon deposits
    • Identify deposits of construction materials and determine their characteristics and suitability for use as concrete aggregates, road fill or for other applications
    • Assess the movement of ground and surface waters and advise in areas such as waste management, route and site selection and the restoration of contaminated sites
    • Recommend the acquisition of lands, exploration and mapping programs and mine development
    • Conduct geological and geophysical studies for regional development, site selection and the development of public works projects
    • Identify and anticipate natural risks such as slope erosion, landslides, soil instability, subsidence, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
    • May supervise and co-ordinate well drilling, completion and work-overs and mining activities.
    • Geologists may specialize in the following fields: coal geology, environmental geology, geochronology, geomorphology or surficial geology, geotechnics, hydrogeology, marine geology, mineral deposits or mining, mineralogy, paleontology, petroleum geology, petrology, sedimentology, stratigraphy or biostratigraphy, structural geology or tectonics, volcanology or in other fields.
    • Geochemists may specialize in analytical geochemistry, hydrogeochemistry, mineral or petroleum geochemistry or in other fields.
    • Geophysicists may specialize in earth physics, oceanography, petroleum or in other fields.
  • Graphic Designers

    Legacy duties

    • Consult with clients to establish the overall look, graphic elements and content of communications materials in order to meet their needs
    • Determine the medium best suited to produce the desired visual effect and the most appropriate vehicle for communication
    • Develop the graphic elements that meet the clients' objectives
    • Prepare sketches, layouts and graphic elements of the subjects to be rendered using traditional tools, multimedia software and image processing, layout and design software
    • Estimate cost of materials and time to complete graphic design
    • Use existing photo and illustration banks and typography guides or hire an illustrator or photographer to produce images that meet clients' communications needs
    • Establish guidelines for illustrators or photographers
    • Co-ordinate all aspects of production for print, audio-visual or electronic materials, such as Web sites, CD-ROMs, interactive terminals, etc.
    • Co-ordinate sub-contracting
    • Work in a multidisciplinary environment
    • Supervise other graphic designers or graphic arts technicians.
  • Hairstylists

    Legacy duties

    • Suggest hair style compatible with client's physical features or determine style from client's instructions and preferences
    • Cut, trim, taper, curl, wave, perm and style hair
    • Apply bleach, tints, dyes or rinses to colour, frost or streak hair
    • Analyze hair and scalp condition and provide basic treatment or advice on beauty care treatments for scalp and hair
    • Clean and style wigs and hair pieces
    • Apply hair extensions
    • May shampoo and rinse hair
    • May perform receptionist duties and order supplies
    • May judge in competitions
    • May train or supervise other hairstylists, hairstylist apprentices and helpers.
  • Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics

    Legacy duties

    • Check bulldozers, cranes, graders and other heavy construction, agricultural, logging and mining equipment for proper performance and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
    • Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required
    • Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts, components or systems, using hand and power tools
    • Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers' specifications
    • Clean, lubricate and perform other routine maintenance work on equipment
    • Service attachments and working tools such as harvesting and tillage equipment, blades, ploughs, winches and side booms
    • May perform repair work on heavy trucks
    • May attach components and adjust new farm equipment.
    • Heavy-duty and farm equipment mechanics may specialize in specific types of machinery such as combines or tracked vehicles, or in engine overhaul, power shift transmissions, fuel injection, hydraulics or electronics.
  • General Office Clerks

    Legacy duties

    • Key in, edit, proofread and finalize correspondence, reports, statements, invoices, forms, presentations and other documents, from notes or dictaphone, using computers
    • Respond to telephone, in person or electronic enquiries or forward to appropriate person
    • Provide general information to clients and the public
    • Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing
    • Maintain and prepare reports from manual or electronic files, inventories, mailing lists and databases
    • Process incoming and outgoing mail, manually or electronically
    • Send and receive messages and documents using fax machine or electronic mail
    • May perform bookkeeping tasks such as preparing invoices and bank deposits
    • May sort, process and verify applications, receipts, expenditures, forms and other documents
    • May order office supplies, service office equipment and arrange for servicing in the case of major repairs.