School Subject: English

  • Machine Operators and Inspectors, Electrical Apparatus Manufacturing

    Legacy duties

    • Operate machinery to assemble, test or package dry cell batteries
    • Position lead acid storage batteries on assembly line and insert battery contents into casing
    • Operate machinery, such as pasting and stacking machines, to fabricate plates for lead acid storage batteries
    • Load machinery with glass tubes, bulbs and other parts used to produce incandescent, fluorescent and other types of light bulbs and tubes, and remove and pack finished product
    • Operate or feed machinery and equipment to produce electrical wiring devices such as fuses, plugs, caps, sockets, connectors and switches
    • Operate equipment to apply protective coatings to items such as freezer cabinets, small electric motors or transformer assemblies
    • Perform minor repairs to items rejected from production line
    • Set up and adjust production machinery and equipment for operation.
    • Check in-process and completed production items for visual or mechanical defects or operate testing equipment to maintain quality of products
    • Identify and mark acceptable and defective assemblies and return faulty assemblies to production for repair
    • Collect, record and summarize inspection results.
  • Boat Inspectors

    Legacy duties

    • Inspect assembled boats for defects and conformance to quality standards
    • Mark defects to be repaired
    • Make minor adjustments and repairs
    • Record information on products inspected.
  • Inspectors

    Legacy duties

    • Inspect electronic components and assemblies to ensure correct component selection and placement, wiring and soldering quality, proper pin insertions, location and diameter of plated holes, breaks in circuitry and line spacing in printed circuit board and other specified requirements while products are being assembled or fabricated
    • Check final assembly for finish, labelling and packaging methods
    • Check mechanical dimensions and perform "go-no-go" electrical tests
    • Identify and mark acceptable and defective assemblies and return faulty assemblies to production for repair
    • Collect, record and summarize inspection results
    • Investigate equipment malfunction and instruct on proper operation.
  • Painters and Coaters – Industrial

    Legacy duties

    • Select appropriate paint or mix paints using automated paint mixing equipment according to a pre-determined formula
    • Tend or operate equipment to clean, wash, strip, sand, remove corrosion, fill dents or otherwise prepare items for application of paint, lacquer or other protective or decorative coatings
    • Tend or operate automated spray paint, dip or flow coating equipment or other mechanized painting or product coating application equipment
    • Operate hand-held spray guns to spray paint or coat stationary items or items on moving conveyor system with protective or decorative coatings
    • Paint small items and apply touch-ups using paint brushes
    • Clean and maintain painting and coating, ventilation, compressed air and personal protective equipment
    • May prepare and apply stencils, computer-generated decals or other decorative items on finished products.
  • Labourers in Wood, Pulp and Paper Processing

    Legacy duties

    • Feed logs onto conveyor and into hopper of grinding machine and align logs manually, using crowbar, picaroon or other tools and equipment
    • Load wood chips, pulpwood, sulphur and other processing materials onto conveyors or processing tanks, remove recyclable paper and pulp from pulp and papermaking machines and transport recyclable paper and pulp to plant processing machines and equipment using forklift or other powered equipment
    • Sort, pile and transport lumber, veneer sheets, panelboards and similar wood products during various stages of wood processing, manually or with powered equipment
    • Remove scrap lumber and wood chips for reprocessing using forklift or other powered equipment
    • Feed conveyors, saws, drying machines and other equipment to process lumber, shingles, veneer, plywood and similar wood products
    • Clean wood processing machines and equipment and work areas using shovels, hoses and other tools
    • Assist other wood processing workers to operate, maintain and repair various machines and equipment and carry out other wood processing activities.