School Subject: English

  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics

    Legacy duties

    • Read and interpret blueprints, drawings or other specifications
    • Measure and lay out reference points for installation
    • Assemble and install refrigeration or air conditioning components such as motors, controls, gauges, valves, circulating pumps, condensers, humidifiers, evaporators and compressors using hand and power tools
    • Measure and cut piping, and connect piping using welding and brazing equipment
    • Install, troubleshoot and overhaul entire heating, ventilation, air handling, refrigeration and air conditioning systems
    • Start up system and test for leaks using testing devices
    • Recharge system with refrigerant, check and test regulators, calibrate system and perform routine maintenance or servicing
    • Repair and replace parts and components for entire refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation or heat pump systems
    • May install, maintain and repair equipment in refrigerated trucks used to transport food or medical supplies
    • May prepare work estimates for clients.
  • School Bus Drivers

    Legacy duties

    • Drive school buses to transport children between school and home or on excursions
    • Ensure children's safety when boarding and leaving buses and crossing street while bus is stopped.
  • Railway Track Maintenance Workers

    Legacy duties

    • Operate machines and equipment such as tie cutters, tie injectors, tie anchors, rail lifters, spike drivers, spike pullers, rail saws and tie cranes to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks
    • Operate machines and equipment to align tracks, to transfer, spread, level and tamp ballast around ties and rails and to clear snow from tracks
    • Clean and make minor repairs to machines and equipment
    • Patrol assigned track sections to identify and report damaged or broken track
    • Shovel ice and snow from track switch boxes
    • Perform other track maintenance duties as directed.
  • Purchasing Managers

    Legacy duties

    • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the purchasing activities of an establishment
    • Develop purchasing policies and procedures and control purchasing department budget
    • Identify vendors of materials, equipment or supplies
    • Evaluate cost and quality of goods or services
    • Negotiate or oversee the negotiation of purchase contracts
    • Participate in the development of specifications for equipment, products or substitute materials
    • Review and process claims against suppliers
    • Interview, hire and oversee training of staff.
  • Radiation Therapists

    Legacy duties

    • Operate linear accelerators, cobalt 60, X-ray and other radiation therapy equipment to administer radiation treatment prescribed by radiation oncologists
    • Check radiation therapy equipment to ensure proper operation
    • Assist radiation oncologists and clinical physicists with preparation of radiation treatment plan
    • Assist in the preparation of sealed radioactive materials such as cobalt, radium, cesium and isotopes and the construction of devices such as plaster casts and acrylic moulds to assist with administration of radiation treatment
    • Monitor the patient's physical and psychological well-being during the entire course of treatment
    • Advise the patient regarding side effects of radiation
    • May train and supervise student radiotherapy technologists or supervise other radiotherapy technologists.
  • Psychologists

    Legacy duties

    • Examine and assess behaviour, diagnose behavioural, emotional and cognitive disorders, counsel clients and provide therapy
    • Help clients manage physical illness and disorders
    • Counsel individuals and groups to achieve more effective personal, social and vocational development and adjustment and offer mediation services
    • Use standard psychological tests for assessment
    • Plan intervention programs and conduct program evaluation
    • Apply psychological theory and principles regarding behaviour and mental processes such as learning, memory, perception and language development
    • Formulate hypotheses and experimental designs, review literature, conduct studies and publish research papers, educational texts and articles
    • Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
    • Provide consultation services to government and other organizations.
    • Psychologists may specialize in applied psychology or experimental research. Sub-specialties include behavioural psychology, child psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, educational and school psychology, industrial psychology, neuropsychology, social psychology or sports psychology.
  • Program Leaders and Instructors in Recreation, Sport and Fitness

    Legacy duties

    • Plan and carry out recreational, athletic, fitness and sports activities
    • Assemble supplies and sports and game equipment
    • Demonstrate and instruct athletic, fitness or sports activities and techniques
    • Instruct groups and individuals in arts, crafts and similar activities and lead groups and individuals in recreational or leisure programs
    • Attend to clients with special needs
    • Provide lifestyle awareness information
    • Conduct therapeutic recreational or athletic activities
    • Monitor recreational, sports or fitness activities to ensure safety and provide emergency or first aid assistance when required
    • Enforce safety rules and regulations
    • Assist with co-ordination of special events
    • Schedule activities, keep logs, maintain records and prepare reports
    • May train and supervise staff
    • May maintain and repair sports equipment.
  • Printing Press Operators

    Legacy duties

    • Review job orders to determine job specifications such as production time, colour sequence and quantities required, and advise press crew of these specifications
    • Mount plates or cylinders and make necessary adjustments
    • Fill ink fountains and take measurements, make adjustments and determine settings to control colour and viscosity
    • Set up press and check samples for ink coverage, alignment and registration
    • Monitor regular press run for quality consistency using computer control console and make adjustments if required
    • Remove and clean plates and cylinders at end of press run
    • Set up and adjust in-line binding and finishing equipment
    • Direct activities of press crew and ensure that safety procedures are adhered to.
  • Payroll Clerks

    Legacy duties

    • Maintain records of employee attendance, leave and overtime to calculate pay and benefit entitlements, in Canadian and other currencies, using manual or computerized systems
    • Prepare and verify statements of earnings for employees, indicating gross and net salaries and deductions such as taxes, union dues, garnishments and insurance and pension plans
    • Prepare employee payments and benefit payments by cheque or electronic transfer
    • Complete, verify and process forms and documentation for administration of benefits such as pension plans, leaves, share savings, employment and medical insurance
    • Prepare T4 statements and other statements
    • Provide information to employees on payroll matters, benefit plans and collective agreement provisions
    • Compile statistical reports, statements, and summaries related to pay and benefits accounts
    • Prepare and balance period-end reports and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.
  • Police Officers (Except Commissioned)

    Legacy duties

    • Patrol assigned areas to maintain public safety and order and to enforce laws and regulations
    • Investigate crimes and accidents, secure evidence, interview witnesses, compile notes and reports and provide testimony in courts of law
    • Arrest criminal suspects
    • Provide emergency assistance to victims of accidents, crimes and natural disasters
    • Participate in crime prevention, public information and safety programs
    • May supervise and co-ordinate the work of other police officers.