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School Subject: Industrial Arts

  • Plasterers

    Legacy duties

    • Clean and prepare surfaces
    • Mix plaster ingredients in trough to desired consistency
    • Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster using trowels, floats, brushes and spraying equipment
    • Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
    • Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
    • Cure freshly plastered surfaces
    • Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
    • Spray acoustic materials or texture finish over walls and ceilings.

  • Other Repairers and Servicers

    Legacy duties

    • Inspect products to determine the requirement for repair
    • Repair or replace defective or worn out parts and components using hand, power or specially designed tools
    • Test and adjust repaired products for proper functioning
    • Perform routine maintenance
    • May calibrate products using hand tools.

  • Oil and Gas Well Drilling Workers

    Legacy duties

    • Align and manipulate sections of pipe or drill stem from platform on rig derrick during removal and replacement of strings of pipe, or drill stem and drill bit
    • Operate and maintain drilling mud systems and pumps during drilling, and mix mud chemicals and additives
    • Record mud flows and volumes and take samples
    • Operate and maintain drilling rig diesel motors, transmissions and other mechanical equipment
    • Assist in setting up, taking down and transporting drilling and service rigs
    • Supervise floorhands and labourers.

  • Oil and Gas Services Operators

    Legacy duties

    • Drive well services truck to well site
    • Assemble pumping equipment and attach pumps and hoses to wellhead
    • Operate hydraulic pumping systems to pump chemicals, gases, sand, cement or other material into well
    • Read gauges to monitor pressure, density, rate and concentration and adjust pumping procedure as required
    • May mix chemicals and cements.

  • 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.

  • Furniture Finishers

    Legacy duties

    • Set up and operate finishing machines or finish furniture by hand
    • Stain or finish wood to specified colour with stains, paints or other materials using brush or spray gun
    • Apply toners, highlights, glazes or shaders to obtain desired finish
    • Apply lacquer or other sealers
    • Decorate wood surfaces or mark surfaces to create antique or other effects using hand and power tools
    • Clean and polish furniture
    • Sand metal furniture to prepare for finish and spray with paint or other materials.

  • Drywall Installers and Finishers

    Legacy duties

    • Measure, cut and fit drywall sheets for installation on walls and ceilings
    • Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
    • Cut and install metal corner beads to protect exterior corners
    • Fill joints, nail indentations, holes and cracks with joint compound using trowel and broad knife
    • Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
    • Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
    • Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
    • Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings.

  • Contractors and Supervisors, Other Construction Trades, Installers, Repairers and Servicers

    Legacy duties

    • Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of construction workers engaged in bricklaying, roofing, cement finishing, tilesetting, plastering, drywall installation, glazing, insulating and painting, and workers who install and service prefabricated products in residential and commercial properties, as well as workers who repair a wide variety of products, such as musical instruments, sports equipment, vending machines, bicycles and cameras
    • Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other subcontractors
    • Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
    • Requisition materials and supplies
    • Train workers in job duties, safety procedures and company policies
    • Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions
    • Prepare work progress reports
    • May manage the operations of own company
    • May also supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of related apprentices, helpers and labourers.

  • Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews

    Legacy duties

    • Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of workers who operate cranes and construction, paving, drilling, railway maintenance and other similar heavy equipment
    • Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other project supervisors or managers
    • Requisition materials and supplies
    • Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity
    • Train or arrange for training of workers
    • Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions
    • Prepare production and other reports
    • May manage the operations of own company
    • May also supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of related apprentices, helpers and labourers.

  • Concrete Finishers

    Legacy duties

    • Check formwork, granular base and steel reinforcement materials and direct placement of concrete into forms or onto surfaces according to grade
    • Fill hollows and remove high spots to smooth freshly poured concrete
    • Operate power vibrator to compact concrete
    • Level top surface of concrete according to grade and depth specifications using straightedge or float
    • Impart desired finish to concrete surfaces using hand and power tools
    • Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures in freshly poured concrete
    • Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete
    • Waterproof, damp-proof and restore concrete surfaces
    • Repair, resurface and replace worn or damaged sections of floors, walls, roads and other concrete structures.