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School Subject: Machine Shop

  • Cabinetmakers

    Legacy duties

    • Study plans, specifications or drawings of articles to be made, or prepare specifications
    • Mark outlines or dimensions of parts on wood
    • Operate woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, mortisers and shapers, and use hand tools to cut, shape and form parts and components
    • Trim joints and fit parts and subassemblies together to form complete unit using glue and clamps and reinforce joints using nails, screws or other fasteners
    • Sand wooden surfaces and apply veneer, stain or polish to finished products
    • Repair or restyle wooden furniture, fixtures and related products
    • May estimate amount, type and cost of materials required.

  • Binding and Finishing Machine Operators

    Legacy duties

    • Binding and finishing machine operators set up and operate various specialized equipment and machines that cut, fold, gather and finish brochures, magazines, books, business forms and other printed material.
    • Specialty finishing equipment operators set up and operate various specialized equipment and machines that die cut, emboss, imprint, laminate, heat stamp and perform other finishing operations on printed material.

  • Lumber Graders and Other Wood Processing Inspectors and Graders

    Legacy duties

    • Examine lumber visually for knots, holes, splits and other defects and sort for further drying, trimming or remanufacturing
    • Measure lumber using callipers, gauges and tape measures to ensure specified thickness, length and width
    • Classify and sort lumber according to industry standards and stamp lumber to indicate grade, wood type, moisture level and other characteristics
    • Tally lumber
    • Complete and maintain reports.
    • Inspect plywood panels, veneer sheets, panelboards, shingles and similar wood products visually for knots, holes, splits, straightness and other defects
    • Mark defects and sort for repair or reprocessing
    • Measure wood products to ensure conformance to specifications using standard measuring instruments
    • Grade and label wood products according to quality standards
    • Maintain and complete inspection and grading reports.

  • Fish Plant Machine Operators

    Legacy duties

    • Set up and operate machines to clean, cut, cook, smoke, brine, dehydrate or otherwise process fish products
    • Set up and operate machines to can, bag, box or otherwise package fish products
    • Check products and packaging for defects and to ensure conformance to company standards and perform corrective machine adjustments as required
    • Record production information such as quantity, weight, date and type of products packaged.

  • Industrial Butchers and Meat Cutters, Poultry Preparers and Related Workers

    Legacy duties

    • Industrial butchers slaughter livestock using stunning devices and knives, skin, clean and trim carcasses, remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses, split carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling, and may slaughter cattle, calves and sheep as prescribed by religious laws.
    • Industrial meat cutters cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging, remove bones from meat, and cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use.
    • Poultry preparers slaughter poultry and remove inedible parts, remove feathers and singe and wash poultry to prepare for further processing or packaging.
    • Trimmers remove skin, excess fat, bruises or other blemishes from carcasses or meat portions.

  • Facility Operation Managers

    Legacy duties

    • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of commercial, transportation and recreational facilities and the included real estate
    • Oversee the leasing of space in the facility and the included real estate and the development of marketing strategies
    • Plan, organize and direct administrative services such as signage, cleaning, maintenance, parking, safety inspections, security and snow removal
    • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate construction projects to modify commercial, transportation and recreational facilities and real estate
    • Oversee the installation, maintenance and repair of real estate infrastructures including machinery, equipment and electrical and mechanical systems
    • Plan and manage the facility's operations budget
    • Prepare or oversee the preparation of reports and statistics related to areas of responsibility
    • Hire, train and supervise staff.

  • 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.

  • Printing Machine Operators

    Legacy duties

    • Review work order to determine job specifications, such as ink colour and quantity required
    • Set up and make adjustments to printing machine, such as filling ink or paint reservoirs and loading stock
    • Input codes and key in programming data on console keyboard of computerized machines
    • Operate and monitor printing machines during print run and make adjustments as required
    • Clean machines and replace worn parts.

  • Camera, Platemaking and Other Prepress Occupations

    Legacy duties

    • Graphic arts camera operators set up and adjust black and white or colour separation process cameras to convert graphic art and photographs into film for assembly and exposure onto printing plates or cylinders.
    • Cylinder preparers grind and polish press cylinders, expose and lay down carbon tissue, and etch or engrave cylinders using hand tools, etching machines, photogravure or laser processes to produce cylinders for gravure presses.
    • Film strippers and assemblers assemble and position, either using automated equipment or by hand, pieces of film containing all parts of a printing job to produce flats or composite negatives for preparing printing plates or cylinders.
    • Platemakers operate vacuum frames, plate processors and step and repeat machines to produce printing plates for various types of presses.
    • Prepress technicians operate various computer-controlled studio systems to perform colour separation, retouching and editing that allow changes to be made to a colour negative for printing purposes, plan page layouts and electronically alter shape, size and positions of illustrations and text.
    • Scanner operators operate computerized scanning machines or digital cameras to make colour separations and corrections from colour copy or transparencies for use in preparing film, digital files, printing plates or cylinders.
    • Proofmakers operate computerized equipment to prepare film, laser or dylux proofs for quality control purposes or for customers' review.

  • 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.