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School Subject: Mechanics

  • Small Electric Appliance Servicers and Repairers

    Legacy duties

    • Repair small appliances, such as electrical lawn and garden equipment and power tools
    • Consult customer or refer to work order to establish nature of the appliance malfunction
    • Observe operation of appliance and conduct voltage, resistance and other tests using electrical test equipment
    • Refer to schematic drawings or product manuals and replace or repair parts or components using hand tools and soldering equipment
    • Prepare estimates and written accounts of work performed.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Process Operators

    Legacy duties

    • Operate electronic or computerized control panel from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units
    • Control process start-up, shut-down and troubleshooting
    • Monitor outside process equipment
    • Adjust equipment, valves, pumps and controls and process equipment
    • Authorize or co-sign maintenance work orders
    • Shut down, isolate and prepare process units or production equipment for maintenance
    • Sample products, perform tests, record data, carry out statistical process control on process operations, and write production logs
    • Develop operator procedures for normal operation, start-up or shut-down of unit
    • Participate in safety audits and programs and provide emergency response when required
    • Ensure adherence to safety and environmental regulations
    • May rotate between different processing units during shift cycles
    • May work in a team with shared supervisory responsibilities and participate in training other workers
    • May be cross-trained in a skilled trade and work in the trade during shift cycles.

  • Other Small Engine and Equipment Mechanics

    Legacy duties

    • Review work orders and discuss work to be performed with supervisor
    • Inspect and test engine, motors and other mechanical components using test devices to diagnose and isolate faults
    • Adjust, repair or replace mechanical or electrical system parts and components using hand tools and equipment
    • Test and adjust repaired equipment for proper performance
    • Perform scheduled maintenance service on equipment
    • Advise customers on work performed and general condition of equipment
    • Determine estimates of repair cost.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Motor Vehicle Body Repairers

    Legacy duties

    • Review damage report and estimates of repair cost and plan work to be performed
    • Repair and replace front end components, body components, doors and frame and underbody components
    • Hammer out dents, buckles and other defects using blocks and hammers
    • Operate soldering equipment or use plastic filler to fill holes, dents and seams
    • Remove damaged fenders, panels and grills using wrenches and cutting torch and bolt or weld replacement parts into place
    • Straighten bent frames using frame and underbody pulling and anchoring equipment
    • File, grind and sand repaired body surfaces using hand and power tools
    • Mask and tape auto body surfaces in preparation for painting
    • Mix paint, blend and match colors
    • Apply primers and repaint surfaces using brush or spray guns
    • Repair and replace glass components such as windshields, windows and sunroofs
    • Repair or replace interior components, such as seat frame assembly, carpets and floorboard insulation
    • Inspect repaired vehicles and test drive vehicles for proper handling.