School Subject: Sciences

  • Ambulance Attendants and Other Paramedical Occupations

    Legacy duties

    • Assess extent of injuries or medical illnesses of trauma victims, patients with respiratory disease and stress, overdose and poisoning victims, industrial accident victims and other ill or injured individuals to determine emergency medical treatment
    • Administer pre-hospital emergency care, such as oxygen therapy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), spinal immobilization, bandaging and splinting, to patients
    • Establish and maintain intravenous treatment (IV), apply adjunctive equipment for ventilation and circulation complications, administer medications and provide other advanced emergency treatment to patients
    • Transport patients by air, land or water to hospital or other medical facility for further medical care
    • Document and record nature of injuries and illnesses and treatment provided
    • Assist hospital personnel with provision of medical treatment, if necessary
    • Maintain ambulances and emergency care equipment and supplies
    • May train and supervise other workers in this unit group
    • May assist with triage of emergency patients.
  • Aerial Survey Technologists and Technicians

    Legacy duties

    • Operate airborne remote sensing equipment such as survey film or digital cameras, laser or radar sensors and scanners which produce images of large areas of the earth, coastline, or of the atmosphere
    • Monitor recording quality and adjust equipment as required and inspect quality of recorded images.
  • Administrators of vocational training schools

    Legacy duties

    • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities of a private college or institute specializing in trades, technology or business
    • Develop curriculum for training programs
    • Consult with government regulatory and licensing agencies to ensure conformance to provincial standards
    • Plan, administer and control budgets for projects, programs, support services and equipment
    • May recruit and hire teachers and other staff
    • May teach.
  • Administrators of Elementary and Secondary Education

    Legacy duties

    • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate, through school principals, the academic affairs of a school district
    • Evaluate curriculum, teaching methods and community participation in programs for a school district and revise programs as required
    • Develop and administer programs for the education and training of students and adults
    • Make recommendations concerning the annual operating budget of a school district
    • Direct or supervise the recruitment, appointment, training, evaluation and promotion of teaching personnel.
  • 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.
  • Engineering Managers

    Legacy duties

    • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities and operations of an engineering department, service or firm
    • Develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the engineering and technical work performed in the department, service, laboratory or firm
    • Consult and negotiate with clients to prepare specifications, explain proposals and present engineering reports and findings
    • Assign, co-ordinate and review the technical work of the department or project teams
    • Recruit personnel and oversee development and maintenance of staff competence in required areas
    • May participate directly in the design, development and inspection of technical projects or in the engineering work of the department.
  • Architecture and Science Managers

    Legacy duties

    • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities and operations of an architecture, landscape architecture, scientific research and development laboratory or quality control department, service or firm
    • Develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the architectural, scientific and technical work performed in the department, service, laboratory or firm
    • Assign, co-ordinate and review the technical work of the department or project teams
    • Recruit personnel and oversee development and maintenance of staff competence in required areas
    • May participate directly in the design, development and inspection of technical projects or in the theoretical or applied scientific work of the department
    • May consult and negotiate with clients to prepare specifications, explain proposals or present architectural or scientific research reports and findings.
  • School Principals

    Legacy duties

    • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate, through department heads or supervisors, the activities of teachers and support staff
    • Review programs to ensure conformance to school board or provincial standards and develop programs within limits of authority
    • Co-ordinate teaching activities of the institution by making personnel assignments, determining class size and preparing timetables
    • Organize and maintain procedures for the keeping of records
    • Prepare and administer institution or program budget
    • Direct and co-ordinate school maintenance services and the use of school facilities
    • May recruit and hire teachers and other staff
    • May teach.