Sector: Industrial

An Instrumentation and Control Technician installs, maintains, calibrates, designs and troubleshoots networking systems, process control and environmental protection equipment in a variety of industrial environments. Specifically, an Instrumentation and Control Technician:

• installs, maintains and configures control and process systems
• calibrates, commissions, configures, installs and troubleshoots all pneumatic, electronic, electrical, mechanical and analytical instrumentation devices
• calibrates and repairs analytical instrumentation that monitors or controls flow, level, temperature, pressure, acidity, conductivity and humidity
• services all process control communication networks
• sevices environmental and other analytical instruments

 Red Seal trade

A Railway Car Technician:

• Inspects, repairs, replaces and reconditions mechanical or structural components and systems of freight cars and passenger coaches
• organizes work
• performs material handling procedures
• services rail trucks
• services underframes
• services brakes
• services car safety appliances
• services car bodies
• services coaches
• performs safety and maintenance inspections

A CNC Programmer develops programming for Computerized Numerical and Direct Numerical controlled machines by:

• Demonstrating safe work practices and techniques
• Defining areas of workpiece to be machined
• Determining CNC programming operations
• Planning the metal removal process
• Developing tool paths
• Post-processing tool path information
• Generating CNC job documentation
• Implementing CNC machining processes
• Optimizing programs
• Archiving/maintaining files

A  Light Rail Overhead Contact Systems Linesperson:

• Builds and maintains aerial feeder systems
• Builds and maintains contact conductor systems
• Builds and maintains electrical track switch systems
• Maintains lighting systems

A Relay and Instrumentation Technician performs some or all of the following:

• Diagnose and repair data acquisition and code systems
• Diagnose and repair devices and computers
• Test vital signal control relays
• Diagnose and repair power systems

A Die Designer designs all cutting and forming dies by:

• Demonstrating safe working practices and techniques
• Reading and interpreting a piece part drawing
• Conveying information to CAD program/system
• Determining the type of die
• Designing a layout of sequence of operations
• Creating a tooling design
• Dimensioning the die design
• Finalizing the die drawing/design
• Implementing construction of the die

A Locksmith performs some or all of the following:

• Repairs, installs, and adjusts locks;
• Repairs, installs and adjusts related door & frame hardware;
• Makes keys; and,
• Changes lock combinations.

A Saw Filer/Fitter:

• Maintains wood sawing machines in lumber or paper mills
• Files grooved, contoured and irregular surfaces of knives, saw blades and metal objects
• Repairs, sets and sharpens bandsaws, chainsaws, handsaws, circular saws and other types of saw blades
• Troubleshoots sawing machinery and analyzing faults for corrective or repair action

A Draftsperson – Mechanical performs some or all of the following duties:

• Develops and prepares engineering designs and drawings
• Operates computer-aided design and graphics drafting stations
• Develops and prepares drawings of industrial machines, engines, tools, and mechanical equipment
• Develops and prepares design sketches
• Completes documentation packages and produces drawing sets
• Checks and verifies design drawings to conform to specification and design data
• Writes technical reports
• Checks prepared contract and tender documents

Machine Tool Builder and Integrator:

• Reads and interprets complex engineering drawings, schematics, bills of materials and machine-tool build assembly documentation
• Builds precision in-process tooling, machine-tool parts and components using conventional and numerically controlled metal cutting machines and equipment, including saws, drills, grinders, lathes and mills
• Designs, devises and details assembly plans for the machine tool building and integrating process
• Builds, assembles and integrates pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical components, power transmission systems, conveyor systems and feeder systems
• Assembles and integrates subassemblies into the main assembly of stand-alone machine tools and multistation automated machine tool systems.