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Hairstylist

A Hairstylist performs a range of hairstyling services including cutting, designing colouring, permanent waving, relaxing and straightening. Specifically, a Hairstylist:

performs health, safety and sanitization procedures
performs routine salon functions and service fundamentals
treats scalp and hair
cuts and styles hair
performs chemical treatments such as waving, relaxing, and straightening
performs colour services
works with wigs, hairpieces and extensions

Red Seal trade

Hairstylist is an Interprovincial Red Seal trade, but Ontario does not currently offer a Red Seal Endorsement. Candidates who complete the requirements of the Ontario Hairstylist apprenticeship program or qualify through our Trade Equivalency Assessment program and successfully challenge the Certification of Qualification exam, will receive a provincial Certificate of Qualification only.

Heavy Duty Equipment Technician

A Heavy Duty Equipment Technician inspects, diagnoses, troubleshoots, repairs, and verifies the repair of heavy duty equipment. They work on different types of heavy duty equipment such as draft shaft drive axle assemblies, final drive, structure components and accessories, tires, wheels, frames and undercarriages, and ground engaging equipment and attachments. Specifically, a Heavy Duty Equipment Technician:

inspects, identifies, diagnoses, troubleshoots, repairs, and modifies systems, components, accessories and attachments (including checking for wear/damage/ defects/ problems, analysing performance and function, servicing, replacing, reprogramming, reconditioning, exchanging, adjusting, replacing and aligning)
works on multiple systems such as: engines, fuel, electrical, hydrostatic and transmission, suspension, hydraulic, transmissions, and engine management, climate control, intake exhaust and emission control, steering, braking, drive, structural components, frames and undercarriages as well as ground engaging equipment
works in multiple sectors/industries such as mines, construction, forestry, marine, transportation, natural resources, and materials-handling

Red Seal trade

Heavy Equipment Operator — Dozer

A Heavy Equipment Operator — Dozer operates a dozer, its attachments and ground engaging equipment in various types of projects across multiple industries such as road construction and maintenance, mining, quarrying, land clearing, forestry, logging as well as gas and oil. The dozer operator inspects, maintains, transports and operates this equipment and attachments. Specifically, a Heavy Equipment Operator — Dozer:

performs pre-operational inspections, safety and operational checks and preventative maintenance
monitors equipment performance, loads and unloads and transports, cleans, oils and refills equipment
reads and interprets government legislation, site plans and manufacturers’ manuals (i.e. survey indicators)
installs, operates and removes attachments (i.e. quick attach, blades, buckets, rippers, towable scrapers and winches)
performs operations such as excavating, grading, ramp building, stockpiling, backfilling and towing ensuring maximum productivity
checks grades, performs cut and fill operations, maintains winter roads, moving mass materials, stripping surface materials, create slopes and ditches, spreads materials, pushes scrapers, backfills trenches and excavations, maintains dumpsite area, levels surfaces and clears land
communicates through various techniques including hand signals

Red Seal trade

Hoisting Engineer — Mobile Crane Operator 1

A Hoisting Engineer — Mobile Crane Operator 1 maintains and operates conventional lattice and telescopic boom mobile cranes that can lift, move, position and place materials and equipment weighing more than 16,000 pounds, such as concrete, steel, gravel and other construction supplies and machinery at construction and industrial sites, ports, factories, warehouses, dockyards or rail yards. Specifically, a Hoisting Engineer — Mobile Crane Operator 1:

performs pre‐operational inspections
prepares and transports cranes
assembles and dismantles cranes
plans crane ‘lifts’ including calculating crane capacity and determining load weights
sets up, positions and stabilizes the crane before the ‘lift’
performs various rigging procedures

Red Seal trade

Hoisting Engineer — Mobile Crane Operator 2

A Hoisting Engineer — Mobile Crane Operator 2 maintains and operates hydraulically controlled mobile cranes capable of lifting, moving, positioning and placing materials and equipment weighing more than 16,000 pounds but no more than 30,000 pounds, such as concrete, steel, gravel and other construction supplies and machinery at construction and industrial sites, ports, factories, warehouses, dockyards or rail yards. Specifically, a Hoisting Engineer — Mobile Crane Operator 2:

performs pre‐operational inspections
prepares and transports cranes
assembles and dismantles cranes
plans crane ‘lifts’ including calculating crane capacity and determining load weights
sets up, positions and stabilizes the crane before the ‘lift’
performs various rigging procedures
performs maintenance on cranes

Hoisting Engineer — Tower Crane Operator

A Hoisting Engineer — Tower Crane Operator maintains and operates tower cranes to lift, move, position and place materials and equipment, working in construction, surface mining, shipbuilding, offshore drilling rigs and railway settings. Specifically, a Hoisting Engineer — Tower Crane Operator:

performs pre‐operational inspections
plans crane ‘lifts’ including calculating crane capacity and determining load weight
performs rigging
participates in setting up, dismantling and jacking cranes
performs regular inspections, minor repairs and maintenance

Red Seal trade

Horticultural Technician

A Horticultural Technician grows, installs, and maintains indoor and outdoor plants, builds urban and rural landscapes, maintains outdoor properties, cares for turf grass and golf courses and installs and maintains irrigation systems. Specifically, a Horticultural Technician:

grows plants using different propagation techniques
identifies nutrient requirements of plants, applies fertilizers and monitors plants
transplants, installs and prunes plants
analyzes plant watering requirements and installs and maintains irrigation systems
establishes and maintains turf grass
constructs landscapes according to drawings
controls plant pests and diseases using integrated pest management techniques
recycles waste materials

Red Seal trade

Industrial Electrician

An Industrial Electrician lays out, inspects, assembles, installs, troubleshoots, repairs and maintains (including programming, calibration and preventive/predictive maintenance) electrical fixtures, apparatus, control equipment and wiring for industrial electrical systems, as well as equipment and systems such as motors, generators, distribution equipment systems, wiring systems, lighting systems, motor drives, stand-by power systems, instrumentation, communication, security, renewable energy and energy storage systems. Specifically, an Industrial Electrician:

plans installations from blueprints, sketches and specifications and installs all electrical and electronic devices
systematically diagnoses faults in electrical and electronic systems and equipment and repairs or replaces electrical and electronic components as required
measures, cuts, threads, bends, assembles and installs conduits and other electrical conductor raceways
splices and terminates electrical conductors
tests electrical and electronic equipment for proper function

Red Seal trade

The new Electrical Trades’ Curriculum Standard will be phased in over multiple years.

The new 2024 level 1 will be implemented by all TDAs as of September 1, 2024.
The new 2024 level 2 will be implemented by all TDAs as of September 1, 2025.
The new 2024 levels 3 & 4 will be implemented by all TDAs as of September 1, 2026. Level 4 does not apply to 309C.
Existing 2003 Curriculum levels expire on the August 31st date prior to implementation of the new level.

Industrial Mechanic Millwright

An Industrial Mechanic Millwright works on industrial machinery, mechanical equipment and components, including mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, fuel, lubrication, cooling and exhaust systems, and pumps, fans, tanks, conveyors, presses, generators and pneumatic and hydraulic controls. Specifically, an Industrial Mechanic Millwright:

uses machine tools such as lathes and milling machines and fabrication tools such as welders, breaks, presses, power threaders and punches
uses precision tools such as laser alignment equipment, dial indicators, micrometers and precision and optical levels
uses testing equipment such as vibration analysis as well as other techniques used in predictive and preventive maintenance
installs, maintains and services compressed air, water and exhaust ducting to robotics, pumps, presses, compressors, turbines, material-handling systems, gearboxes and other machinery

Red Seal trade

Institutional Cook

An Institutional Cook prepares meals in both small and large quantities using bulk-cooking methods in conventional, cook chill or cook freeze environments. An Institutional Cook prepares food to meet individual dietary needs, including health, religious needs, ethnic preferences and budgetary requirements. An Institutional Cook may work in retirement or long-term care homes, hospitals, childcare centres, school dining areas, correctional facilities and corporate environments. Specifically, an Institutional Cook:

prepares meals for special diets and understands nutritional restrictions and portion size to be served
uses standardized recipes and specialized equipment for modification techniques during food preparation to achieve the prescribed or recommended textures and viscosity
prepares and cooks meats, poultry and seafood
prepares stock, soups and sauces from scratch or convenience
prepares and assembles complete breakfasts, sandwiches, salads and dressings
prepares baked goods, pastries, desserts and vegetables
is knowledgeable about weights and measures, hygiene, equipment handling, sanitation and workplace safety