Classification: Non-compulsory

A Heat and Frost Insulator works with insulating material to prevent or reduce the passage of heat, cold, vapour, moisture, sound or fire. A Heat and Frost Insulator installs, repairs and maintains insulating materials used on systems and equipment as well as walls, floors and ceilings of buildings and may also lay out and fabricate parts on-site, remove or seal-off old insulation. Specifically, a Heat and Frost Insulator:

• reads and interprets drawings and specifications to determine insulation requirements
• selects the amount and type of insulation to be installed
• measures and cuts insulating material to the required dimensions
• applies, installs, repairs and maintains insulating material
• installs fire-stopping insulation
• applies metal and plastic finishes

 Red Seal trade

A Cement (Concrete) Finisher installs concrete structures including interior floors and exterior pavements using a variety of methods of construction to produce a variety of finishes, colours and textures in all types of residential, institutional, commercial and industrial buildings. Specifically, a Cement (Concrete) Finisher:

• prepares, forms, reinforces, places, levels, finishes, cures and joints all types of concrete flatwork
• operates a variety of powered equipment including ride-on finishing machines and laser guided screeds
• specializes in the application of all horizontal concrete surface finishes ranging from traditional trowel finishes to exposed aggregate, imprinted, pigmented, stained and dyed and polished concrete using a wide range of specialty liquid and cementitious materials systems
• repairs and restores existing concrete surfaces and structures

 Red Seal trade

A Drywall, Acoustic and Lathing Applicator erects exterior structural steel studs and sheathing, shaft wall systems, installs and finishes lath and drywall, partition walls and furring, ceiling systems and access flooring types as well as applies thermal and sound insulation. Specifically, a Drywall, Acoustic and Lathing Applicator:

• reads, interprets, and applies blueprints and specifications for job layout
• erects exterior structural steels studs and sheathing
• erects light gauge residential steel studs, sheathing and demountable partitions
• applies thermal insulation, sound insulation, and fire stopping
• installs partition walls and furring and shaft wall systems
• installs lath, drywall, moulded and cast forms and ceiling systems

 Red Seal trade