Sector: Construction

An Architectural Glass and Metal Technician handles, measures, cuts, prepares, fits, installs, replaces and repairs all types of glass and glass substitutes, typically in commercial, residential and transportation settings. An Architectural Glass and Metal Technician fabricates and installs curtain wall framing, aluminium storefront frames and entrances, doors and hardware, structural silicone glazing, skylights and sloped glazing. Specifically, an Architectural Glass and Metal Technician:

• lays out, measures, prepares, fabricates and installs/replaces architectural glass and metal components and air/vapour barriers in systems such as entranceways, windows, skylights and curtain walls
• works with and installs plastics, granite, aluminum panels and other similar materials used as glass substitutes, as well as films or laminates that improve the durability or safety of the glass
• works from mobile equipment, scaffolds and swing stages, sometimes at great heights, to manoeuvre glass panels that are lifted by cranes and other lifting equipment.

 Red Seal trade

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

A Brick and Stone Mason builds and repairs walls, floors, arches, pavings, partitions, fireplaces, chimneys, smokestacks and other structures. A Brick and Stone Mason often works on industrial, commercial, institutional and residential buildings. Specifically, a Brick and Stone Mason:

• erects, installs, maintains, repairs and alters walls, floors, arches, pavings, partitions, fireplaces, chimneys, smokestacks and other structures
• works with materials such as brick, natural stone, manufactured stone, tiles, precast masonry panels, glass blocks, concrete blocks, light‐weight insulated panels, other masonry units, insulation and membranes

 Red Seal trade

A Heavy Equipment Operator — Excavator operates an excavator, 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. He/she inspects, maintains, transports and operates this equipment and its attachments. Specifically, a Heavy Equipment Operator — Excavator:

• performs pre-operational inspections, safety and operational checks, preventative maintenance
• monitors equipment performance
• loads and unloads, 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, buckets, rakes, levels, tillers, cutters, blades, grapples, pushers, vibrators and breakers)
• performs operations, such as excavating, grading, ramp building, stockpiling, backfilling and towing, ensuring maximum productivity
• checks grades, performs cut and fil operations, backfills trenches and excavations, creates slopes, creates mass excavations, clears land, strips surface materials, stockpiles and places materials, lifts materials, performs logging and surface mining operations, perform demolitions, bales snow.
• communicates through various techniques including hand signals

 Red Seal trade

A Reinforcing Rodworker reinforces a wide variety of concrete constructions including but not limited to buildings, landscape features, parking garages, caissons, highways, bridges, wind turbines, stadiums and towers by using reinforcing steel, composite materials, welded wire mesh, post-tensioning systems and any other concrete reinforcements. Specifically, a Reinforcing Rodworker:

• cuts and bends reinforcing materials according to design specifications and drawings
•  fabricates, pre-fabricates and installs reinforcing steel, composite materials, welded wire mesh, post-tensioning systems and any other concrete reinforcements.
• operates and maintains tools, aerial work platforms, forklifts and telehandlers
• prepares reinforcing and post-tensioning materials for hoisting
• rigs and hoists materials and equipment
• splices reinforcing steel by welding or installing mechanical splices
• installs, stresses and grouts post-tensioning systems

 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 Heavy Equipment Operator — Tractor Loader Backhoe operates a tractor loader backhoe, 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. Specifically, a Heavy Equipment Operator — Tractor Loader Backhoe:

• inspects, maintains, transports and operates this equipment and attachments
• performs pre-operational inspections, safety and operational checks and preventative maintenance
• monitors equipment performance, loads and unloads, transports and 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, buckets, bucket thumbs, quick couplers, splitters, grapples, teeth and adapters)
• performs operations such as excavating, grading, ramp building, stockpiling, backfilling and towing ensuring maximum productivity
• clears ice and snow, checks grades, performs cut and fil operations, backfills trenches and excavations, stockpiles and places materials, excavates trenches and ditches, loads trucks, lifts materials, performs clean-up operations, performs logging and surface mining operations, and perform demolitions.
• communicates through various techniques including hand signals

 Red Seal trade

A Concrete Pump Operator inspects, prepares, operates, controls, and cleans various concrete pumps including those found in vechicles and their various related attachments/ components. Concrete pumps may be truck mounted, stationary, trailer-mounted as well as tower concrete placing booms. Specifically, a Concrete Pump Operator:

• co-ordinates the placement of concrete through a pump at the work site
• operates the vehicle and loads and unloads concrete pumps and attachments
• sets up the concrete pumps and components and concrete delivery system, operates high pressure pumps and separate placing booms
• performs pre-operational inspections, safety and operational checks and preventative maintenance
• operates concrete pumps and related components
• monitors equipment performance and the movement of the concrete to the pour location
• resolves issues related to the movement of pumpable concrete
• maintains the equipment, cleans concrete pumps and components
• reads and interprets government legislation, site plans and manufacturers’ manuals (i.e. survey indicators)
• communicates through various techniques including hand signals