Sector: Construction

A Floor Covering Installer installs, replaces and repairs a variety of floor coverings in residential, industrial, commercial and institutional settings, using under cushion, carpeting, vinyl, resilient tile, sheet flooring, pre-finished, unfinished, engineered wood, laminate, seasonal carpeting and artificial turf. Specifically, a Floor Covering Installer:

• prepares floors by removing existing trim, flooring, and underlayments
• installs and repairs resilient tile, resilient sheet goods, gluedown carpets, carpet tile, carpet and cushion, wood floors, engineered and laminate floor
• verifies drawings, written specifications, and choice of materials
• marks for tile and pattern lay-out
• seams and seals sheet goods
• applies adhesives

 Red Seal trade

A Powerline Technician constructs, maintains and repairs overhead and underground electrical power transmission and distribution systems and communication networks. Specifically, a Powerline Technician:

• prepares work plans
• installs, maintains and removes power system poles and maintains transmission towers and structures
• installs and maintains overhead and underground power systems
• splices and terminates conductors and related wiring to connect power distribution and transmission networks
• troubleshoots overhead and underground power systems
• installs, maintains and removes transformers and hardware
• installs, operates and maintains system protection, control and instrumentation equipment and communications systems

 Red Seal trade

A General Carpenter constructs, renovates and repairs structures made of wood, steel, concrete and other materials in the residential, commercial and industrial construction sectors and in related industries. Specifically, a General Carpenter:

• establishes building procedures and prepares work sites
• lays out, constructs and installs formwork and concrete foundations
• frames floors, walls, ceilings and roofs
• finishes interiors and exteriors
• constructs heavy framing
• builds stairs, posts and handrails
• lays out, constructs and installs door and window systems
• performs renovations

 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 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 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

A Restoration Mason:

• Prepares mortars
• Cuts out and fills joints
• Repairs or resets bricks, stone and terra cotta blocks in ashlar, rubble and brickwork.
• Drills, grouts and pins fractured stones
• Resets copings
• Caries out washing and mechanical or chemical cleaning

An Ironworker — Generalist works with both structural/ornamental and reinforcing steel materials. An Ironworker — Generalist:

• Installs structural/ornamental steel components
• Installs precast concrete members and glued laminate timber products
• Places reinforcing steel in commercial, industrial, institutional and large residential buildings, towers, bridges and stadiums
• Erects pre-engineered buildings and ornamental ironwork

 Red Seal trade