Sector: Construction

A Hazardous Materials Worker identifies, removes, packages, transports and disposes of hazardous materials such as asbestos, mould, lead, mercury, and other biological harzards. Specifically, a Hazardous Materials Worker:

• mobilizes site enclosures
• pre-cleans work areas
• builds work area enclosures
• sets up decontamination chambers and waste chutes
• removes and cleans hazardous material
• dismantles work area enclosures and decontamination chambers
• performs post tear-down clean
• de-mobilizes site enclosures
• performs routine inspections

A Precast Concrete Finisher:

• Repairs, finishes, cleans, grouts and chalks precast concrete surfaces

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 Refractory Mason:

• Builds and repairs heat and corrosion resistant structures and vessels such as furnaces, tanks, and containers

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