7371 Crane Operators

7371 Crane Operators

 

Crane operators operate cranes or draglines to lift, move, position or place machinery, equipment and other large objects at construction or industrial sites, ports, railway yards, surface mines and other similar locations. They are employed by construction, industrial, mining, cargo handling and railway companies.

Example Titles

• apprentice mobile crane operator
• apprentice operator, mobile crane
• boat crane operator
• boom crane operator
• boom truck crane operator
• boom truck hoist operator
• bridge crane operator
• cantilever crane operator
• cinder crane operator
• climbing crane operator
• climbing tower crane operator
• construction crane operator
• crane and hoisting equipment operator
• crane hoist operator
• crane operator
• crane operator apprentice
• crane operator, drilling rig
• crawler crane operator
• demolition crane operator
• dragline crane operator
• dragline operator – crane
• drilling rig crane operator
• electric crane operator
• electric dragline operator
• electric gantry crane operator
• electric monorail crane operator
• electrical equipment operator – Derrick
• floating crane operator
• gantry crane operator
• hoist operator – foundry
• hoist operator (except underground mining)
• hoist operator, boom truck
• hoist operator, crane
• hot metal crane operator
• jib crane operator
• ladle crane operator
• locomotive crane operator
• locomotive craneman/woman
• mechanical hoist operator
• mobile crane operator
• monorail crane operator
• operator, boom truck hoist
• overhead crane operator
• pile driving crane operator
• power crane operator
• rail crane operator
• railway car puller – crane
• rigger (except shipbuilding and aircraft assembly)
• ship crane operator
• skip operator
• tower crane operator
• tractor crane operator
• truck crane operator
• walking bridge crane operator
• wrecking crane operator

Main duties

Crane operators perform some or all of the following duties:

• Operate mobile and tower cranes to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials
• Perform pre-operational inspection, and calculate crane capacities and weight to prepare for rigging and hoisting
• Operate pile driving cranes to drive pilings into earth to provide support for buildings and other structures
• Operate cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
• Operate gantry cranes to load and unload ship cargo at port side
• Operate locomotive cranes to move objects and materials at railway yards
• Operate bridge or overhead cranes to lift, move and place plant machinery and materials
• Operate offshore oil rig cranes to unload and reload supply vessels
• Operate cranes mounted on boats or barges to lift, move and place equipment and materials
• Operate dragline cranes to expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines
• May assemble tower cranes on site
• Perform routine maintenance work such as cleaning and lubricating cranes.

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.

• Completion of a one- to three-year apprenticeship program
  or
  High school, college or industry courses in crane operating are usually required.

• Trade certification as a hoist operator is compulsory in Quebec and available, but voluntary, in Saskatchewan.

• Boom truck crane operator trade certification is compulsory in Manitoba and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

• Mobile crane operator (8-15 tons) trade certification is compulsory in Ontario and available, but voluntary, in New Brunswick.

• Tower crane operator trade certification is compulsory in Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta, and is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

• Trade certification as a hoist operator (hydraulic crane) is available, but voluntary, in Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

• Mobile crane operator trade certification is compulsory in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

• Mobile crane operators may require a provincial licence to drive mobile cranes on public roads.

• Internal company certification as a crane operator may be required by some employers.

• Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to mobile crane operators.

7312 Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics

7312 Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics

 

Heavy-duty equipment mechanics repair, troubleshoot, adjust, overhaul and maintain mobile heavy-duty equipment used in construction, transportation, forestry, mining, oil and gas, material handling, landscaping, land clearing, farming and similar activities. They are employed by companies which own and operate heavy equipment, and by heavy equipment dealers, rental and service establishments, and railway transport companies and urban transit systems.

Example Titles

• apprentice farm equipment mechanic
• apprentice farm machinery mechanic
• apprentice mechanic, diesel engines
• apprentice mechanic, farm equipment
• apprentice mechanic, farm machinery
• backhoe mechanic
• caterpillar tractor repairer
• combination mechanic, heavy equipment
• construction equipment mechanic
• construction equipment repairman/woman
• crane repairer
• crane service technician
• diesel engine mechanic
• diesel engine mechanic – heavy equipment
• diesel engine mechanic apprentice
• diesel engine repairman/woman – railway
• diesel locomotive repairman/woman
• diesel mechanic
• diesel mechanic – heavy equipment
• diesel mechanic apprentice
• dredge mechanic
• dredge repairer
• earthmoving equipment mechanic
• excavating equipment mechanic
• farm equipment mechanic
• farm equipment technician
• farm machinery mechanic
• farm tractor mechanic
• farm tractor repairer
• felling equipment mechanic
• field mechanic, heavy equipment
• fuel injection unit servicer – diesel
• grading equipment mechanic
• heavy diesel engine mechanic
• heavy equipment combination mechanic
• heavy equipment field mechanic
• heavy equipment inspector-repairer
• heavy equipment mechanic
• heavy equipment mechanic – diesel engine
• heavy mobile equipment repairer
• heavy mobile equipment repairman/woman
• heavy mobile logging equipment mechanic
• heavy mobile mining equipment mechanic
• heavy-duty equipment mechanic
• heavy-duty equipment mechanic apprentice
• heavy-duty equipment technician
• heavy-duty equipment technician apprentice
• inspector-repairer, heavy equipment
• journeyman/woman heavy-duty equipment mechanic
• locomotive mechanic
• locomotive repairman/woman, diesel
• mechanic, backhoe
• mechanic, construction equipment
• mechanic, earthmoving equipment
• mechanic, excavating equipment
• mechanic, farm equipment
• mechanic, farm machinery
• mechanic, farm tractors
• mechanic, heavy diesel engines
• mechanic, heavy equipment
• mechanic, heavy equipment – diesel engine
• mechanic, locomotive
• mechanic, mobile logging equipment
• mechanic, mobile mining equipment
• mechanic, repairer
• mechanic, sideboom
• mechanic, tractor
• mine locomotive repairman/woman
• mobile farm equipment mechanic
• mobile farm machinery repairer
• paving equipment mechanic
• power shovel mechanic
• repairer, farm tractors
• repairman/woman, diesel locomotives – railway
• sideboom mechanic
• tractor mechanic
• tractor mechanic, farm
• tractor repairer, farm
• wheelwright, farm machinery

Main duties

Heavy-duty equipment mechanics perform some or all of the following duties:

• Check bulldozers, cranes, graders and other heavy construction, agricultural, logging and mining equipment for proper performance and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
• Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required
• Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts, components or systems, using hand and power tools
• Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers' specifications
• Clean, lubricate and perform other routine maintenance work on equipment
• Service attachments and working tools such as harvesting and tillage equipment, blades, ploughs, winches and side booms
• May perform repair work on heavy trucks
• May attach components and adjust new farm equipment.
• Heavy-duty and farm equipment mechanics may specialize in specific types of machinery such as combines or tracked vehicles, or in engine overhaul, power shift transmissions, fuel injection, hydraulics or electronics.

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.

• Completion of a three- to five-year apprenticeship program
  or
  A combination of over four years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in heavy equipment repair is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.

• Heavy-duty equipment mechanic trade certification is compulsory in Quebec and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and the territories.

• Farm equipment mechanic trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

• Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to qualified heavy-duty equipment technicians and farm equipment mechanics.

7265 Welders and Related Machine Operators

7265 Welders and Related Machine Operators

 

Welders operate welding equipment to weld ferrous and non-ferrous metals. This unit group also includes machine operators who operate previously set up production welding, brazing and soldering equipment. They are employed by companies that manufacture structural steel and platework, boilers, heavy machinery, aircraft and ships and other metal products, and by welding contractors and welding shops, or they may be self-employed.

Example Titles

• acetylene welder
• aircraft welder
• apprentice welder
• arc welder
• arc welder – pipeline
• arc welder, hand
• assembler tack welder
• auto body solderer
• automated welding machine operator – flash butt process
• automatic welding machine operator
• aviation welding technician
• battery lead burner
• battery lead-burner operator
• blowtorch operator
• blowtorch welder
• boiler welder
• brazer
• brazer and hammerer
• brazer, furnace
• brazer, gas
• brazer, resistance
• brazing machine operator
• brazing machine setter
• cable welder
• combination welder
• downhand welder – pipeline
• drilling platform welder
• drilling rig welder
• electric arc welder
• electric arc welder, hand
• electric spot welder
• electric spot welder operator
• electric spot-welding machine operator
• fabrication welder
• fit-up welder
• flame-brazing machine operator
• flame-brazing machine setter
• flash butt welder
• furnace brazer
• furnace solderer
• gas and arc welder
• gas brazer
• gas welder
• gas-shielded arc welder
• gas-shielded arc welding machine operator
• general welder
• hand arc welder
• hand electric arc welder
• hand resistance welder
• heliarc welder
• hydrogen braze furnace man/woman
• hydrogen braze furnace operator
• induction brazer operator
• induction brazer, production
• induction solderer
• industrial welder
• iron brazer
• jig welder-fitter
• journeyman/woman welder
• laser beam machine-welder operator
• laser beam welder
• laser beam welding machine operator
• laser welding operator
• lead burner
• lead welder
• machine operator – welding, brazing and soldering
• machine type solderer
• machine welder
• maintenance welder
• mesh-welding machine operator
• metal brazier and heater
• metal inert gas (MIG) welder
• metal solderer
• metal straightener and heater
• metal welder
• MIG (metal inert gas) welder
• operator, laser beam machine welder
• oxyacetylene torch welder
• oxyacetylene welder
• oxyhydrogen welder
• pipeline welder
• portable spot welder
• precision welder
• pressure vessel welder
• production induction brazier
• production line solderer
• production line spot welder
• production line welder
• production spot welder
• production welder
• resistance brazer
• resistance seam welder
• resistance welder
• resistance welder tender
• resistance welder, hand
• resistance welder-setter
• resistance welding machine setter
• resistance welding set-up man/woman
• rig welder
• set-up man/woman, resistance welding
• shielded-metal arc welder
• side seaming tender
• solderer
• solderer, furnace
• solderer, induction
• solderer-dipper
• soldering machine operator
• spot resistance welder
• spot welder
• submerged arc welder
• submerged arc welding machine operator
• tack welder
• thermite welder
• TIG (tungsten inert gas) welder
• tool and die welder
• torch brazer
• torch brazing machine setter
• torch welder
• tungsten inert gas (TIG) welder
• type-soldering machine tender
• welder
• welder apprentice
• welder operator
• welder, aircraft
• welder, arc
• welder, combination
• welder, drilling platform
• welder, drilling rig
• welder, gas
• welder, gas and arc
• welder, gas-shielded arc
• welder, heliarc
• welder, metal inert gas (MIG)
• welder, MIG (metal inert gas)
• welder, oxyacetylene
• welder, oxyacetylene torch
• welder, oxyhydrogen
• welder, pipeline
• welder, precision
• welder, pressure vessels
• welder, production line
• welder, resistance
• welder, shielded-metal arc
• welder, spot
• welder, submerged arc
• welder, TIG (tungsten inert gas)
• welder, tool and die
• welder, tungsten inert gas (TIG)
• welder-assembler
• welder-fitter
• welder-setter, resistance
• welding lay-out man/woman
• welding machine operator
• welding machine operator, gas-shielded arc
• welding machine operator, submerged arc
• wire welder

Main duties

Welders perform some or all of the following duties:

• Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), plasma arc welding (PAW), shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), oxy-acetylene welding (OAW), resistance welding and submerged arc welding (SAW)
• Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
• Operate brazing and soldering equipment
• Operate metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears and other metal straightening and bending machines
• Repair worn parts of metal products by welding on extra layers.
• Welders may specialize in certain types of welding such as custom fabrication, ship building and repair, aerospace precision welding, pressure vessel welding, pipeline construction welding, structural construction welding, or machinery and equipment repair welding.

Welding, brazing and soldering machine operators perform some or all of the following duties:

• Operate previously set up welding machines such as spot, butt and seam resistance or gas and arc welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts
• Operate previously set up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal parts or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal articles with solder
• Start up, shut down, adjust and monitor robotic welding production line
• Assist with the maintenance and repair of welding, brazing and soldering equipment
• May adjust welding heads and tooling according to work specifications.

Employment requirements

Welders

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.

• Completion of a three-year apprenticeship program
  or
  A combination of over three years of work experience in the trade and some college or industry courses in welding is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.

• Trade certification is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

• Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to qualified welders.

Welding, brazing and soldering machine operators

• Some secondary school education is required.

• Several months of on-the-job training are usually provided.

• Experience as a machine operator helper may be required.

• Experience with robotics may be required.

7251 Plumbers

7251 Plumbers

 

Plumbers install, repair and maintain pipes, fixtures and other plumbing equipment used for water distribution and waste water disposal in residential, commercial and industrial buildings. They are employed in maintenance departments of factories, plants and similar establishments, by plumbing contractors, or they may be self-employed.

Example Titles

• apprentice plumber
• journeyman/woman plumber
• maintenance and repair plumber
• maintenance and repair plumber, (non-construction)
• maintenance plumber
• marine plumber
• plumber
• plumber – pipefitting
• plumber apprentice
• plumber, (non-construction) maintenance and repair
• plumber, maintenance and repair
• plumber, residential construction
• plumber-gas fitter – military
• plumbing installer
• plumbing mechanic
• radiator plumber
• residential construction plumber

Main duties

Plumbers perform some or all of the following duties:

• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine layout of plumbing system, water supply network and waste and drainage systems
• Install, repair and maintain domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
• Locate and mark positions for pipe connections, passage holes and fixtures in walls and floors
• Cut opening in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings
• Measure, cut, bend and thread pipes using hand and power tools or machines
• Join pipes using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement or soldering, brazing and welding equipment
• Test pipes for leaks using air and water pressure gauges
• May prepare cost estimates.

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.

• Completion of a four- to five-year apprenticeship program
  or
  A combination of over five years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in plumbing is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.

• Trade certification is compulsory in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Manitoba, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

• Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is available to qualified plumbers.

Additional information

• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
• Red Seal trade certification allows for interprovincial mobility.