Other Trades and Related Workers

Nature of work

This group includes tradespersons and related skilled workers who repair, service, install, calibrate, or build a variety of products. They work for a wide range of businesses, or they may be self-employed.

Job duties

Gunsmiths:

• Make guns and repair and modify firearms according to blueprints or customers' specifications.

Locksmiths:

• Repair, install and adjust locks, make keys, and change lock combinations.

Recreation vehicle technicians:

• Repair or replace electrical wiring, plumbing, propane gas lines, appliances, windows, doors, cabinets, and structural frames in recreational vehicles.

Safe and vault servicers:

• Install, repair, and maintain safes and vaults in banks and other institutions.

Saw fitters:

• Repair, set, and sharpen band saws, chain saws, circular saws, and other types of saw blades according to specifications.

Die setters:

• Select dies for forging according to work order and specifications.
• Position, align, and bolt dies to ram and anvil of power presses and hammers.

Commercial divers:

• Complete underwater activities related to construction, inspection, search, salvage, repair, and photography.

Sample job titles

• blacksmith
• diver
• farrier
• locksmith
• marine service technician
• recreation vehicle service technician
• safe and vault technician
• saw repairer
• toolsmith
• underwater worker

Skills

You will require manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination to manipulate and use tools and assemble parts. Good near vision is required. Physical strength and agility are needed and some of the jobs within this grouping may also involve heavy lifting. You must have the ability to work systematically and think analytically as workers in these jobs need to be methodical and precise. Communication skills are needed to assess customer requirements and specifications in some of these jobs.

Job requirements

• High school is usually required.
• A two- to four-year apprenticeship program in a relevant trade like locksmith, recreation vehicle technician, or saw fitter or college, high school or industry courses combined with several years of related work experience or several years of on-the-job training are required.
• Trade certification for locksmiths is available, but voluntary, in Nova Scotia.
• Trade certification for recreation vehicle service technicians is available, but voluntary, in Nova Scotia.
• Red Seal Endorsement (RSE) is also available to qualified recreation vehicle service technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
• Commercial divers must meet the requirements of CSA Standard Z275.4-02, Competency Standard for Diving Operations.
• Commercial divers require an Occupational Diver Certificate of Competency issued by the Diver Certification Board of Canada (DCBC) or qualification earned through a formal education program, training courses in diving or a combination of education and practical experience.
• Commercial divers require certification of competency and a diving medical examination from an approved hyperbaric physician.
• Commercial divers may require military or police diving experience.
• Commercial divers usually require a provincial blaster's licence for the setting and detonation of explosives.
• Provincial trade certification or licensing may be required for other jobs in this group.

Other considerations

Movement to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

Regulations

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