72999
Canada Limited
Other technical trades and related occupations
Workers in other trades occupations repair, service, install, calibrate or fabricate a variety of products. This unit group also includes commercial divers. They are employed by a wide range of establishments, or they may be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Employment Outlooks
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Salary Information
National wage data for this occupation
Entry-level
CA$21.63
/hr
Typical
CA$34.72
/hr
Experienced
CA$47.85
/hr
Average: CA$34.41/hr
87.6% of workers in this occupation receive non-wage benefits
Source: Job Bank Canada. Wages may vary by region and experience.
Examples
Illustrative Examples
- aircraft patternmaker
- blacksmith
- commercial diver
- die setter
- explosive ordnance detector
- farrier
- gunsmith
- locksmith
- reclamation diver
- restoration steeplejack
- safe maker
- saw fitter
- small arms repairer
- toolsmith
- underwater contractor
- vault repairer
All Examples
- lock repairman/woman
- lock setter
- lock repairer
- aircraft mock-up maker
- aircraft model maker
- aircraft patternmaker
- anvilsmith
- apprentice saw repairer
- blacksmith
- blacksmith - agriculture
- blacksmith - manufacturing
- bomb-disposal expert
- circular saw filer
- clearance diver
- commercial diver
- commercial free-diver
- commercial scuba diver
- commercial skin diver
- deep-sea diver
- die setter
- diver
- diving contractor
- diving supervisor
- explosive ordnance detector
- farm blacksmith
- farrier
- forest products saw filer
- glass calibrator
- gun repairer
- gunsmith
- hammersmith
- hard-hat diver
- horseshoer
- linesman/woman - shipbuilding
- lock expert
- lock fitter
- locksmith
- locksmithing expert
- loftsman/woman - aircraft manufacturing
- loftsman/woman - shipbuilding
- model and mock-up maker
- model and mock-up maker - aeronautics
- model and mould maker - concrete products
- model maker
- motor vehicle model maker
- offshore diver
- patternmaker - aeronautics
- plaster mould maker - aircraft
- plaster pattern maker
- plaster pattern maker - aircraft
- reclamation diver
- remote operated vehicle (ROV) operator
- restoration steeplejack
- rope access technician (RAT)
- safe and vault installer-servicer
- safe and vault repairer
- safe and vault servicer
- safe and vault technician
- safe expert
- safe maker
- salvage diver
- saw doctor
- saw filer
- saw fitter
- saw fitter-filer
- saw maker
- saw repairer
- saw repairman/woman
- sawmill saw fitter
- sawsmith
- scale calibrator
- scientific instrument calibrator
- search and rescue diver
- ship model maker
- small arms repairer
- small-aircraft model maker
- smokestack repairer
- steeplejack
- stonework patternmaker
- template maker
- template maker - aeronautics
- template maker - shipbuilding
- time lock expert
- toolsmith
- underwater contractor
- underwater worker
- vault repairer
- vault servicer
- working model maker - aircraft
Main Duties
Main Duties
- This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Gunsmiths
- Fabricate guns and repair and modify firearms according to blueprints or customers' specifications.
- Locksmiths
- Repair, install and adjust locks, make keys and change lock combinations.
- Safe and vault servicers
- Install, repair and maintain safes and vaults in banks and other establishments.
- 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
- Perform underwater activities related to construction, inspection, search, salvage, repair and photography.
Requirements
Employment Requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a two- to four-year apprenticeship program in a relevant trade, such as locksmith 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, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
- Sawfiler/fitter and sawfitter trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Quebec, British Columbia and the Yukon.
- Provincial trade certification or licensing may be required for other occupations in this unit group.
- 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.