Other technical trades and related occupations

Example job titles

• 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

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

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.

Approved positions by year