Classification: Non-compulsory

An Aboriginal Child Development Practitioner:

• Plans, organizes, and implements activities for preschool children to encourage children in intellectual, physical, and emotional growth.

A Dairy Herdsperson:

• Maintains the health, nutrition, and breeding of milk cows
• Works with milk processing and sterilizing equipment
• Operates and maintains barn mechanical and electrical systems and farm mechanical equipment
• Performs milking
• Performs feeding and watering
• Performs herd health procedures
• Performs routine herd maintenance
• Operates and maintains farm mechanical and electrical systems
• Operates and maintains farm mechanical equipment.

A Fruit Grower is responsible for:

• Planting, cultivating, propagating, spraying, irrigating, transplanting, pruning, and harvesting of all types of fruit.
• Operating and maintaining mechanical and power equipments and systems and farm mechanical equipment.

Agricultural — Swine Herdsperson performs the following duties:

• Reads and interprets Code of Practices, Swine Canadian Quality Assurance procedures, Agriculture Safety Audit Procedures, and veterinarian recommendations/prescriptions;
• Performs herd health and comfort maintenance;
• Performs breeding/gestation procedures;
• Performs farrowing procedures;
• Manages nursery stock;
• Performs manure management procedures;
• Operates and maintains farm systems, vehicles, and equipment;
• Operates and maintains farm mechanical equipment.

An Appliance Service Technician installs, assembles, disassembles, removes, services, repairs, maintains and disposes of domestic appliances and electrical household products. Some examples include refrigerators, dishwashers, washers, dryers, and ovens. Specifically, an Appliance Service Technician:

• performs work on multiple appliance and household product systems such as: electrical, electronic control and component, mechanical, water, air, and sealed
• reads and interprets work orders and manufacturer’s specifications, and follows service manual instructions
• installs, services, and repairs appliances and household products including performing inspections, determining leaks and malfunctions, cleaning, lubricating, adjusting and aligning systems and components, verifying operation, and confirming electrical supply
• uses specialized tools and methods to test, calibrate, adjust, and fabricate appliances, household products, their components and accessories
• recovers existing refrigerant and transfers the gases into approved storage containers for disposal

 Red Seal trade

An Arborist transplants, maintains and removes trees and woody plants using ropes, climbing systems, pruning tools, diagnostic tools and mechanized equipment. Arborists have knowledge in the science of arboriculture, the cultivation, management and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and woody plants. An Arborist carries out treatments for optimal tree health, managing pests, diseases, wounds and defects that impact trees and woody plants. Specifically, an Arborist:

• transplants, prunes, maintains and removes trees and woody plants
• climbs trees and works at heights
• identifies and treats diseases and pests on trees and woody plants
• improves the health and integrity of damaged trees and woody plants
• enhances soils by fertilizing, irrigating, mulching and aerating
• provides advice on trees and woody plants with others including residential, commercial and government representatives

An Assistant Cook prepares and cooks a wide range of foods for public consumption in various settings such as restaurants and hotels. Specifically, an Assistant Cook:

• prepares, cooks, and assembles complete breakfasts
• prepares short order dishes including hot and cold sandwiches
• prepares stocks, soups and sauces, salads, dressings, vegetables and desserts
• uses a variety of preparation methods including roasting, deep-frying, poaching, sautéeing, braising and grilling to prepare meats, poultry and fish
• practises safe work practices, hygiene, equipment handling, sanitation and workplace safety