Hoisting Engineer — Tower Crane Operator

A Hoisting Engineer — Tower Crane Operator maintains and operates tower cranes to lift, move, position and place materials and equipment, working in construction, surface mining, shipbuilding, offshore drilling rigs and railway settings. Specifically, a Hoisting Engineer — Tower Crane Operator:

  • performs pre‐operational inspections
  • plans crane ‘lifts’ including calculating crane capacity and determining load weight
  • performs rigging
  • participates in setting up, dismantling and jacking cranes
  • performs regular inspections, minor repairs and maintenance

Red Seal Badge Red Seal trade

Reinforcing Rodworker

A Reinforcing Rodworker reinforces a wide variety of concrete constructions including but not limited to buildings, landscape features, parking garages, caissons, highways, bridges, wind turbines, stadiums and towers by using reinforcing steel, composite materials, welded wire mesh, post-tensioning systems and any other concrete reinforcements. Specifically, a Reinforcing Rodworker:

  • cuts and bends reinforcing materials according to design specifications and drawings
  •  fabricates, pre-fabricates and installs reinforcing steel, composite materials, welded wire mesh, post-tensioning systems and any other concrete reinforcements.
  • operates and maintains tools, aerial work platforms, forklifts and telehandlers
  • prepares reinforcing and post-tensioning materials for hoisting
  • rigs and hoists materials and equipment
  • splices reinforcing steel by welding or installing mechanical splices
  • installs, stresses and grouts post-tensioning systems

Red Seal Badge Red Seal trade

Residential (Low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer

A Residential (Low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer installs residential air-handling and ventilation systems in low-rise (four storeys or fewer) residential buildings that do not have common conditioned areas. The work is done in self/contained, singlefamily dwellings such as detached, semi-detached and town and linked homes that have a wood frame construction. Specifically, a Residential (Low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer:

  • follows safe working practices and procedures and environmental protection practices
  • organizes work for residential (low rise) sheet metal installations
  • prepares the worksite
  • installs ventilation and main ducts

Residential Air Conditioning Systems Mechanic

A Residential Air Conditioning Systems Mechanic works on residential air conditioning systems including geo-exchange systems. Specifically, a Residential Air Conditioning Systems Mechanic:

  • plans, lays out, installs, starts-up, connects, maintains, services, repairs, tests, verifies, commissions, and decommissions residential air conditioning systems, components and their accessories
  • installs and connects piping for the purpose of conveying all types of refrigerants used for both primary and secondary heating and cooling
  • maintains, services, repairs and replaces system components and accessories, including electrical and electronic components
  • checks efficiency outputs and parameters; inspects and checks operation and integrity of components; determines set points; replaces defective, leaking, discoloured and worn components; performs shut-downs and lock outs; makes adjustments to pressures and controls; cleans and lubricates components; checks calibrations; reassembles and repair components and systems; starts-up, tests and charges the systems
  • measures, cuts, bends, threads and connects pipe to functional components and utilities
  • services, tests, adjusts, commissions and decommissions the system

Restoration Mason

A Restoration Mason:

  • Prepares mortars
  • Cuts out and fills joints
  • Repairs or resets bricks, stone and terra cotta blocks in ashlar, rubble and brickwork.
  • Drills, grouts and pins fractured stones
  • Resets copings
  • Caries out washing and mechanical or chemical cleaning

Roofer

A Roofer installs, repairs and replaces flat and sloped roofs involving a variety of materials with different application methods including shingles, slate, shakes, and roofing tiles on sloped roofs and membrane systems. Specifically, a Roofer:

  • installs, repairs and replaces flat and sloped roof systems
  • works with membrane roofing systems
  • installs, replaces and repairs shingles, slate, shakes and roofing tiles on sloped roofs, green roofs and solar panels
  • waterproofs and damp-proofs roof systems

Red Seal Badge Red Seal trade

Sheet Metal Worker

A Sheet Metal Worker designs, creates, assembles installs, and repairs sheet metal products. Specifically, a Sheet Metal Worker:

  • manufactures, creates, assembles, handles, erects, installs, dismantles, reconditions, adjusts, alters, repairs and/or services all ferrous and nonferrous sheet metal work of No. 10 U.S. Gauge or of any equivalent or lighter gauge and all other materials used in lieu thereof
  • reads and understands shop and field sketches used in fabrication and erection, including those taken from original architectural and engineering drawings or sketches
  • fabricates or installs metal cladding over insulation

Red Seal Badge Red Seal trade

Sprinkler and Fire Protection Installer

A Sprinkler and Fire Protection Installer lays out, installs, maintains, modifies, inspects and tests fire protection systems, including water-based and speciality fire suppression systems in a variety of environments. Specifically, a Sprinkler and Fire Protection Installer:

  • installs water supplies above and below grade for fire protection systems
  • installs fire pumps, drivers and controllers, commissions, detection, protection and control systems
  •  installs, maintains, and tests water-based fire protection systems

Red Seal Badge Red Seal trade

Steamfitter

A Steamfitter lays out, assembles, maintains and repairs piping to carry water, steam, fluids, gases, chemicals and fuel for heating, cooling, lubricating and process piping systems. Specifically, a Steamfitter:

  • reads and understands design drawings, manufacturers literature and installation diagrams
  • lays out, assembles, installs, maintains, and repairs heating, cooling, process or industrial systems
  • installs piping for any process, including a process that conveys gas or pneumatic or air-handling system
  • installs high-pressure piping for any process
  • installs and maintains instrumentation control systems

Red Seal Badge Red Seal trade