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7383 – Other Trades and Related Occupations
This unit group includes tradespersons and related skilled workers, not elsewhere classified, who repair, service, install, calibrate or fabricate a variety of products. They are employed by a wide range of establishments, or they may be self-employed.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Aircraft mock-up maker
- Aircraft model maker
- Aircraft patternmaker
- Apprentice marine repair technician
- Apprentice recreation vehicle mechanic
- Apprentice saw repairer
- Blacksmith - agriculture
- Blacksmith, farm
- Bomb-disposal expert
- Calibrator, scientific instruments
- Circular saw filer
- Explosive ordnance detector
- Farm blacksmith
- Farrier
- Filer, circular saws
- Filer, forest products saws
- Fitter, sawmill saws
- Forest products saw filer
- Glass calibrator
- Gun repairer
- Gunsmith
- Horseshoer
- Linesman/woman - shipbuilding
- Lock expert
- Lock fitter
- Lock repairer
- Lock repairman/woman
- Lock setter
- Locksmith
- Locksmithing expert
- Loftsman/woman - aircraft manufacturing
- Loftsman/woman - shipbuilding
- Marine repair technician
- Model and mock-up maker
- Model and mock-up maker - aeronautics
- Model and mould maker - concrete products
- Model maker
- Model maker, aircraft
- Model maker, ships
- Motor vehicle model maker
- Patternmaker - aeronautics
- Patternmaker, plaster
- Plaster mould maker - aircraft
- Plaster pattern maker
- Plaster pattern maker - aircraft
- Recreation vehicle apprentice mechanic
- Recreation vehicle mechanic
- Recreation vehicle repairer
- Recreation vehicle service technician
- Recreation vehicle technician
- Repairer, locks
- Repairer, safes and vaults
- Repairer, saws
- Repairer, small arms
- Repairman/woman, locks
- Repairman/woman, saws
- Restoration steeplejack
- Safe and vault installer-servicer
- Safe and vault repairer
- Safe and vault servicer
- Safe and vault technician
- Safe expert
- Safe maker
- Saw doctor
- Saw filer
- Saw fitter
- Saw fitter-filer
- Saw maker
- Saw repairer
- Saw repairman/woman
- Sawmill saw fitter
- Sawsmith
- Scale calibrator
- Ship model maker
- Small arms repairer
- Small-aircraft model maker
- Smokestack repairer
- Steeplejack
- Stonework patternmaker
- Technician, recreation vehicles
- Technician, safe and vault
- Template maker
- Template maker - aeronautics
- Template maker - shipbuilding
- Time lock expert
- Vault repairer
- Vault servicer
- Working model maker - aircraft
- Aircraft patternmaker
- Farrier
- Gunsmith
- Locksmith
- Recreation vehicle technician
- Safe and vault servicer
- Saw fitter
- Small arms repairer
- Template maker
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
The following is a summary of main duties for some occupations in this unit group:
- 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.
- 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 establishments.
- Saw fitters repair, set and sharpen band saws, chain saws, circular saws and other types of saw blades according to specifications.
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, 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, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
- Trade certification for recreation vehicle technicians is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, British Columbia and the Yukon.
- Trade certification for saw fitters is available, but voluntary, in Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon.
- Provincial trade certification or licence may be required for other occupations in this unit group.
- Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to qualified recreation vehicle service technicians.
Additional information
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
- Red Seal trade certification for recreation vehicle service technicians allows for interprovincial mobility.
- There is little or no mobility among occupations in this unit group.
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 7 – Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 73 – Trades and Skilled Transport and Equipment Operators
- Minor group
- 738 – Printing Press Operators, Commercial Divers and Other Trades and Related Occupations, n.e.c.
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0