Bearings Mechanics disassemble, inspect, repair, and clean bearings, seals, and chocks.

Blacksmiths forge and repair metal parts; make striking and cutting tools; make, sharpen or harden drills; chisel; and perform custom work including ornamental railings, gates, grilles, and furniture.

Cabinetmakers construct and repair wooden cabinets, furniture, fixtures, and related products.

Many machine shops, large or small, have upgraded to CNC machinery. This is the type of equipment used in a variety of manufacturing environments what must produce complicated identical parts. CNC machinery is also used in the manufacturing of tooling, such as dies and moulds, which are used to mass-produce metal and plastic parts.

Die Designers are skilled craftspeople that help create dies for stamping, forming, or forging presses. Certification as a Tool and Die Maker is a prerequisite for starting a Die Designer apprenticeship in Ontario.

Mechanical Draftspersons prepare engineering designs, drawings, and related technical information. They may work independently, in multidisciplinary engineering teams, or in support of engineers, architects, or industrial designers.

Plastic Mould Design Draftspersons prepare engineering designs, drawings, and related technical information. They may work independently, in multidisciplinary engineering teams, or in support of engineers, architects, or industrial designers.

Tool & Die Design Draftspersons prepare engineering designs, drawings, and related technical information. They may work independently, in multidisciplinary engineering teams, or in support of engineers, architects, or industrial designers.

This position maintains, modifies, installs, troubleshoots and repairs city wide serial, Ethernet and wireless communication network for a signalized traffic control system, including modems, repeater sites, overhead and underground cable and communication cabinets.

Programs and repairs microprocessor controllers, communication devices and associated electronic equipment to attain required timings and traffic control by reading electrical drawings, interpreting readings and indicators using various test equipment such as meters, oscilloscopes, communication test equipment, personal computers, laptops, etc. Perform continuous preventative maintenance programs. Maintain applicable records and prepare reports.

Assembles and installs intersection hardware while working at heights of over 20 feet. Operates various sized trucks, trailers, boom lifting equipment, forklifts, concrete saws, generators, compressors, pumps, hand and power tools, and soldering apparatus.