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Other technical trades and related occupations

National Occupation Code (NOC): 72999

Workers in other trades occupations repair, service, install, calibrate or fabricate a variety of products. This unit group also includes commercial divers. They are employed by a wide range of establishments, or they may be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

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Job Duties for Other technical trades and related occupations

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

  • Select dies for forging according to work order and specifications; position align and bolt dies to ram and anvil of power presses and hammers.

Commercial divers

  • Perform underwater activities related to construction, inspection, search, salvage, repair and photography.

Employment Requirements for Other technical trades and related occupations

  • 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.
  • Commercial divers may require military or police diving experience.
  • Commercial divers usually require a provincial blaster's licence for the setting and detonation of explosives.

Alternate Job Titles

  • Aircraft Mock-up Maker
  • Aircraft Model Maker
  • Aircraft Patternmaker
  • Anvilsmith
  • Apprentice Saw Repairer
  • Blacksmith
  • Blacksmith - Agriculture
  • Blacksmith - Manufacturing
  • Bomb-disposal Expert
  • Circular Saw Filer
  • Clearance Diver
  • Commercial Diver
  • Commercial Free-diver
  • Commercial Scuba Diver
  • Commercial Skin Diver
  • Deep-sea Diver
  • Die Setter
  • Diver
  • Diving Contractor
  • Diving Supervisor
  • Explosive Ordnance Detector
  • Farm Blacksmith
  • Farrier
  • Forest Products Saw Filer
  • Glass Calibrator
  • Gun Repairer
  • Gunsmith
  • Hammersmith
  • Hard-hat Diver
  • 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
  • Model And Mock-up Maker
  • Model And Mock-up Maker - Aeronautics
  • Model And Mould Maker - Concrete Products
  • Model Maker
  • Motor Vehicle Model Maker
  • Offshore Diver
  • Patternmaker - Aeronautics
  • Plaster Mould Maker - Aircraft
  • Plaster Pattern Maker
  • Plaster Pattern Maker - Aircraft
  • Reclamation Diver
  • Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) Operator
  • Restoration Steeplejack
  • Rope Access Technician (RAT)
  • Safe And Vault Installer-servicer
  • Safe And Vault Repairer
  • Safe And Vault Servicer
  • Safe And Vault Technician
  • Safe Expert
  • Safe Maker
  • Salvage Diver
  • Saw Doctor
  • Saw Filer
  • Saw Fitter
  • Saw Fitter-filer
  • Saw Maker
  • Saw Repairer
  • Saw Repairman/woman
  • Sawmill Saw Fitter
  • Sawsmith
  • Scale Calibrator
  • Scientific Instrument Calibrator
  • Search And Rescue Diver
  • Ship Model Maker
  • Small Arms Repairer
  • Small-aircraft Model Maker
  • Smokestack Repairer
  • Steeplejack
  • Stonework Patternmaker
  • Template Maker
  • Template Maker - Aeronautics
  • Template Maker - Shipbuilding
  • Time Lock Expert
  • Toolsmith
  • Underwater Contractor
  • Underwater Worker
  • Vault Repairer
  • Vault Servicer
  • Working Model Maker - Aircraft
  • Locksmith / Door Technician