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Heavy-Duty Equipments Mechanic
Fast Look• Can repair and maintain heavy-duty
equipment.
• Equipment used for transportation and such.
• Employed to maintain and operate equipment.
• Comfortable with delicate and heavy equipment.
• Minimum education : secondary school and training.
• Attentive , mechanical ability and problem-solving needed.
Duties• Diagnose equipment for malfunctions
with tests.
• Adjust , repair or replace defective equipment.
• Test adjusted equipment for proper performance.
• Clean and lubricate equipment for maintenance.
• May repair things on heavy trucks.
• May attach other attachments to equipment.
Work Conditions and Qualifications
• Work regular work weeks with overtime.
• May work outdoors or in a factory.
• Completion of secondary school is required.
• Certification is not mandatory but helps.
• Certification includes a four year apprenticeship program.
• R.S. gives work in any province.
Current Workforce• Large occupational group that work
full-time.
• Full-time salary for a year is $64,637.00
• Sixty-nine percent work full-time in B.C.
• A lot are currently employed in B.C.
• High employment because of forestry/mining.
• Least employed are in Lower Mainland.
Employment Prospects and Career Paths• 9,850 , currently employed in Lower
Mainland.
• Job openings in future from retirement.
• Employment will go over average.
• Demand for equipment wanted by companies.
• Technologic advances make equipment more efficient.
• New technology will reduce greenhouse gases.
Related Occupations & Resources
• Contractors and supervisors in mechanic trade.
• Millwrights and industrial mechanics , except textiles.
• Automotive service technicians needed for vehicles.
• Resource : Canadian Association of equipment distributors.
• Second occupation resource is Transport Canada.
• Truck , bus and machine mechanic repair.
Marine Biologist
Fast Look• Occupational group includes
aquaculture support workers.
• Hired by fish hatcheries or farms.
• Marine plant gatherers and catch shellfishes.
• Workers may be self-employed by choice.
• Education may be some secondary schools.
• You do aqua labours in water.
Duties• Dig and clean shellfishes for markets.
• Supervise certain technicians in fish hatcheries.
• Feed the aquaculture in the farms.
• Rake seaweed and moss from beaches.
• Keep daily records of water flow.
• Feed aquaculture stocks and vaccinate them.
Working Conditions and Qualifications• Work in office, hospital or school.
• An outside environment with different weather.
• Exposed to various bacteria and viruses.
• In presence of bad smelling odors.
• In contact with water or liquids.
• Might go to Post-secondary for certification.
Current Workforce• About 455 current employed marine
biologists.
• Full-time Yearly salary is about $ 32,257.00.
• 20% are working full-time marine biologists.
• 18% women working full-time as labourers.
• The amount employed is below average.
• The yearly salary is below average.
Employment Prospects and Career Paths
• Lower Mainland has the most employment.
• There will be 2,805 job opportunities.
• 30 jobs from retirement by 2015.
• 10 jobs from projects by 2015
• There are 310 employed in 2010.
• There will be limited opportunities.
Related Occupations and Resources
• Fishing Vessel and skipper are related.
• Fishermen and fisherwomen are also related.
• Aquaculture managers is another job opportunity.
• Aquaculture operators are also another opportunity.
• Fishing vessel deckhands are also related.
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