Career Unit

1. Career Unit

2. Heavy-Duty Equipments Mechanic

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Marine Biologist

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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. • There are no resources on page.