Overview

Languages

English

Education

- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

- At heights
- Noisy
- Odours
- Confined spaces
- Dusty

Work setting

- Machinery installation
- Maintenance
- Service
- Repair
- Overhaul
- Machine set-up
- Shopwork
- Industrial equipment and automation manufacturing

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Assemble mechanical equipment
- Assemble stationary industrial machinery
- Coach and instruct apprentices
- Detect and troubleshoot irregularities and malfunctions
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
- Repair or replace defective machinery parts
- Supervise other workers
- Estimate costs and materials
- Perform routine maintenance work on machinery
- Program programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
- Installing machinery and equipment
- Operate hoisting and lifting equipment
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Troubleshoot and repair electric motors, transformers, switchgear, generators and other electro-mechanical equipment

Experience and specialization

Welding techniques

- Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
- Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
- Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
- Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
- Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)





Equipment and machinery experience

- Automated and robotic system
- Conveyor
- Electrical and electronic controls
- Fans and blowers
- Gas and air dryers
- Heat exchangers
- High speed packaging equipment
- Hydraulic system
- Industrial and stationary engine
- Monorails
- Pneumatic system
- Power tools
- Power transmission system
- Pumps and compressors
- Tool grinders
- Welding equipment
- Forklift
- Hand tools

Area of specialization

- Rigging and handling
- Troubleshooting
- Centering and setting to elevation
- Bearing, seals and packing
- Vibration analysis
- Laser levelling/aligning
- Optical alignment
- Programmable logic controller (PLC)
- Wiring
- Welding

Additional information

Security and safety

- Basic security clearance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Standing for extended periods
- Work under pressure

Weight handling

- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits

Financial perks

- Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

- Learning/training paid by employer
- Team building opportunities
- Variable or compressed work week

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