DESCRIPTION: Administrative assistants support managers and professional employers by performing a wide variety of administrative duties.

DESCRIPTION: Silviculture and forestry workers perform a variety of duties related to reforestation and to the management, improvement and conservation of forests. This occupational group includes forest firefighters.

DESCRIPTION: General office support workers perform clerical duties, including:

• preparing correspondence, reports, statements and other material
• verifying, recording and processing forms and documents, such as contracts and requisitions
• operating office equipment
• answering telephones

DESCRIPTION: Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics, and mechanical repairers work on cars, buses, and light and commercial transport trucks. They inspect, diagnose, repair and service mechanical, electrical and electronic systems and parts of vehicles. Mechanical repairers do major repairs of, and replace, mechanical units on newly built motor vehicles.

DESCRIPTION: Accounting technicians and bookkeepers manage the way the day-to-day financial records of a business are kept. They may work with Chartered Professional Accounts (CPAs) and other accounting professionals or they may offer personal bookkeeping services.

DESCRIPTION: This unit group includes tradespersons and related skilled workers, who repair, service, install, adjust or make a variety of products.

DESCRIPTION: Janitors, caretakers and building superintendents clean and maintain the interior, exterior and surrounding grounds of commercial, institutional and residential buildings. Building superintendents also manage the overall operation of the buildings.

DESCRIPTION: Administrative officers review, oversee and carry out the office procedures involved in running a business or organization. This group includes administrative officers who are supervisors.

DESCRIPTION: Steamfitters and pipefitters design, assemble, install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair pipes carrying water, steam, chemicals and fuel in heating, cooling, lubricating and other process piping systems. A steamfitter is a pipefitter who specializes in high-pressure liquid or gas piping.

Sprinkler system installers design, assemble, install, maintain and repair water, foam, carbon dioxide and dry chemical sprinkler systems in buildings for fire protection purposes.

DESCRIPTION: Shippers and receivers ship, receive and record the movement of parts, supplies, materials, equipment and stock to and from an establishment.