DESCRIPTION: Plan, organize, direct, control and check the activities of a purchasing department.

Create, design and carry out the purchasing policies of a business or institution.

DESCRIPTION: Research, design and develop machinery and systems for heating, ventilating and air conditioning, power generation, transportation, processing and manufacturing.

Perform duties related to the evaluation, installation, operation and maintenance of mechanical systems.

DESCRIPTION: Managers in natural resources production and fishing are responsible for planning, organizing and directing operations.

DESCRIPTION: Insulators apply insulation materials to plumbing, air-handling, heating, cooling and refrigeration systems, piping equipment and pressure vessels, and walls, floors and ceilings of buildings and other structures, to prevent or reduce the passage of heat, cold, sound or fire.

DESCRIPTION: Evaluate and monitor health and safety hazards and develop strategies to control risks in the workplace.

DESCRIPTION: Information systems analysts and consultants work with software, hardware and wiring infrastructure. They plan, manage and review information systems, and help to improve a company’s computer networks, performance and security.

People with this career have skills in computer programming, internet and web applications, structured analysis, data modelling and information engineering. They also work with mathematical modelling and sampling. Information systems analysts and consultants need to have good communication skills and be able to research and plan projects.

DESCRIPTION: May work independently or provide technical support and services in the development of production methods, facilities and systems, and the planning, estimating, measuring and scheduling of work.

DESCRIPTION:  Facility operation and maintenance managers plan, organize and direct operational activities or maintenance departments.

DESCRIPTION: Plan, organize and direct the activities of an engineering department, service or firm.

DESCRIPTION: This group includes heating, refrigeration, air conditioning, millwrighting and elevator installation trade contractors who own and operate their own businesses.

This group also includes supervisors employed in a wide range of establishments who supervise and coordinate the activities of workers classified in groups within the following areas:

• machinery and transportation equipment mechanics (except motor vehicle)
• automotive service technicians and other mechanics