DESCRIPTION: Heavy equipment operators run heavy equipment used in the building and maintenance of:
roads
bridges
airports
gas and oil pipelines
tunnels
buildings and other structures
As well, they operate heavy equipment used in surface mining and quarrying activities and in material handling work.
DESCRIPTION: Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics install, maintain, troubleshoot, overhaul and repair stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment. This unit group includes industrial textile machinery mechanics and repairers.
DESCRIPTION: Chainsaw and skidder operators work together to prepare sites for logging and harvesting. These workers operate chain saws to fell, delimb and buck trees, and operate skidders to move or yard the felled trees from the logging site to the landing area for processing and transportation.