DESCRIPTION: Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of general office workers and office equipment operators.

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: This group includes security guards and other related workers who protect property against theft and vandalism, control access to establishments, maintain order, and enforce regulations at public events and within establishments, conduct private investigations for clients or employers and provide other protective services not elsewhere classified.

DESCRIPTION: Purchasing and inventory control workers:

• process purchasing transactions
• maintain inventories of materials, equipment and stock

DESCRIPTION: Collect, verify and process payroll information and determine pay and benefit entitlements for employees within a department, company or other establishment. Work for payroll administration companies and by establishments throughout the private and public sectors.

DESCRIPTION: Machinists set up and operate a variety of machine tools to cut or grind metal, plastic or other materials to make or modify parts or products with precise dimensions.

DESCRIPTION: Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics repair, maintain, calibrate, adjust, and install the dials, sensors and other instrumentation that measures and controls machinery in industrial and commercial plants. Instrumentation gives operators information about the condition and operation of machinery, ensuring the safety and function of the plant or system.

DESCRIPTION: Graphic designers and illustrators conceptualize and create images to communicate information.

Conceptualize and produce graphic art and visual materials to effectively communicate information for publications, advertising, films, packaging, posters, signs and interactive media such as Web sites and CDs.

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: Forestry technologists and technicians may work independently or perform technical and supervisory functions in support of forestry research, forest management, forest harvesting, forest resource conservation and environmental protection.