Farriers

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Gunsmiths

• Fabricate guns and repair and modify firearms according to blueprints or customers' specifications.

• Locksmiths

• Repair, install and adjust locks, make keys and change lock combinations.

• Safe and vault servicers

• Install, repair and maintain safes and vaults in banks and other establishments.

• Saw fitters

• Repair, set and sharpen band saws, chain saws, circular saws and other types of saw blades according to specifications.

• Die setters

• Select dies for forging according to work order and specifications; position align and bolt dies to ram and anvil of power presses and hammers.

• Commercial divers

• Perform underwater activities related to construction, inspection, search, salvage, repair and photography.

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.

• Completion of a two- to four-year apprenticeship program in a relevant trade, such as locksmith or saw fitter or college, high school or industry courses combined with several years of related work experience or several years of on-the-job training are required.

• Trade certification for locksmiths is available, but voluntary, in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

• There is little or no mobility among occupations in this unit group.

• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.