Skills
Protect Self and Others
- Comply with safety directives provided in legislation and regulations
- Report hazardous conditions
- Wear and maintain approved personal protective equipment
- Practice good housekeeping
- Work within safe physical limits
- Use and maintain hand and power tools and equipment
- Practice fire safety procedures
- Apply basic first aid and cardio- pulmonary resuscitation
- Erect swing stages and suspended scaffoldings
- Wear an approved safety harness and attach a life line
- Ensure proper ventilation during welding and application of adhesives
- Store welding cylinders
Prepare Job
- Read, interpret, and apply blueprints and specifications for job layout
- Communicate with other trades
- Verify and organize materials
- Identify or establish and work from grid lines and elevations
- Select, use, and maintain approved tools and equipment
- Select and operate computers
Erect Exterior Structural Steels, Studs and Sheathing
- Lay out exterior walls
- Lay out and install doors and windows
- Cut and install exterior sheathing
- Fabricate and install sections on site
- Install off-site fabricated panels and trusses
- Set-up and use electrical welding equipment
- Select and apply specific electrodes
Erect Light Gauge, Residential Steel Studs and Sheathing
- Install floor framing
- Erect and install walls
- Apply energy-efficient construction techniques
- Construct and install equal slope roofs
- Construct and install unequal slope roofs
- Install pre-engineered site-built or manufactured roof trusses
Install Shaft Wall System
- Select metal components for specific installations
- Lay out and install components
- Seal the perimeter and joints
- Apply exterior finish board
Apply Thermal Insulation, Sound Insulation, and Fire Stopping
- Select required thermal insulation, sound insulation, and fire stopping
- Select fastening methods
- Install insulation or sound attenuation blankets
- Install vapour barriers
- Seal vapour barriers
- Apply fire stop systems
- Lay out, fabricate, and install baffles of various types
Install Partition Walls and Furring
- Lay out the size and location of partitions
- Fasten the floor and ceiling tracks
- Select the required hollow metal door and window frames
- Install stud plumb and level
- Install hollow metal frames
- Install stiffeners and braces
- Apply backing
- Lay out and install furring
Install Lath
- Install various type of channels
- Install hangers and ties
- Erect furring and carrying channels
- Select, measure, and install lath
- Install lath accessories
Install Drywall
- Select properly dimensional wall- board
- Determine the starting point for wallboard application
- Lay out and install lead-lined drywall or X-ray shielding
- Apply wallboard to curved surfaces
- Apply a second layer of wallboard over the first
- Apply trims
- Caulk studs, seams, joints, and tracks
Install Moulded Forms, Cast Forms and Formed Glass
- Select a method of fastening and suspending
- Furr out for the application of cast forms
- Apply cast panels, cornices, mouldings, and form glass
Install Ceiling Systems
- Identify and select the ceiling type and its components
- Select and install fasteners and hangers
- Install ceiling suspensions
- Determine and install suspended bulkheads and soffits
- Apply drywall, acoustic, and other specified materials
- Fabricate and install access panels
- Layout and install strapping, furring, and ceiling patterns of non-suspended ceilings
Install Access Flooring
- Lay out access flooring
- Position adjustable metal pedestals in a line
- Install and fasten metal grid runners between pedestals
- Cut and install access floor panels into the grid Measure, cut, and adhere vinyl baseboard moldings
- Install and secure pre-fabricated ramps, stairs, and handrails
Encase Asbestos
- Identify asbestos and notify the appropriate authorities
- Protect self and others from asbestos hazard
- Remove all loose or flaky asbestos material
- Encase beams and areas
- Clean the area
- Perform the required personal cleaning procedures
For more information, see Ontario College of Trades Training Standards.
