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Job description
These individuals manufacture, install, adjust, and repair the following products:
- Firearms
- Locks and keys
- Recreational vehicles
- Safes and vaults
- Saws
- Dies
- Metal items (tools, chains, etc.)
This group includes divers, who perform a variety of underwater activities (construction, rescue, photography, etc.).
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
- Nontoxic dust
- Humidity
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
- Hazardous workplaces
- Noise
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
- Falling objects
- Vibration
Main tasks
Gunsmiths
- Make guns.
- Repair and modify firearms according to plans or client specifications.
Locksmiths
- Repair, install, and adjust locks.
- Make keys.
- Change the combination of locks.
Recreational Vehicle Technicians
- Repair or replace various RV components (electrical wiring, plumbing, doors, furniture, etc.).
Safe and Vault Installer-Repairer
- Install, repair, and maintain safes and vaults in various institutions (e.g. banks).
Saw Fitters
- Repair, adjust, and sharpen saws (band, chain, circular) and other types of blades, according to specifications.
Die Setters
- Select forging dies according to requests and specifications.
- Place, align, and bolt dies to mechanical presses and hammers.
Divers
- Perform various underwater activities (construction, rescue, photography, etc.).
Blacksmith(s)
- Forge metal items (tools, chains, etc.).
Advancement and mobility
- Qualified Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians obtain a Red Seal endorsement upon successful completion of the Interprovincial Standards Examination.
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
2,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 8.5% Female
- 91.5% Male
Not available.
- 8.5% Female
- 91.5% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$48,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 55, 5624% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11528% of jobs
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NAICS 818% of jobs
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NAICS 3218% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 456% of jobs
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Others46% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 55, 5624% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11528% of jobs
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NAICS 818% of jobs
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NAICS 3218% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 456% of jobs
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Others46% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
DVS in serrurerie
Code : 5329
Placement rate: 82.5%
5% of graduates pursue further studies
College
Also required
Divers
- Certificate of qualification.
- Certificate of Competence in Class A Recreational Diving, issued by a recognized diving training school.
- Medical examination by a hyperbaric physician.
Sometimes required
- A certificate of qualification or licence is sometimes required.
Divers
- Diving experience in the Armed Forces or police may be required.
- Blaster's certificate usually required to install and detonate explosives.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Repair
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Equipment maintenance
- Time management
- Critical thought
- Information processing
- Troubleshooting
- Judgment and decision-making
- Quality control analysis
- Reading comprehension
- Operations and control
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Hand-arm stability
- Near vision
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Control accuracy
- Digital dexterity
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Limb coordination
- Manual dexterity
- Awareness of issues
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Processing flexibility
- Visualization
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Depth perception
- Classification
- Core strength
- Perception speed
Knowledge and attributes
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to work in a team
- Versatility
- Rigour
- Respect standards and regulations
- Knowledge of engineering and technology
- Knowledge of buildings and construction
- Knowledge of mechanics
Interests
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
- Work outdoors
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 72999
Other technical trades and related occupations
Job titles
- Sharpeners
- Scuba Divers
- Recreational Vehicle Technicians
- Saw filer
- Gunsmith
- Safe expert
- Farrier
- Saw fitter-filer
- Circular saw filer
- Forest products saw filer
- Saw fitter
- Sawmill saw fitter
- Lock fitter
- Apprentice saw repairer
- Bomb-disposal expert
- Explosive ordnance detector
- Diving contractor
- Underwater contractor
- Scale calibrator
- Locksmithing expert
- Lock expert
- Time lock expert
- Safe maker
- Saw maker
- Farm blacksmith
- Toolsmith
- Blacksmith
- Blacksmith - agriculture
- Blacksmith - manufacturing
- Anvilsmith
- Template maker - shipbuilding
- Template maker
- Template maker - aeronautics
- Safe and vault installer-servicer
- Lock setter
- Aircraft mock-up maker
- Small-aircraft model maker
- Hammersmith
- Model and mould maker - concrete products
- Plaster pattern maker
- Plaster mould maker - aircraft
- Model maker
- Aircraft model maker
- Ship model maker
- Motor vehicle model maker
- Stonework patternmaker
- Model and mock-up maker
- Model and mock-up maker - aeronautics
- Die setter
- Remote operated vehicle (rov) operator
- Scientific instrument calibrator
- Glass calibrator
- Steeplejack
- Aircraft patternmaker
- Patternmaker - aeronautics
- Commercial scuba diver
- Commercial free-diver
- Clearance diver
- Search and rescue diver
- Hard-hat diver
- Commercial diver
- Reclamation diver
- Commercial skin diver
- Deep-sea diver
- Vault servicer
- Gun repairer
- Small arms repairer
- Vault repairer
- Smokestack repairer
- Safe and vault repairer
- Saw doctor
- Lock repairer
- Restoration steeplejack
- Locksmith
- Diving supervisor
- Safe and vault technician
- Rope access technician (rat)
- Loftsman/woman - aircraft manufacturing
- Linesman/woman - shipbuilding
- Underwater worker
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
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