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Gunsmiths

Description

Workers in other technical trades occupations repair, service, install, calibrate or fabricate a variety of products. This unit group also includes commercial divers. They are employed by a wide range of establishments, or they may be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Example Titles

  • Aircraft mock-up maker
  • Aircraft model maker
  • Aircraft patternmaker
  • Anvilsmith
  • Apprentice saw repairer
  • Blacksmith
  • Blacksmith - agriculture
  • Blacksmith - manufacturing
  • Bomb-disposal expert
  • Circular saw filer
  • Clearance diver
  • Commercial diver
  • Commercial free-diver
  • Commercial scuba diver
  • Commercial skin diver
  • Deep-sea diver
  • Die setter
  • Diver
  • Diving contractor
  • Diving supervisor
  • Explosive ordnance detector
  • Farm blacksmith
  • Farrier
  • Forest products saw filer
  • Glass calibrator
  • Gun repairer
  • Gunsmith
  • Hammersmith
  • Hard-hat diver
  • Horseshoer
  • Linesman/woman - shipbuilding
  • Lock expert
  • Lock fitter
  • Lock repairer
  • Lock repairman/woman
  • Lock setter
  • Locksmith
  • Locksmithing expert
  • Loftsman/woman - aircraft manufacturing
  • Loftsman/woman - shipbuilding
  • Model and mock-up maker
  • Model and mock-up maker - aeronautics
  • Model and mould maker - concrete products
  • Model maker
  • Motor vehicle model maker
  • Offshore diver
  • Patternmaker - aeronautics
  • Plaster mould maker - aircraft
  • Plaster pattern maker
  • Plaster pattern maker - aircraft
  • Reclamation diver
  • Remote operated vehicle (ROV) operator
  • Restoration steeplejack
  • Rope access technician (RAT)
  • Safe and vault installer-servicer
  • Safe and vault repairer
  • Safe and vault servicer
  • Safe and vault technician
  • Safe expert
  • Safe maker
  • Salvage diver
  • Saw doctor
  • Saw filer
  • Saw fitter
  • Saw fitter-filer
  • Saw maker
  • Saw repairer
  • Saw repairman/woman
  • Sawmill saw fitter
  • Sawsmith
  • Scale calibrator
  • Scientific instrument calibrator
  • Search and rescue diver
  • Ship model maker
  • Small arms repairer
  • Small-aircraft model maker
  • Smokestack repairer
  • Steeplejack
  • Stonework patternmaker
  • Template maker
  • Template maker - aeronautics
  • Template maker - shipbuilding
  • Time lock expert
  • Toolsmith
  • Underwater contractor
  • Underwater worker
  • Vault repairer
  • Vault servicer
  • Working model maker - aircraft

Duties

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

Employment Requirements

  • 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.
  • Sawfiler/fitter and sawfitter trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Quebec, British Columbia and the Yukon.
  • Provincial trade certification or licensing may be required for other occupations in this unit group.
  • Commercial divers must meet the requirements of CSA Standard Z275.4-02, Competency Standard for Diving Operations.
  • Commercial divers require an Occupational Diver Certificate of Competency issued by the Diver Certification Board of Canada (DCBC) or qualification earned through a formal education program, training courses in diving or a combination of education and practical experience.
  • Commercial divers require certification of competency and a diving medical examination from an approved hyperbaric physician.
  • Commercial divers may require military or police diving experience.
  • Commercial divers usually require a provincial blaster#s licence for the setting and detonation of explosives.
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