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: Conceptualize and produce designs for manufactured products.

DESCRIPTION: Human resources (HR) professionals develop and manage a range of activities for a company. This may include hiring and promoting employees; training and supporting workers; creating labour relations policies, programs and procedures; and laying off or firing people.

DESCRIPTION: Executive assistants co-ordinate administrative procedures, public relations activities, research and analysis for governments, corporations, private firms and associations.

DESCRIPTION: Corporate sales managers plan, direct and evaluate sales activities. They oversee businesses or departments involved in commercial, industrial, institutional, e-business, wholesale and retail sales.

DESCRIPTION: Binding and finishing machine operators work for binderies, commercial printing companies, newspapers, magazines, and other publishing companies, and establishments in both the public and private sectors that have in-house printing, binding and finishing departments. They perform a variety of tasks.

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: 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: Civil engineers plan, design, develop and manage projects for constructing or repairing building structures and systems. This includes:

• Buildings
• Earth and water retaining structures
• Roads, bridges and tunnels
• Airports
• Railways and rapid transit facilities
• Canals and dams
• Ports and coastal systems
• Systems related to highway transportation services, water distribution, and sanitation