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Skilled Trades & Construction

Working with your hands to build and fix things.

3 courses

Beyond CHC

Common careers in Skilled Trades & Construction

126 careers from Alberta's official occupation list. Click any career to find matching CHC courses or learn more on ALIS Alberta.

Agricultural Equipment Technician Agricultural Products Processing Machine Operator Aircraft Maintenance Technician Aircraft Structures Technician Appliance Service Technician Architectural Cladder Auto Body Technician Auto Detailer Automobile Accessories Installer Automotive Service Technician Avionics Technician Baker Bartender Binding and Finishing Machine Operator Blaster Boilermaker Bricklayer Broadcast Maintenance Technologist Building Operator Building Superintendent Cabinetmaker Carpenter Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner Caterer Cathodic Protection Technician Chef Communication Technician Concrete Finisher Construction Craft Worker Cook Crane and Hoisting Equipment Operator Custodian Digital Printing Machine Operator Drafting Technician Drilling and Service Rig Manager Drilling and Service Rig Personnel Dry Cleaning Worker Electric Motor Systems Technician Electrical Contractor Electrician Electronics Assemblers and Fabricators Elevator Constructor Farrier Feed Mill Production Worker Field Heat Treatment Technician Field Production Operator Floorcovering Installer Food Service Helper Food Service Supervisor Food and Beverage Server Food and Beverage Service Supervisor in Formal Dining Rooms Furniture Mover Gas Pipeline Operators and Maintenance Workers Gas Plant Operator Gas Utility Operator Gasfitter Glazier Heavy Equipment Operator Heavy Equipment Technician Home Inspector House Cleaner Housekeeping Attendant Industrial Construction Crew Supervisor Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) Instrumentation and Control Technician Insulator (Heat and Frost) Ironworker Jeweller Kitchen Helper and Food Assembler Landscape Horticulturist Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic) Laundry Worker Locksmith Logging/Forestry Equipment Operators Machinist Meat Cutter Metal Fabricator (Fitter) Motorcycle Mechanic Musical Instrument Repair Technician Natural Gas Compression Technician Non-Destructive Testing Technician Office Equipment Technician Oil Pipeline Control Centre Operator Oil Pipeline Operators and Maintenance Workers Oil and Gas Transportation Services Occupations Oil and Gas Well Loggers and Testers Outdoor Power Equipment Technician Overhead Door Technician Painter and Decorator Parts Technician Pipeline Construction Inspector Plastics Processing Technician Plumber Power Engineer Power System Electrician Powerline Technician Pre-Press Technician Printing Press Operator Pulpmill Operator Railway Car Technician Recreation Vehicle Service Technician Refinery and Upgrader Process Operator Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic Residential Construction Site Manager Roofer Safety Codes Officer Sandblaster Sawmill Machine Operator Scaffold Erector Sheet Metal Worker Siding Installer Slickline Operator Snubbing Services Operators and Supervisors Sprinkler Systems Installer Steamfitter-Pipefitter Steel Detailer Surface Mining Equipment Operator Tilesetter Transport Refrigeration Technician Upholsterer Vending Machine Technician Water Well Driller Welder Well Service Equipment Operator Well Testing Services Supervisor Wireline Operator

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