Vocations
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Resources
Edge Factor
Access workplace tours, career profiles, and lessons to discuss the skills needed to pursue these careers in this free platform.
Check out Edge Factor here.
Trades Career Brochures
Agriculture
Workplace Tours: Farm Food 360 Tours
Cost: Free
Check out the tours of different types of farms including beef, chicken, turkey, pig, milk and cheese, dairy cow, grain, sheep, mink, egg, egg processing, feed mill, oat farm and processing, apple orchard.
Dairy
Workplace Tour: Dairy Farm Tour
Cost: Free
Get a tour of a dairy farm here. A companion guide accompanies this resource.
Workplace Tour: Milking Technology
Virtual Workplace Tour of Boemview Farms
Topics: Milking Technology (including milking robots, RFID collars and milk storage tanks)
Personal Story: Dairy Farming
Pork
About Video: The Pork Industry in MB
Construction Trades
YouTube Playlist: Construction Trades Personal Story Talks
Boilermaker
Bricklayer
Carpenter and Cabinetmaker
Personal Story: Cabinetmaker
Personal Story: Cabinetmaker
Personal Story: Cabinetmaker
Personal Story: Cabinetmaker
Concrete Finisher
Flooring Installer
Personal Story: Carpet Installer
Personal Story: Hardwood Floor Installer
Personal Story: Flooring Installer
Gas Fitter
Heating and Cooling Roles
Workplace Tour: Commercial HVAC
Virtual Workplace Tour of Hamilton Port Authority
Topics: HVAC (including cooling and heating commercial buildings, and the pumps used)
Personal Story: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic
Personal Story: HVAC Mechanic and Business Owner
Personal Story: Refrigeration and A/C Mechanic
Personal Story: Heat and Frost Insulator
Machine Operators
Personal Story: Crane Operator
Personal Story: Tower Crane Operator
Personal Story: Tower Crane Rigger
Personal Story: Mobile Crane Operator
Personal Story: Crane/Hoist Operator
Service Trades
Culinary Arts
Virtual Workplace Tour of Deerhurst Lodge
Topics: Hospitality and Culinary Industry (including learning about sous chefs, the rational oven, and the steam kettle)
Personal Story: Chef
Personal Story: Executive Chef
Personal Story: Cook
Esthetician
Personal Story: Esthetician
Hairdressing
Virtual Workplace Tour
Virtual Workplace Tour of Studio 136
Topics: Hairstyling (including the basics of hairstyling, tools and techniques used, the colouring process)
Personal Story: Hairstylist
Personal Story: Hairstylist
Personal Story: Hairstylist
Manufacturing
Career Viewbook: Careers in Manufacturing (Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters)
Workplace Tour: Advanced Manufacturing Workplace Tour
Cost: Free
Tour Arconic's Advanced Manufacturing hub in Alcoa, Tennessee. Learn about robotics and digital technology in Advanced Manufacturing
Workplace Tour: Metal Forming and Creation
Virtual Workplace Tour of The Bucket Shop
Topics: Plasma Cutting (including material handling, magnets, and plasma tables)
Workplace Tour: Transportation Part Metal Forming
Virtual Workplace Tour of JP Bowman Precision Tooling
Topics: Metal Forming (including process of forming custom parts, punching metal, working with the generation of materials)
Transportation Trades
Companies to Consider
Industrial Trades
Other
Virtual Workplace Tour with Hydro One
Topics: Electrical Infrastructure (including safety on the jobsite, evaluating an electrical job, and a story from a professional)
Marine Maintenance, Installation and Repair
Virtual Workplace Tour of Henley Boats
Topics: Boat Building (including boat styles, boat structure, welding process for boat building)
Virtual Workplace Tour with Vale
Topics: Mining (including the journey to millwright apprentice, mining cycle, milling maintenance)