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Responsibilities

Tasks

• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers
• Inspect sites or facilities to ensure safety and cleanliness standards
• Recommend or arrange for additional services required such as painting, repair work, renovations or replacement of furnishings and equipment
• Assist cleaners in performing duties
• Co-ordinate work activities with other departments
• Establish work schedules

Supervision

• 3-4 people

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Reliability

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Hire and train or arrange for training of cleaning staff
• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers
• Receive payment for specialized cleaning jobs
• Assist cleaners in performing duties
• Establish work schedules
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Reliability

Work site environment

• Confined spaces
• Wet/damp
• Noisy
• Odours
• Dusty
• Cold/refrigerated
• Dirty

Work setting

• Office building
• Cleaning service company
• Residential

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers
• Inspect sites or facilities to ensure safety and cleanliness standards
• Assist cleaners in performing duties

Supervision

• Light duty cleaners
• Specialized cleaners

Benefits

Other benefits

• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Team building opportunities

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Hire and train or arrange for training of cleaning staff
• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers
• Inspect sites or facilities to ensure safety and cleanliness standards
• Prepare budget and cost estimates
• Recommend or arrange for additional services required such as painting, repair work, renovations or replacement of furnishings and equipment
• Maintain financial records
• Receive payment for specialized cleaning jobs
• Assist cleaners in performing duties
• Co-ordinate work activities with other departments
• Establish work schedules

Work setting

• Cleaning service company

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Hire and train or arrange for training of cleaning staff
• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers
• Inspect sites or facilities to ensure safety and cleanliness standards
• Recommend or arrange for additional services required such as painting, repair work, renovations or replacement of furnishings and equipment
• Assist cleaners in performing duties
• Establish work schedules

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people
• Light duty cleaners

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Reliability

Work setting

• Work in employer’s/client’s home

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
• Launder clothing and household linens
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Provide companionship
• Provide personal care
• Shop for food and household supplies

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site amenities

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units
• Estimate materials, tools and equipment required for projects
• Lay bricks, stone or similar materials to provide veneer facing
• Construct and install prefabricated masonry units
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Cut and trim bricks and concrete blocks to specification using hand and power tools
• Lay bricks or other masonry units to build residential or commercial chimneys and fireplaces
• Restore, clean or paint existing masonry structures

Supervision

• Bricklayers

Experience and specialization

Cleaning experience

• Brick and stone building exteriors

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Handling heavy loads
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus
• Pension plan

Other benefits

• Free parking available

Work site environment

• Non-smoking

Work setting

• Employer’s home
• Work in employer’s/client’s home
• Relocation costs covered by employer
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Discipline children according to the methods requested by the parents
• Instruct children in personal hygiene and social development
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home
• Organize, activities such as games and outings for children
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Supervise and care for children
• Take children to and from school and to appointments
• Tend to emotional well-being of children

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Time management
• Patience
• Honesty

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Hire, supervise and schedule staff
• Schedule work
• Plan and estimate labour and materials
• Maintain work records and logs
• Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
• Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
• Supervise nursery and greenhouse workers
• Oversee safety of operations
• Conduct performance reviews
• Monitor staff performance

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
• Load and unload goods
• Operate and drive straight or articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
• Oversee condition of vehicle and inspect tires, lights, brakes, cold storage and other equipment
• Perform brake adjustments
• Perform emergency roadside repairs
• Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
• Perform preventive maintenance
• Receive and relay information to central dispatch
• Tarping and ensuring safety and security of cargo

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Driver’s License (Class 1 or A)

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Life insurance
• Mileage paid
• Night shift premium
• Pension plan