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Career Discovery · Occupation
Custodian
Custodians keep buildings clean, stocked, secure, and safe to occupy, working in schools, hospitals, offices, and public facilities. Beyond routine cleaning, the role usually includes minor repairs, setting up rooms, clearing snow or waste, and being the person who notices when something in the building is wrong. Shifts are often early, late, or overnight so the work does not disrupt occupants.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSkilled trades, maintenance and repair
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Long-haul truck driver
Long-haul truck drivers move freight between cities, regions, or countries in tractor-trailers, often spending consecutive nights away from home. Alongside driving, the job involves inspecting the vehicle, securing and documenting the load, and keeping hours-of-service and border paperwork in order. The working day is shaped by delivery windows, weather, and traffic rather than by office hours.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Delivery driver
Delivery drivers run local routes with many stops, moving parcels, food, or trade supplies from a depot or store to customers. The work combines driving with repeated loading, lifting, and doorstep contact, and is tracked closely through handheld scanning devices. Most drivers return to the same depot at the end of a shift rather than staying away overnight.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Courier
Couriers carry documents and small packages between addresses, usually on short timeframes and often by bike, scooter, or car. Work is dispatched job by job through an app or a controller, and success is measured by whether each item arrives intact and on time. Many couriers are engaged as self-employed contractors rather than employees.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Bus driver
Bus drivers carry passengers along scheduled routes or chartered trips, taking responsibility for everyone on board for the length of the journey. The job mixes steady driving with fare handling, timetable discipline, and dealing with passengers who need help or who cause problems. Shifts commonly start early, finish late, or split across the day.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Transit operator
Transit operators drive buses, streetcars, light rail vehicles, or metro trains on fixed public routes for a transit authority. The role is heavily proceduralised: operators follow published schedules, radio protocols, and safety rules, and are accountable for passenger safety at every stop. Rosters typically include early, late, weekend, and split shifts.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Taxi and rideshare driver
Taxi and rideshare drivers carry passengers on demand, taking trips from a street hail, a dispatcher, or an app. Drivers manage their own hours and vehicle costs, and much of the skill lies in reading demand, choosing routes, and handling a wide range of passengers safely. Local licensing, vehicle standards, and background checks apply in most places.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Forklift operator
Forklift operators move pallets and heavy items around warehouses, yards, and production areas using powered industrial trucks. The work demands precise handling in tight aisles and constant awareness of pedestrians, racking limits, and load stability. Operators normally combine truck work with scanning, staging, and general warehouse duties.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Warehouse associate
Warehouse associates receive, store, pick, and pack the goods moving through a distribution site. The work is physical and paced by targets, and accuracy matters as much as speed because a mispick travels all the way to the customer. Sites often run several shifts, including nights and weekends.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Shipping and receiving clerk
Shipping and receiving clerks control the paperwork and system records for goods entering and leaving a site. They check what arrived against what was ordered, prepare despatch documents and carrier labels, and chase up shortages and damage. The role sits between the warehouse floor and the office, and small documentation errors create large downstream problems.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Transportation scheduler
Transportation schedulers build the timetables, vehicle blocks, and crew rosters that a transport operation runs on. Unlike dispatchers, who react in real time, schedulers work ahead of the day, fitting service requirements into the vehicles, hours, and agreements available. Small scheduling choices ripple into punctuality and overtime for weeks afterward.
Certificate or college diplomaSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Train conductor
Train conductors are responsible for a train's crew, cars, and paperwork, and on passenger services for the people on board. They carry out switching moves, check that the train is made up and secured correctly, and apply operating rules that govern how trains move safely. The role is rules-driven, weather-exposed, and worked on rosters that include nights and away-from-home rest.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Locomotive engineer
Locomotive engineers operate trains, controlling power and braking over long distances while observing signals, speed limits, and track conditions. The work requires sustained concentration on routes that must be known from memory, and full accountability for a heavy vehicle that cannot stop quickly. Rosters cover nights, weekends, and holidays, and route knowledge must be kept current.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Rail traffic controller
Rail traffic controllers decide how trains move across a section of network, issuing authorities and setting routes from a control centre. They hold trains, arrange meets and passes, and coordinate track access for maintenance crews, all while keeping separation between movements. It is a safety-critical desk role where a lapse in attention has physical consequences.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Airport ramp agent
Ramp agents load and unload aircraft, marshal them on and off stand, and operate the ground equipment that keeps a turnaround on time. The work is outdoors in all weather, physically demanding, and governed by strict airside safety and security rules. Turnarounds are tightly timed, so accuracy and speed have to coexist.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Port and terminal operator
Port and terminal operators move containers, bulk, and break-bulk cargo between ships, yards, rail, and trucks. The work involves lashing and securing cargo, operating heavy handling equipment, and following yard plans that change as vessels arrive and depart. Terminals run around the clock and the environment is noisy, outdoors, and hazardous if procedures slip.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
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Power plant operator
Power plant operators run and monitor the boilers, turbines, generators, and auxiliary systems that produce electricity. Most of the shift is spent watching instrumentation from a control room and walking the plant to check equipment by sight, sound, and touch. When something drifts out of range the operator has to decide quickly whether to adjust, isolate, or shut down.
Certificate or college diplomaUtilities, energy, mining and resources
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Nuclear power reactor operator
Nuclear power reactor operators control the reactor and its supporting systems from a licensed control room, holding reactivity, coolant flow, and power output inside strictly defined limits. The role is built around procedures, verification, and peer checking rather than improvisation. Training, requalification, and simulator testing continue for as long as someone holds the position.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionUtilities, energy, mining and resources
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Power system operator
Power system operators run the transmission or distribution network from a control centre, balancing generation against load and keeping voltage and frequency inside operating limits. They authorise switching, direct field crews during outages, and coordinate restoration after faults. Decisions are made under time pressure with consequences that reach well beyond the control room.
Certificate or college diplomaUtilities, energy, mining and resources
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Water treatment operator
Water treatment operators run the processes that turn raw source water into water safe to drink, then keep it moving through the distribution network at the right pressure and residual. The job mixes chemistry, pumps and valves, sampling, and a great deal of record-keeping for the public health regulator. Plants run continuously, so shift and on-call coverage is normal.
Certificate or college diplomaUtilities, energy, mining and resources
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Wastewater treatment operator
Wastewater treatment operators run the screening, settling, biological, and disinfection stages that clean sewage and industrial effluent before it is discharged or reused. Much of the skill lies in reading how the biological process is behaving and adjusting aeration, return sludge, and chemical dosing before consent limits are threatened. Conditions can be wet, odorous, and physically demanding.
Certificate or college diplomaUtilities, energy, mining and resources
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Meter technician
Meter technicians install, exchange, test, and repair the electricity, gas, or water meters a utility bills from. Accuracy is the whole point of the role, so calibration records, seals, and correct wiring or pipework matter more than speed. Most of the day is spent travelling between customer premises and working alone.
Certificate or college diplomaUtilities, energy, mining and resources
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Oil and gas production operator
Oil and gas production operators run the wells, separators, compressors, and tanks that bring hydrocarbons to surface and prepare them for transport. Days are spent driving a route of sites or working a shift on a facility, taking readings, adjusting equipment, and dealing with whatever has gone wrong overnight. Sites are frequently remote, and rotational schedules or camp work are common.
Certificate or college diplomaUtilities, energy, mining and resources
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Well service operator
Well service operators work on wells that are already drilled, running the service rigs and equipment used for workovers, completions, pump changes, and abandonment. Every job is different because the well's condition, pressure, and history drive the programme. Crews travel between sites, work outdoors in all conditions, and rig up and down frequently.
Short course or on-the-job trainingUtilities, energy, mining and resources