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Network technician
Network technicians install, test, and repair the physical and logical parts of a network. Compared with an administrator the work is more hands-on and site-based: running and terminating cable, swapping hardware, and confirming links behave as expected.
Certificate or college diplomaInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Database administrator
Database administrators look after the systems where an organisation's data lives. They handle installation, access control, backup and recovery, and performance, and they are accountable when a query slows the business down or a restore is needed.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Data analyst
Data analysts turn raw records into answers people can act on. A large share of the job is unglamorous: finding the right data, cleaning it, checking it against what stakeholders actually meant, and then presenting the result honestly, including its limits.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Data engineer
Data engineers build the plumbing that moves data from where it is created to where it is analysed. They write pipelines, model warehouse tables, and put checks in place so that analysts and models are working from data that is complete and on time.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Business intelligence analyst
Business intelligence analysts build the reporting layer an organisation runs on. They agree what each metric means, model the underlying data, and produce dashboards that managers can read without needing an analyst in the room.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Cybersecurity analyst
Cybersecurity analysts protect an organisation's systems and data from attack and misuse. The work combines monitoring and investigation with prevention: assessing risks, hardening configurations, and helping other teams build with security in mind.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Security operations centre analyst
Security operations centre analysts watch an organisation's systems for signs of attack and act on what they find. The role is alert-driven and procedure-heavy, and because monitoring rarely stops at the end of the working day it often runs on shifts.
Certificate or college diplomaInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Law clerk
Researches legal issues and drafts memoranda and draft reasons, most often for a judge and sometimes for senior counsel. Note that in parts of Canada the same title is used for a regulated firm-based support role closer to paralegal work.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionLaw, compliance and justice
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Court reporter
Captures a word-for-word record of legal proceedings using stenography, voice writing, or digital recording, then produces certified transcripts from it. Accuracy matters absolutely, because appeals are argued from this record.
Certificate or college diplomaLaw, compliance and justice
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Notary public
Witnesses signatures, administers oaths and affirmations, and certifies copies and declarations so that documents are accepted as genuine elsewhere. Scope varies enormously: in some places it is a narrow witnessing power, in others a full profession handling conveyancing and estates.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionLaw, compliance and justice
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Compliance officer
Helps an organization meet the laws, regulations, and internal rules that apply to it, by writing the rules down, checking whether people follow them, and reporting when they do not. The role sits awkwardly between advising the business and holding it to account.
Bachelor's degreeLaw, compliance and justice
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Privacy officer
Owns how an organization collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information. The work mixes legal interpretation, process design, and incident response, and often means telling a project that the data it wants cannot be used the way it hoped.
Bachelor's degreeLaw, compliance and justice
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Contract analyst
Reviews, drafts, and tracks contracts across their whole life, from first draft through renewal or exit. The value of the role is largely in catching the clause nobody read and in knowing which obligations fall due next month.
Bachelor's degreeLaw, compliance and justice
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CNC machinist
CNC machinists produce precision metal and plastic parts on computer-controlled lathes, mills, and grinders. They read engineering drawings, set the machine and tooling, prove out the program, and inspect the result against tight tolerances. Much of the craft is in workholding, tool selection, and knowing how a material behaves as it is cut.
ApprenticeshipManufacturing, production and quality
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Tool and die maker
Tool and die makers build and repair the cutting tools, dies, moulds, jigs, and fixtures that other machines use to make parts. The tolerances are finer than most production work and the parts are usually one-offs, so a great deal of the job is fitting, hand-finishing, and problem-solving. They also diagnose why a tool is producing bad parts and put it right.
ApprenticeshipManufacturing, production and quality
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Manufacturing technician
Manufacturing technicians keep production equipment and processes running to specification, sitting between operators and engineering. They set up equipment, run trials, chase down faults, and implement small changes that improve yield or reliability. The work is diagnostic: much of it is figuring out why a process that worked yesterday is drifting today.
Certificate or college diplomaManufacturing, production and quality
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Quality control inspector
Quality control inspectors check materials, in-process work, and finished product against a written specification and decide whether it passes. They use measuring instruments, gauges, and visual standards, and record what they found so a defect can be traced back to a batch or machine. The job depends on consistency: applying the same standard on hour eight as on hour one.
Short course or on-the-job trainingManufacturing, production and quality
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Quality assurance technician
Quality assurance technicians look after the system that is supposed to prevent defects, rather than only catching them at the end. They maintain procedures and records, run internal audits, follow up corrective actions, and pull together the data that shows whether a process is under control. The role leans on documentation discipline and clear written communication.
Certificate or college diplomaManufacturing, production and quality
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Calibration technician
Calibration technicians check and adjust measuring instruments and test equipment so that the numbers a plant relies on can be trusted. They work to documented procedures traceable to national measurement standards and record the as-found and as-left condition of every instrument. When equipment is found out of tolerance they help assess what work may have been affected.
Certificate or college diplomaManufacturing, production and quality
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Packaging operator
Packaging operators run the equipment that fills, seals, labels, cartons, and palletises finished product. They keep the line fed with packaging materials, clear stoppages, and check that codes, labels, and pack counts are correct. Accuracy matters because a labelling or coding error can force a batch to be held or recalled.
Short course or on-the-job trainingManufacturing, production and quality
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Food production worker
Food production workers prepare, process, and pack food and drink products in a manufacturing environment. The work is hands-on and governed by strict hygiene, allergen, and traceability rules, so procedure discipline is as important as speed. Conditions are often cold, wet, or noisy depending on the product.
Short course or on-the-job trainingManufacturing, production and quality
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Food safety technician
Food safety technicians verify that a food or drink plant is producing safely: sampling product, checking critical control points, auditing hygiene, and keeping the records that prove it. They work to a documented food safety plan and escalate quickly when a control is out of limits. Part laboratory, part shop floor, the role depends on precise record keeping.
Certificate or college diplomaManufacturing, production and quality
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Garment manufacturing worker
Garment manufacturing workers cut, sew, press, and finish clothing and other textile products to a set pattern and quality standard. Most operate industrial sewing or cutting machines and specialise in particular operations within a garment. Consistency, fabric handling, and hand skill determine how good the finished piece looks.
Short course or on-the-job trainingManufacturing, production and quality
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Printing press operator
Printing press operators set up and run presses that print packaging, labels, publications, and commercial print. They mount plates, mix and control ink, set registration, and watch colour and quality through the run. Waste is expensive, so getting the press up to standard quickly and holding it there is the core of the job.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionManufacturing, production and quality