Careers in Production

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

Production

Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Gem and Diamond Workers

Production

Fabricate, finish, or evaluate the quality of gems and diamonds used in jewelry or industrial tools.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Dental Laboratory Technicians

Production

Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Medical Appliance Technicians

Production

Construct, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices such as braces, orthotics and prosthetic devices, joints, arch supports, and other surgical and medical appliances.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians

Production

Cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements. Assemble and mount lenses into frames or process other optical elements. Includes precision lens polishers or grinders, centerer-edgers, and lens mounters.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Production

Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

Production

Paint, coat, or decorate articles, such as furniture, glass, plateware, pottery, jewelry, toys, books, or leather.

May require a Matric Certificate

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Production

Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Semiconductor Processing Technicians

Production

Perform any or all of the following functions in the manufacture of electronic semiconductors: load semiconductor material into furnace; saw formed ingots into segments; load individual segment into crystal growing chamber and monitor controls; locate crystal axis in ingot using x-ray equipment and saw ingots into wafers; and clean, polish, and load wafers into series of special purpose furnaces, chemical baths, and equipment used to form circuitry and change conductive properties.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

Production

Perform work involved in developing and processing photographic images from film or digital media. May perform precision tasks such as editing photographic negatives and prints.

Requires a Matric Certificate