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2263Inspectors in Public and Environmental health and occupational health

and safety

beauty salon inspector dangerous goods inspectorrailway transport dangerous waste inspector enforcement officerenvironmental health environmental health and safety technician environmental health and safety technologist environmental health inspector environmental health inspectors supervisor environmental health officer environmental health officers supervisor environmental officer examiner, mines field supervisoroccupational health and safety flood damage inspector food inspector hazardous waste inspector hazardous waste inspectorenvironmental health hazardous waste management technologist health and safety inspector health and safety officer health and safety technician health and safety technologist health officers supervisor health standards inspector hotel and restaurant inspector

public health

industrial health officer industrial hygiene inspector industrial safety officeroccupational health and safety industrial waste control inspector inspector, dangerous waste inspector, environmental health inspector, flood damages inspector, hazardous waste inspector, hazardous wasteenvironmental health inspector, health standards inspector, hotels and restaurants

public health

inspector, industrial hygiene inspector, industrial waste control inspector, nursing homes inspector, occupational health and safety inspector, occupational hygiene inspector, occupational safety inspector, pollution control
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inspector, public health inspector, sanitary departmentenvironmental health inspector, sanitary standards inspector, sewage disposal environmental health inspector, water

labour affairs officer

occupational health and safety labour standards officer labour standards officeroccupational health and safety mine examiner mine safety inspector nursing home inspector occupational health and safety officer occupational health inspector occupational health officer occupational health supervisor occupational hygiene inspector

occupational hygiene technician occupational hygienist technologist occupational safety inspector occupational safety officer officer, environmental health officer, health and safety officer, industrial health officer, labour standards officer, occupational health officer, occupational health and safety officer, occupational safety officer, safety and health pollution control inspector public health inspector public health inspectors supervisor public health safety inspector public health unit supervisor quarantine officerpublic health radiation monitor restaurant inspector restaurant inspectorpublic health rodent control inspector rodent control officer safety and sanitary inspector

public and environmental health

safety inspector, mines safety officer safety practitioner sanitary department inspectorenvironmental health sanitary standards inspector sewage disposal inspectorenvironmental health


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supervisor, health officers supervisor, occupational health supervisor, public health inspectors waste water treatment plant inspector water inspector

welfare institute inspector

public health

Main duties

Inspectors in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:

Inspect the sanitary conditions of restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals and other publicfacilities or institutions

Conduct surveys and monitoring programs of the natural environment to identify sourcesof pollution

Collect samples of water for analysis; measure physical, biological and chemicalworkplace hazards; and conduct safety and environmental audits

Investigate health and safety related complaints, spills of hazardous chemicals, outbreaksof diseases or poisonings and workplace accidents

Inspect workplaces to ensure that equipment, materials and production processes do notpresent a safety or health hazard to employees or to the general public

Develop, implement and evaluate health and safety programs and strategies Initiate enforcement procedures to fine or to close an establishment contravening

municipal, provincial or federal regulations

Provide consultation and deliver training programs to employers, employees and thegeneral public on issues of public health, environmental protection or workplace safety.

Employment requirements

A bachelor's degree or college diploma in a discipline such as food science,environmental studies, chemistry or health and safety is usually required.

In some establishments, several years of related work experience and the completion ofin-house training courses may substitute for formal education.


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Public health inspectors employed outside Quebec require certification with the CanadianInstitute of Public Health Inspectors.

Occupational health and safety officers may require certification with the Association forCanadian Registered Safety Professionals.

Classified elsewhere

By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers, n.e.c.(4423) Construction inspectors(2264) Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers(2262) Occupational hygienists and ergonomists (in4161Natural and applied science policy

researchers, consultants and program officers )

3214Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary

technologists

anesthesia technologist cardiopulmonary technician cardiopulmonary technologist cardiovascular perfusion clinical instructor cardiovascular perfusion instructor cardiovascular perfusion supervisor cardiovascular perfusion technologist cardiovascular perfusionist CCP (certified clinical perfusionist) certified clinical perfusionist (CCP) chief perfusionist chief respiratory technologist chief, respiratory therapy clinical instructor, cardiovascular perfusion clinical instructor, clinical perfusion clinical instructor, respiratory therapy clinical perfusion clinical instructor clinical perfusion supervisor clinical perfusionist extracorporal circulation technologist extracorporal technician extracorporal technologist inhalation technologist instructor, cardiopulmonary technology instructor, cardiovascular perfusion
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oxygen therapy technician perfusion technologist perfusionist perfusionist, cardiovascular polysomnographic technologist

pulmonary function technologist registered respiratory care practitioner registered respiratory therapist (RRT) respiratory care practitioner respiratory technician respiratory technologist respiratory therapist respiratory therapy chief respiratory therapy clinical instructor respiratory therapy supervisor RRT (registered respiratory therapist)

supervisor, cardiopulmonary technology supervisor, cardiovascular perfusion supervisor, clinical perfusion supervisor, respiratory therapy technologist, anesthesia technologist, cardiovascular perfusion technologist, extracorporal circulation technologist, inhalation technologist, perfusion technologist, pulmonary function technologist, respiratory therapist, respiratory

Main duties

Respiratory therapists perform some or all of the following duties:

Perform diagnostic tests, such as arterial blood gas analysis and cardiopulmonaryfunctions tests

Operate and monitor respiratory equipment to administer treatments such as oxygen,oxygen-air mixtures, humidified air or medications

Operate, monitor, maintain and test a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic equipment Assess patients and perform or assist with interventions such as airway maintenance, line

insertions, inductions and intubations

Perform artificial respiration and external cardiac massage


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Assist with transport of high-risk patients Supervise and train students and other respiratory therapists Participate in home care programs for chronic respiratory patients and provide patient and

family education

Participate in research related to cardiac and pulmonary disorders.

Clinical perfusionists perform some or all of the following duties:

Assemble, maintain and operate extracorporeal circulation equipment, intra-aorticballoon pumps and other heart assist devices to support or temporarily replace patients'cardiopulmonary functions during open-heart surgery

Administer blood products, drugs and other substances through heart-lung machines andother devices as directed by cardiac surgeons and anaesthetists to maintain adequate flow

of oxygenated blood to all organs of the body

Monitor vital signs to support and maintain patients' physiological functions andmetabolic needs during cardiopulmonary surgery

Participate in routine maintenance, calibration and inspection of all perfusion relatedequipment

Supervise and train student clinical perfusionists and other clinical perfusionists.

Cardiopulmonary technologists perform some or all of the following duties:

Perform diagnostic tests, such as pulmonary function and asthma stress, or assistphysicians with cardiac and cardiopulmonary stress tests and bronchoscopies

Determine patients' blood characteristics such as activated clotting time and oxygensaturation

Operate, monitor, maintain, calibrate and test diagnostic and therapeutic equipment Monitor patients and advise physician of any changes in patients' condition Prepare medications and administer inhaler and other treatments under supervision of

cardiologist

Provide information and care for patients during tests


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Assist with the preparation of cardiac catheterization room, prepare specialized cathetersand assist cardiologists during catheterization

Perform analysis, programming and monitoring of implanted devices such as pacemakersand defibrillators during surgery

Supervise and train students and other cardiopulmonary technologists Provide technical support for research.

Respiratory therapists may specialize in areas such as anaesthesia, critical care, pediatrics,

cardiopulmonary diagnostics and respiratory home care.


Respiratory therapists require the completion of a three-year college, hospital oruniversity degree program in respiratory therapy, including clinical training. Licensing is required for respiratory therapists in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta. Clinical perfusionists require the completion of a respiratory therapy or registered nursing

program with a minimum of one year of work experience as a respiratory therapist orregistered nurse

and

Completion of a college or university program in clinical perfusion, including clinical

training.

Certification with the Canadian Society of Clinical Perfusion is required for clinicalperfusionists.

Cardiopulmonary technologists require a two-year college diploma in an allied healthdiscipline such as respiratory therapy, nursing diploma, or a university degree in a related

science

and

Completion of a college post-diploma program in cardiovascular technology andadditional training in pulmonary technology through courses or supervised on-the-job

clinical training.

Registration with the Canadian Association of Cardio-pulmonary Technologists(CACPT) may be required.

Additional information


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Supervisory and instructor positions in this unit group require experience in theirrespective fields as a respiratory therapist, clinical perfusionist or cardiopulmonary

technologist.


Other medical technologists and technicians (except dental health)(3219) Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment(3237)

3216Medical Sonographhers

adult echocardiographer cardiac sonographer cardiac ultrasound technician cardiac ultrasound technologist chief diagnostic medical sonographer diagnostic cardiac sonographer diagnostic echography technician diagnostic medical sonographer diagnostic medical sonography instructor diagnostic ultrasonography technician diagnostic ultrasound supervisor diagnostic ultrasound technician diagnostic ultrasound technologist

medical

echocardiographer echocardiography technician echocardiography technologist echocardiography technologist sonographer echography technician echography technologist instructor, diagnostic medical sonography medical sonographer medical sonographers supervisor pediatric echocardiographer RDMS (registered diagnostic medical sonographer) registered diagnostic cardiac sonographer registered diagnostic medical sonographer (RDMS) registered technologist, ultrasound registered ultrasound technologist sonographermedical sonography technologist student medical sonographer
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student sonographermedical supervisor, diagnostic ultrasound supervisor, medical sonographers technician, diagnostic echography technician, diagnostic ultrasonography

technician, diagnostic ultrasound technician, echography technician, ultrasonography technician, ultrasound technologist, echography technologist, ultrasonography technologist, ultrasound ultrasonographermedical ultrasonography technician ultrasonography technologist ultrasound supervisor

ultrasound technician ultrasound technologist vascular sonographer

Main duties

Medical sonographers perform some or all of the following duties:

Operate ultrasound imaging equipment that transmits high frequency sound pulsesthrough the body to produce images of those parts of the body requiring examination

Monitor examination by viewing images on video screen, to evaluate quality andconsistency of diagnostic images, and make adjustments to equipment, as required

Record, store and process scanned images by using camera unit connected to ultrasoundequipment

Observe and care for patients throughout examinations to ensure patient safety andcomfort

Prepare examination reports for physicians to aid in the monitoring of pregnancies andthe diagnosis of cardiac, abdominal, ophthalmic, vascular and other disorders

Perform quality control checks on ultrasound equipment to ensure proper operation andperform minor repairs and adjustments as required

May supervise and train student and other medical sonographers.


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Medical sonographers may specialize in abdominal, cardiac, cerebral, obstetrical and

gynaecological, ophthalmic, intraluminal or peripheral vascular sonography. They may also

specialize in adult or pediatric echocardiography or neurosonology.


Completion of a three- to four-year program in diagnostic medical sonography orultrasound technology

orCompletion of a two- to three-year program in a related allied health field and a one-year

post-diploma program in diagnostic medical sonography from an accredited institution

are required.

Registration with the Canadian Association of Registered Diagnostic Medical UltrasoundProfessionals and/or the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers is

usually required by employers.

Registration with l'Ordre des Technologues en Radiologie du Qubec is required inQuebec.

Additional information

Membership in the Canadian Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers is availablebut voluntary.


Medical radiation technologists(3215)

3217 Cardiology Technicians and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists

assistant cardiology supervisor assistant supervisor, cardiology cardiac catheterization technician cardiac catheterization technologist cardiac stress technologist cardiac technician cardiology instructor cardiology supervisor
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cardiology technician cardiology technologist cardiovascular technician cardiovascular technologist charge technologist electrocardiography

chief electroencephalograph technologist chief electromyography (EMG) technologist chief EMG (electromyography) technologist chief technologist, electroencephalograph chief technologist, electromyography (EMG) chief technologist, EMG (electromyography) ECG (electrocardiographic) technician ECG (electrocardiographic) technologist echoencephalographic technologist echoencephalography technician EEG (electroencephalograph) chief technologist

EEG (electroencephalograph) technician EEG (electroencephalograph) technologist EEG (electroencephalography) technologist electrocardiographic (ECG) technician electrocardiographic (ECG) technologist electrocardiography technician electrocardiography technologist electrocardiology technician electrocardiology technologist electroencephalograph (EEG) chief technologist electroencephalograph (EEG) technician electroencephalograph (EEG) technologist electroencephalograph technologist electroencephalographic instructor electromyography (EMG) chief technologist electromyography (EMG) technician electromyography (EMG) technologist electroneurodiagnostic (END) technologist electroneurophysiology (ENP) technologist EMG (electromyography) chief technologist EMG (electromyography) technician EMG (electromyography) technologist END (electroneurodiagnostic) technologist evoked potential (EP) technologist Holter monitor technologist Holter scanning technologist neuroelectrophysiology technologist non-registered electrocardiography technician registered cardiology technologist registered electrocardiography technician


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student cardiology technologist supervisor, cardiology technician, cardiac catheterization technician, cardiology technician, echoencephalography

technician, electrocardiographic (ECG) technician, electrocardiography technician, electrocardiology technician, electroencephalograph (EEG) technician, electromyography (EMG) technician, EMG (electromyography) technologist, cardiac catheterization technologist, cardiology technologist, ECG (electrocardiographic) technologist, echoencephalographic technologist, electrocardiographic (ECG)

technologist, electrocardiography technologist, electrocardiology technologist, electroencephalograph technologist, electroencephalograph (EEG) technologist, electromyography (EMG) technologist, electroneurodiagnostic (END) technologist, EMG (electromyography) technologist, END (electroneurodiagnostic) technologist, evoked potential (EP) technologist, vascular vascular technologist

Main duties

Cardiology technologists perform some or all of the following duties:

Operate electrocardiogram and other electronic equipment to record cardiac activity ofpatients

Perform cardiovascular procedures and tests, such as electrocardiograms, exercisetolerance tests, ambulatory monitoring and scanning of tapes, holter arrhythmia scanning,pacemaker analysis and follow-up

Record and assess cardiac activity and provide preliminary reports of tests Provide patients with care during procedures and tests


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Prepare reports for interpretation by cardiologists Reprogram pacemakers according to required standards Check, calibrate and perform routine maintenance of cardiology equipment to ensure

proper operation

May analyze tests and notify physician or other health care professionals of abnormalities May administer certain drugs under direct supervision of physician May document and record pacemaker implant threshold measurements under direct

supervision of cardiac surgeon

May supervise and train students, other cardiology technologists and nurses.

Electrophysiological technologists perform some or all of the following duties:

Review patient's case history and assess nature of problem to determine procedures andtests required

Attach diagnostic equipment to patients and ensure their comfort and safety Operate diagnostic equipment such as electroencephalographic and evoked potential

equipment to record the electrical activity of the brain and cranial and central nervous

systems

Operate electromyographic equipment to conduct electrophysiological nerve conductionvelocity tests and to assist physicians in conducting electrophysiological tests such as

muscle strength and repetitive stimulation

Take notes on the recorded graph to identify interference such as poor electrode contactor patient movement

Prepare recordings and reports of findings for physicians to aid in the diagnosis ofneurological disorders

Check, calibrate and perform routine maintenance of diagnostic equipment

Train and supervise students, technicians or other electroencephalograph technologists.



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Cardiology technologists require completion of a two-year college diploma program incardiology technology

andSupervised practical training.

Cardiology technologists require registration with the Canadian Society of CardiologyTechnologists in all provinces except Quebec.

Electroencephalograph and other diagnostic technologists require completion of a two-year college or hospital-based program in electrophysiology technology

and

Supervised practical training.

Registration with the Canadian Board of Electroencephalograph Technologists isavailable for electroencephalograph technologists and is usually required by employers.

Registration with the Association of Electromyography Technologists of Canada isavailable for electromyography technologists and is usually required by employers.


Cardiovascular perfusionists (in3214Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists andcardiopulmonary technologists )
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