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General Machinist

Employer

QUALITY COMPRESSOR AND MACHINE INC.

Date Posted

April 30, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Edson, AB
  • Earnings $32.00 to $45.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date May 25, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

QUALITY COMPRESSOR AND MACHINE INC.

Languages

English

Education

Other trades certificate or diploma

Work setting

  • General manufacturing
  • Oil and gas industry

Tasks

  • Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, charts and tables
  • Repair machine tools and parts
  • Set up and adjust production machineries/tools
  • Fit and assemble components and machine parts to close tolerance
  • Maintain, repair and calibrate precision measuring instruments
  • Document and report deviations from specifications and tolerances
  • Maintain inspection records and complete inspection reports
  • Verify dimensions of parts machined using precise measuring instruments (e.g., micrometers, calipers)
  • Set up and operate conventional and computer controlled machine tools
  • Verify dimensions of products for accuracy and conformance to specifications using precision measuring instruments

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Machinist Trade Certification

Measuring tools

  • Micrometers
  • Callipers
  • Verniers

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Boring machines
  • Cylindrical grinders
  • Drill presses
  • Engine lathes
  • Honing machines
  • Lapping machine
  • Milling machines
  • Sawing machine
  • Surface grinders

Transportation/travel information

Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

Attention to detail

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Experience

Experience an asset

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance

Other benefits

Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The General Machinist is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Machinists
OBJECTIVE

Interest in setting up and programming machine tools for use by machining tool operators when required

INNOVATIVE

Interest in performing precision machining operations such as sawing, turning, milling, boring, planing, drilling, precision grinding and other operations, and in planning best sequence of operations

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to verify dimensions of products for accuracy and conformance to specifications using precision measuring instruments

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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Form Perception

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Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

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Manual Dexterity

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