What the posting asks for

• No experience needed
• High school
• English

From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.

Hours and terms

• 80 hours a two weeks
• Shifts: days
• Full time, Permanent employment
• In person

Usually needed for this kind of work

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a four-year apprenticeship program ora combination of over four years of work experience and industry courses in machining may be required for trade certification.
• Trade certification for machinists is available, but voluntary, in all provinces and territories.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified machinists upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Machinists (NOC 72100). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

• Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, charts and tables or study sample parts to determine machining operation to be performed, and plan best sequence of operations
• Compute dimensions and tolerances and measure and lay out work pieces
• Set up, operate and maintain a variety of machine tools including computer numerically controlled (CNC) tools to perform precision, non-repetitive machining operations such as sawing, turning, milling, boring, planing, drilling, precision grinding and other operations
• Fit and assemble machined metal parts and subassemblies using hand and power tools
• Verify dimensions of products for accuracy and conformance to specifications using precision measuring instruments
• May set up and program machine tools for use by machining tool operators.

About the employer

• Industry: Manufacturing
• Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region