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Selected Websites: Skills and Trades

All About Circuits
Electrical Formulas
Electronics Club "A website for anyone wishing to learn about electronics or build simple projects. Written for beginners but used by many others as a quick reference." -- website
How Stuff Works
Hydraulics and Pneumatics "Hydraulics & Pneumatics is a global fluid power content provider for design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and other technical personnel who are involved in buying or specifying fluid power components, hydraulics and pneumatics." -- website
Miller - Welding Projects
Pneumatic Tips
Welding Tips and Tricks
WHMIS Symbols
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS): A Guide to the Legislation "This guide provides an overview of the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), a Canada-wide system designed to give employers and workers information about hazardous products used in the workplace." -- website

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters "Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) is Canada’s largest trade and industry association, and the voice of manufacturing and global business in Canada." -- website
Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering - http://www.csme-scgm.ca
Canadian Standards Association "CSA Group is a global provider of testing, inspection and certification services for products from a wide range of market sectors, and a leader in safety and environmental certification for Canada and the US." -- website
Copper Canada - http://en.coppercanada.ca/applications/electrical "The Canadian Copper and Brass Development Association is a national organization founded over 50 years ago to represent the Canadian copper industry. The CCBDA is a non-trading, non-profit organization with a multitude of services available to the industry and users of copper-based products." -- website
Industry Canada "Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) works with Canadians in all areas of the economy and in all parts of the country to improve conditions for investment, enhance Canada's innovation performance, increase Canada's share of global trade and build a fair, efficient and competitive marketplace." -- website
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity." -- website
International Society of Automation "The International Society of Automation (www.isa.org) is a nonprofit professional association that sets the standard for those who apply engineering and technology to improve the management, safety, and cybersecurity of modern automation and control systems used across industry and critical infrastructure." -- website
Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists "The Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) is a non-profit, self-governing, professional association of over 25,000 members." -- website
Red Seal - Construction Electrician "The Red Seal Program, formally known as the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program, is a program that sets common standards to assess the skills of tradespeople across Canada." -- website
Red Seal - Industrial Electrician "The Red Seal Program, formally known as the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program, is a program that sets common standards to assess the skills of tradespeople across Canada." -- website
Red Seal - Welding "The Red Seal Program, formally known as the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program, is a program that sets common standards to assess the skills of tradespeople across Canada." -- website

Skills and Trades: Websites

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Selected Websites: Skills and Trades

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