Artisans and Craftspersons

(NOC 5244)
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Career Description

Artisans and craftspersons use manual and artistic skills to design and make ornamental objects, pottery, stained glass, jewellery, rugs, blankets, other handicrafts and artistic floral arrangements. Makers of musical instruments are also included in this unit group.

Duties May Include


  • Carvers use hand tools and woodworking machines to produce carvings from wood, stone and other materials and to carve ornamental designs into wooden furniture and other objects.
  • Glass blowers design and create glass objects using blowpipes and artisan's hand tools and equipment.
  • Metal arts workers design metal jewellery, utensils, implements, wall hangings and other objects and create them from gold, silver, copper, pewter and other metals.
  • Potters design ornamental and ceramic functional earthenware pieces and create them using clay, moulds, potter's wheels and other equipment, glazing materials and kilns.
  • Stained glass artists design stained glass windows, lampshades and other objects and cut, paint, fire and assemble pieces of stained glass to create such products.
  • Stringed instrument makers construct stringed instruments applying their knowledge of wood, ebonite, metal properties and other materials and instrument design using hand and power tools.
  • Weavers use hands or loom to interlace strips of flexible material such as wool, cotton, silk, grasses, bark and rawhide to make baskets, wreaths, wall hangings, clothing, rugs, blankets and other objects.
  • Craft instructors prepare craftmaking lessons, gather the required working materials and demonstrate and teach craftmaking techniques.
  • Artistic floral arrangers design bouquets, corsages, sprays, wreaths and other floral arrangements and select natural and artificial flowers, foliage and decorative accessories to create arrangements or other floral items to suit customers' requirements.

Examples of Titles

Glass Blower
Leather Worker
Metal Arts Worker
Potter
Sculptor
Silversmith
Stringed Instrument Maker
Totem Pole Carver
Weaver
Wood Worker

Here are some schools that have programs related to this career:

Centennial College
Toronto, Ontario, CA

Related Program(s):
Art and Design Fundamentals Certificate; Online
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Red Deer Polytechnic
Red Deer, Alberta, CA

Related Program(s):
Applied Arts, Film, Theatre and Live Entertainment Bachelor
University Arts Diploma Diploma
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Concordia University
Montreal, Québec, CA

Related Program(s):
Ceramics (BFA) Bachelor
Painting and Drawing (BFA) Bachelor
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OCAD University
Toronto, Ontario, CA

Related Program(s):
Drawing & Painting Bachelor
Material Art and Design Bachelor
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Western University
London, Ontario, CA

Related Program(s):
HBA/ Faculty of Arts and Humanities Bachelor; Honours
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Modified on January 26, 2022