Alternative Career Pathwaysin Engineering Technology

Metropolis Conference

March 13, 2014

Rick Tachuk, CCTT

Why Alternative Career Pathways?

Alternative Career Pathways enable individuals to put their transferable skills and experience to work in fields applicable to their professional training.

Where May Alternative Pathways Apply?

Alternative Pathways may be applied to a wide range of related professions that share similar qualifications and skills – e.g. Medicine, Dentistry, Accounting, Law

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Engineering and Engineering Technology

The two are closely related ….but different ….

In Canada …the Engineering Team Includes:

• Professional Engineers • Technologists• Technicians

All three professions are involved in Engineering but at varying levels

Team Roles and Responsibilities

Professional Engineers Are required by law to assume professional responsibility for the design, research and development, commissioning, and field review and construction of engineering projects.

TechnologistsApply theoretical and practical methods to design, plan, develop, test, manufacture, construct, install, commission, engineered products, processes, systems and services.

TechniciansAssist with the design, development, manufacturing, testing, construction, installation, commission, operation and maintenance of engineered products, processes, systems &services.

23 Engineering 14 TechnologyDisciplines Disciplines(Regulated Profession) (Non-Regulated)

Why are Alternative Careers Important?

• It is estimated that approximately 10 percent of new arrivals to Canada with engineering experience actually obtain a professional license.

• What happens to the other 90 percent?

Exploring Alternative Careers

• CCTT’s New On-Line Engineering Career Pathway Tool links Engineering with Technology

• Accessible from the Canadian Technology Immigration Network web portal www.ctin.ca

• Linked to the Engineers Canada IEG Roadmap

Start With Self-Identification

Select Your Discipline

A Civil Engineering Pathway Leads To …

Technologist Occupations Technician OccupationsCivil Engineering Technologist Civil Engineering Technician

Construction Manager Construction Engineering Technician

Construction Estimator Construction Inspector

Land Survey Technologist Land Survey Technician

Municipal Engineering Technologist Municipal Engineering Technician

Structural Design Technologist Materials Testing Technician

Structural Investigator Highways Technician

Architectural Design Technologist Bridge Design Technician

Building Engineering Technologist Building Engineering Technician

Water Treatment Technician

Soil Mechanics Technician

Urban and Regional Planner

Architectural Design Technician

A Geological Engineering Pathway Leads to …

Technologist Occupations Technician Occupations

Geological Technologist Geological Technician

Petroleum Technologist Petroleum Technician

Mining Technologist Mining Technician

Metallurgical Technologist Metallurgical Technician

Mineral Technologist Seismic Survey Technician

Geophysical Technologist Petrology Technician

Marine Geoscience Technologist Groundwater Technician

Rock Mechanics Technician

Reservoir Engineering Technician

Multiple Paths May Link to the Same Occupation

Start at Or Start At Leads to

Eng. Discipline Eng. Discipline Technologist Technician

Mechanical Electrical Electromechanical Robotics

Geological Metallurgical Marine Geoscience Rock Mechanics

Biosystems Chemical Biotechnology Industrial Hygiene

Structural Civil Structural Analysis Materials testing

Biomedical Chemical Biochemistry Food Processing

Agricultural Biosystems Agrology Botanical

Petroleum Geological Petroleum Petrology

Mining Metallurgical Mining Mining

Geomatics Forest Photogrammetric Remote Sensing

Access Relevant Occupational Profiles

Each Occupational Profile Provides …

• An Occupation Overview• Typical Duties and Responsibilities• Educational Requirements• NOC Classification and Links to WIC

Occupational Profiles Help Determine

• Has a candidates training included such tasks?

• Would he or she be competent to engage in such duties?

• Are they interested in this career?

• How one should promote their valuable skills and experience to potential employers.

Alternative Career Pathways Can Provide

• A shorter path to employment

• A rewarding and lucrative career

• Canadian experience in related to field

• A bridge to professional licensure in Engineering or Technology

Explore the World of Pathways

Visit

www.engineeringcareerpathways.ca