List of Professions
For high school graduates who enjoy creating, conceptualizing, drawing or building things from cars to boats, buildings to robots or computers to mobile device applications, a career in an engineering technology and applied science profession may be just the ticket to a rewarding, diverse and economically stable career.
Engineering technology and applied science professionals work in more than 160 different occupations within more than a dozen disciplines.
Bioscience
Building
Chemical
Civil
Electrical
Electronics
Forestry
Geomatics
Industrial
Information Technology
Instrumentation
Mechanical
Mineral Resources
Petroleum/Geosciences
Industries and Organizations that Employ Engineering Technology and Applied Science Professionals
Engineering technology and applied science professionals are employed by the following organizations and/or in the following areas:
- Municipal governments (public works departments including roads, planning, traffic control, water/waste water management)
- Provincial governments
- Power production and distribution
- Chemical, oil and gas refining, medical, biotechnology, geomatics, architecture, environment
- Engineering consulting
- Military/police – intelligence, electronics/avionics of warfare
- Manufacturing – quality assurance/quality control, design, automation, production, marketing, industrial distribution
- Construction companies
- Design companies
- Inspection/surveying organizations
- Company ownership – technology professionals own businesses such as electrical contracting, process automation, design/consulting
- Standards and regulatory departments, including Canadian Standards Association