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| TECHNICIAN | TECHNOLOGY | CIVIL CAREERS SERVICES | FOCUS ON PRODUCING WELL-ROUNDED CIVIL ENGINEERS | PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & OTHER CIVIL LINKS | ||
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| This field provides indoor and outdoor workplace opportunities with private contractors and public agencies. For those who wish employment in office settings, opportunities exist for AutoCAD operators, estimators, and designers. A laboratory setting offers soil analysis, material testing, and inspection. If you prefer an outdoor environment you will find opportunities in preliminary and construction surveys, inspectors on all types of civil projects, and construction personnel in various capacities. Typical employers would include consulting engineering firms, construction companies, and public utilities, as well as municipal engineering and roads department and government departments such as highways, environment, and natural resources. Specific careers include: AutoCAD technician; survey technician; building inspection/construction specialist. | |||
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| Graduates will find employment with consulting engineering firms, government departments, private contractors, municipalities, and other firms such as hydro and telephone organizations. Specific areas of employment for Seneca graduates have been in the fields of engineering, topographic surveys of existing conditions, location and construction control surveys, municipal and transportation planning, design drafting and estimating, structural design of buildings and other structures in steel and concrete, soils and materials testing and evaluation, concrete, asphalt and other materials, and construction supervision. Specific careers include: designer, supervisor, contractor, or inspector on construction projects, new community developments, and environmental protection and enhancement initiatives. | |||
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Are you a student in your last semester or a graduate of a Faculty of Technology program? If you would like assistance in your job search, the Faculty of Technology, Career Sercvices provides the following:
We also offer Co-operative Placement opportunities. For further information, please contact Ian MacLeod, the Civil Engineering Technician/Technology Co-op Co-ordinator. For more detailed information on Career Services, please go to http://careerservices.senecac.on.ca. |
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| Education: SENECA COLLEGE
Seneca renews focus on producing well-rounded civil engineering technologists. By Susan Maclean In a world where civil engineering seems to be attracting few newcomers and some colleges have closed their programs, the faculty and management at Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology in Toronto, ON are determined that their civil engineering technician and technology diploma programs thrive. Bill Humber, chair of the program, sees a definite need for civil engineering skills given the need for retrofitting sooner or later the majority of structures. "There's a significant amount of either new, upgrading or replacement infrastructure that is going to be required, including massive tunnel and bridge projects. We're now experiencing a boom in retrofitting the built environment and there are a significant number of new jobs in the area of construction and land development." Information technology has changed this field radically in the past 10 years, says Humber. "Where tasks were separated and performed by people over a period of several weeks, now they integrate tasks and do them in a much shorter period of time with the CAD programs we work with in our program." He notes that while they have always had a strong IT focus, they have now further retooled their program to reflect IT's transformation of the civil engineering discipline. "We've recognized that some of the land development packages available give us an opportunity to provide an integrated approach so the students see a relationship between the variety of elements that make up civil engineering. |
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| Visit these links:
OACETT - Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists OACETT is a non-profit, self-governing, professional association which promotes the interests of engineering and applied science technicians and technologists in industry, educational institutions, the public and the government. OACETT has approximately 20,000 members and a 42-year history of certification in Ontario. Canadian Society of Civil Engineering The CSCE develops and maintains high standards of civil engineering practice in Canada and enhances the public image of the civil engineering profession. CareerMATTERS is an initiative of TVOntario, developed in consultation with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. With more than 300 job descriptions, videos, information on post-secondary studies and the entire Ontario English school curriculum at their fingertips, visitors can explore a vast number of educational, training and career options. Although it is designed primarily for high school students, CareerMATTERS supports TVOntario's commitment to lifelong learning and offers valuable resources for people of all ages. Ontario Job Futures (Main Page) Ontario Job Futures (Civil Page) Ontario Job Futures provides information on the current trends and future outlook for 163 occupations common to Ontario. It is a joint effort of the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada. TechWORKS! is a B.C. based website that contains much useful information on technology-focused careers. Canadian Association of Women in Construction. |
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