Are you a foreign trained engineer?
Engineering Your Way Into a Great Career is a must-read article by Possibilities, an online employment site. Here you will find out how foreign trained engineers can get the necessary credentials to work as an engineer in Ontario.
There are many free employment resource centres out there to help foreign trained engineers.
- Skills for Change Engineering Your Future program has engineering-specific training modules.
- AYCE offers an Engineering Terminology Workshop Series.
- ACCESS's Engineering Connections Program provides workshops on Canadian Engineering Codes.
- Humber College's part-time Engineering Software Skills Enhancement Program provides mechanical, civil and electrical engineers with AutoCAD competency assessment, job search assistance, academic credentials assessment, and more.
- Ryerson University offers the Internationally Educated Engineers Qualification Bridging Program, which helps internationally trained engineers meet the academic requirements for professional engineering licensing in Ontario.
Joining an association, like the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers is also a great way to network with other professionals and learn more about the industry/trends in Canada. They also offer career workshops to their members.
To learn more about the engineering occupation in Ontario, visit the Working In Ontario website.
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