Career Profiles

Develop design specifications for solar energy systems, perform computer simulations, optimize efficiency, and provide technical support to installation teams.

Power Cable Technicians install, operate, maintain, and repair power cables and related underground and above ground infrastructure.

Power Protection and Control Technicians install, commission, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair the critical system equipment.

Operate generating equipment — boilers, turbines, etc. to convert energy from primary energy sources (e.g., coal, natural gas, and water) into electricity.

Power system electricians install, maintain, test and repair electrical power generation, transmission and distribution system equipment and apparatus.

Power System Operators/Controllers work in control centres to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the transmission and distribution system.

Powerline Technicians construct, operate, maintain, and repair overhead, underground and underwater electrical transmission and distribution systems.

Plan, execute and evaluate projects in the generation, transmission, distribution and renewable energy sectors.

Radiation Safety Technicians provide radiation safety and radiation emergency preparedness technical advice and assistance to internal and external personnel.

Residential GeoExchange Heat Pump System Designers design systems that transfer energy between ground or water and residential buildings.

Residential GeoExchange Heat Pump System Installer installs the systems that transfer energy between ground or water and residential buildings.

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems Engineers design, configure, and deploy these systems within their organizations.