Co-op Students' Tasks
 

Examples of Cégep (College) technical background: 

Civil Engineering Technology, Architectural Technology, Building Systems Engineering Technology, Property Assessment and Evaluation Technology
 

Examples of work that a construction engineering co-op student could do:

• Supervision and inspection of work (S1, S2)
• Computer-aided drafting (S1, S2)
• Quality control of materials and work (S1, S2)
• Laboratory testing (S1, S2)
• Estimates of quantities and project costs (S1, S2)
• Sampling water or soil for environmental studies (S1, S2)
• Calculating quantities of contaminated soil and making estimates (S1, S2)
• Supervision of environmental rehabilitation work (S1, S2)
• Selection and application of proper construction methods and processes (S2, S3)
• The use of information technologies in the construction sector (S2, S3)
• Management and supervision of engineering work and engineering staff (S2, S3)
• Planning and control of municipal, building and other engineering works (S2, S3, S4)
• Analysis and design of steel and concrete structures (S3 ,S4)
• Design of hydraulic structures (S3, S4)
• Design of roads and foundations (S3, S4)

Examples of Cégep (College) technical background: 

Industrial Electronics Technology, Computer Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, Engineering Technologies, Avionics, Computer Science Technology.
 

Examples of work that an electrical engineering co-op student could do:

• Installation, maintenance, repair and adjustment of electrical and computing equipment (S1, S2)
• Technical and troubleshooting support (S1 ,S2)
• Computer network configuration (S1, S2)
• Programming of automatons and other systems (S1, S2)
• Design and adaptation of various types of circuits (S1, S2)
• Selection and installation of motors, electrical systems and power supply and protection system (S1, S2)
• Evaluation, adaptation, installation and optimization of control systems (S2)
• Use of computer-aided design tools and application to electrical engineering (S2, S3)
• Use and adaptation of computerized systems and system interfaces; programming and communication protocols (S2, S3)
• Evaluation of high voltage networks and their components (S2, S3)
• Analysis, design and integration of telecommunications systems (S2, S3, S4)
• Analysis and design of electronic, analog and digital circuits and power-assisted systems (S3, S4)
• Analysis and design of power circuits and their application in control systems (S3, S4)
• Project management and in-plant technical support (S3, S4)

Examples of Cégep (College) technical background: 

Computer Science Technology, Multimedia Integration, Computer Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology.

Examples of work that a software engineering co-op student could do:

• Data collection and organization; software logic design (S1)
• Software user documentation (S1)
• Computer network configuration (S1)
• Web site and computer systems programming (S1)
• User interface analysis and design (S2)
• Quality assurance (S2)
• Management of small projects (S2)
• Strategy implementation testing (S2)
• Verification of accepted standards implementation within the organization (S2)
• Requirements specification (S3)
• Quality control (S3)
• Software architecture (S3)
• Database design (S3)
• Reengineering (S3, S4)
• Systems security (S3, S4)
• Strategy design testing (S3, S4)
• Detailed design and specifications (S3, S4)
• Standards implementation (S3, S4)

Examples of Cégep (College) technical background: 

Mechanical Engineering Technology, Aerospace Engineering/Aircraft Maintenance Technology, Building Systems Engineering Technology, Engineering Technologies, Composite Materials Transformation, Industrial Maintenance Technology, Industrial Engineering Technology. 

Examples of work that a mechanical engineering co-op student could do:

• Installation, maintenance, repair and adjustment of mechanical equipment (S1, S2)
• Computer-aided drafting (AutoCAD, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER) (S1, S2)
• Manufacturing-cost estimates and time and motion studies (S1, S2)
• Programming of CAD/CAM systems and robots (S1, S2)
• Use of statistical techniques pertaining to quality control (S1, S2)
• Control of industrial operations, simulation of handling systems and use of computer science to solve problems related to the technical management of production (S1, S2, S3)
• Elaboration and implementation of preventive maintenance programs (S2, S3)
• Choice of assembly procedures, establishment of welding procedures and use of various inspection and non-destructive testing techniques (S2, S3)
• Computer-aided design of parts and machines and prototype design (S3, S4)
• Planning and management of production, selection of instruments and equipment to control processes (S3, S4)
• Design of circuits and specification and layout of components in hydraulic and pneumatic systems (S3, S4)

Examples of Cégep (College) technical background: 

Industrial Engineering Technology, Accounting and Management Technology, Business Management, Transportation Logistics, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Aerospace Engineering/Aircraft Maintenance Technology, Computer Science Technology.

Examples of work that an operations and logistics engineering co-op student could do:

• Apply CAD tools to produce solutions for logistic problems (S1)
• Organize service delivery and transportation of manufacturing goods (S1)
• Determine task execution time (S1)
• Participate in value-added activities: six sigma, 5 S, continuous improvement and Kaizen approaches (S1)
• Analyze workstation ergonomics (S1)
• Use CAD models (S1)
• Participate in the design of manufacturing production, service delivery and logistic systems (S1)
• Participate in benchmarking activities (S1, S2)
• Implement and optimize material, services and product handling systems (S1, S2)
• Participate in internal OHF (organization, handling and flow) studies (S1, S2)
• Determine transportation work indicators (intensity, distance) (S1, S2)
• Participate in impact analysis of information handling and flow technologies in terms of the location and organization of services (S1, S2)
• Participate in studying the various internal organization models (S1, S2)
• Identify the proper techniques for solving optimization models (S1, S2)
• Define performance measurements and determine the permissible limits and applicable constraints (S1, S2, S3)
• Organize a safe production line (S2, S3)
• Participate in design projects for a service company (S2, S3)
• Install, operate and improve production and inventory planning and control systems (S2, S3)
• Develop production and workload programs (S2, S3 S4)
• Manage supply and inventory systems for dependent and independent demands (S2, S3, S4)
• Analyze performance measurements for goods and services production systems (S2, S3, S4)
• Design an optimization model to represent a system (S2, S3, S4)
• Create models for the purpose of system design and analysis (S2, S3, S4)
• Participate in statistical quality improvement processes (S2, S3, S4)
• Participate in impact analysis of information handling and flow technologies in terms of the location and organization of services (S2, S3, S4)
• Analyze and design distribution and warehousing systems (S2, S3, S4)
• Analyze and design supply chains (S2, S3, S4)

Examples of Cégep (College) technical background: 

Industrial Electronics Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Industrial Maintenance Technology, Computer Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, Aerospace Engineering Technology, Computer Science Technology.

Examples of work that an automated manufacturing engineering co-op student could do:

• Installation, improvement and maintenance of electromechanical equipment (S1, S2)
• Computer-aided drafting (S1, S2)
• Configuration and programming of software and computer systems (S1, S2)
• Automating processes around the production of goods and services (S2, S3)
• Programming robots (S2, S3)
• Control of operations and simulation of industrial systems (S2, S3)
• Calculating profitability and managing production of goods and services (S3, S4)
• Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (S3, S4)
• Selecting and integrating systems involving various technologies such as IT, mechanics, electronics, robotics and computer vision (S3, S4)

Examples of Cégep (College) technical background: 

Computer Science Technology, Multimedia Integration, Electronics Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering Technology.

Examples of work that an information technology engineering co-op student could do:

• Technical and troubleshooting support (S1)
• Data collection and organization; software logic design (S1)
• Software user documentation (S1)
• Web site and computer systems programming (S1)
• User interface analysis and design (S2)
• Participation in an organized context to development, maintenance, support and process improvement teams (S2)
• Quality assurance (S3)
• Management of small projects (S3)
• Web application design (S3)
• Information systems development: business process analysis, requirements specification, deployment (S3)
• Database design (S3)
• Systems security (S3, S4)
• Network management (S3, S4)
• Multimedia development (S3, S4)