Professional Specialization

Please indicate the category which BEST represents your FIELD OF OCCUPATION (you have three choices).

Please note: the following categories enable comparison with Statistics Canada data.

Aerospace Engineering

• Avionics
• Propulsion
• Mechanical systems
• Structures
• Space systems
• Environmental
• Aerodynamics/flight test engineering

Biosystems Engineering

• Agricultural
• Biotechnology
• Fisheries/aquaculture
• Forestry
• Environmental
• Food Processing

Computer Engineering

• Hardware design/architecture
• Information systems/data processing
• Software design
• System integration

Chemical Engineering

• Chemical/biochemical
• Process design or control
• Advanced materials & polymers
• Environmental
• System integration

Civil Engineering

• Construction
• Materials
• Environmental
• Municipal/urban
• Geotechnical
• Hydrotechnical
• Structural
• Survey/geomatics
• Transportation

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

• Electrical
• Electronics
• Control systems
• Environmental
• Telecommunication
• Power generation/ transmission/distribution

Geological Engineering

• Geophysics
• Geochemistry
• Geology
• Hydrogeology
• Mining/rock mechanics
• Environmental
• Geotechnical

Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering

• Industrial
• Environmental
• Production systems
• Manufacturing processes
• Quality assurance, quality control/safety

Mechanical Engineering

• Mechanical systems
• Controls/robotics
• Solid mechanics/material/stress analysis
• Heating, ventilation & air conditioning
• Thermodynamics/fluids
• Environmental

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

• Metallurgy
• Materials
• Mineral processing
• Environmental

Mining Engineering

• Mining
• Mineral processing
• Exploration
• Environmental

Petroleum Engineering

• Operations
• Refinery
• Environmental

Other Engineering Specialties

• Biomedical engineering
• Engineering physics/science/math
• Naval architecture/marine engineering
• Nuclear

• General geology
• Environmental geology
• Geomorphology
• Glacial geology
• Marine geology
• Petroleum geology
• Igneous petrology
• Metamorphic petrology
• Sedimentary petrology
• Sedimentology
• Stratigraphy
• Structural geology
• Tectonics
• Atmospheric sciences
• Land use/urban geology

Economic Geology

• General
• Coal
• Metals
• Non-metals
• Oil & gas

Geochemistry

• General geochemistry
• Analytical geochemistry
• Experimental petrology/phase equilibria
• Exploration geochemistry
• Low-temperature geochemistry
• Marine geochemistry
• Organic geochemistry
• Stable isotopes

Paleontology

• General paleontology
• Biostratigraphy
• Micropaleontology
• Paleobotany & palynology
• Vertebrate paleontology
• Invertebrate paleontology
• Paleobiology
• Paleoecology/paleoclimatology

Hydrology

• General hydrology
• Ground water/hydrogeology
• Quantitative hydrology
• Surface waters
• Geohydrology

Soil Science

• Soil physics/hydrology
• Soil chemistry/
• Mineralogy
• Pedology/classification/morphology
• Forest soils/rangelands/wetlands
• Soil biology/biochemistry

Engineering Geology

• General engineering geology
• Earthquake engineering
• Mining engineering
• Petroleum engineering
• Rock mechanics

GEOPHYSICS

General Geophysics

• Exploration geophysics
• Geodosy
• Geomagnetism & paleomagnetism
• Gravity
• Heat flow
• Seismology
• Marine geophysics

Petroleum Geophysics

• Data acquisition
• Data processing
• Data interpretation

Environmental Geophysics

• Data acquisition
• Data processing
• Data interpretation

Mining Geophysics

• Data acquisition
• Data processing
• Data interpretation

Remote Sensing

• Data acquisition
• Data processing
• Data interpretation

OTHER OCCUPATIONS
If your area of specialization cannot be classified using one of the aforementioned descriptions, please specify.