School Subject: Physics

  • Civil Engineering Technologists

    Legacy duties

    • Develop engineering designs and drawings from preliminary concepts and sketches
    • Prepare construction specifications, cost and material estimates, project schedules and reports
    • Supervise or conduct field surveys, inspections or technical investigations of topography, soils, drainage and water supply systems, road and highway systems, buildings and structures to provide data for engineering projects
    • Conduct or supervise inspection and testing of construction materials
    • May supervise, monitor and inspect construction projects.
  • Civil Engineering Technicians

    Legacy duties

    • Assist in developing engineering specifications and drawings
    • Participate in field surveys, inspections or technical investigations of topography, soils, drainage and water supply systems, road and highway systems, buildings and structures to provide data for engineering projects
    • Perform other technical functions in support of civil engineering activities.
  • Civil Engineers

    Legacy duties

    • Confer with clients and other members of the engineering team and conduct research to determine project requirements
    • Plan and design major civil projects such as buildings, roads, bridges, dams, water and waste management systems and structural steel fabrications
    • Develop construction specifications and procedures
    • Evaluate and recommend appropriate building and construction materials
    • Interpret, review and approve survey and civil design work
    • Conduct field services for civil works
    • Ensure construction plans meet guidelines and specifications of building codes and other regulations
    • Establish and monitor construction work schedules
    • Conduct feasibility studies, economic analyses, municipal and regional traffic studies, environmental impact studies or other investigations
    • Monitor air, water and soil quality and develop procedures to clean up contaminated sites
    • Conduct technical analyses of survey and field data for development of topographic, soil, hydrological or other information and prepare reports
    • Act as project or site supervisor for land survey or construction work
    • Prepare contract documents and review and evaluate tenders for construction projects
    • Supervise technicians, technologists and other engineers and review and approve designs, calculations and cost estimates.
  • Chemists

    Legacy duties

    • Analyze, synthesize, purify, modify and characterize chemical or biochemical compounds
    • Develop and conduct programs of analysis to ensure quality control of raw materials, chemical intermediates or final products
    • Conduct programs of sample and data collection and analysis to identify and quantify environmental toxicants
    • Conduct research to develop new chemical formulations and processes and devise new technical applications of industrial chemicals and compounds
    • Conduct research to discover, develop and refine, and evaluate new products
    • Conduct fundamental and applied research into the synthesis and properties of chemical compounds and the mechanisms of chemical reactions
    • Investigate chemical aspects of the mechanisms of drug action, the diagnosis and treatment of disease, organ function and the assessment of health
    • Participate in interdisciplinary research and development projects working with chemical engineers, biologists, microbiologists, agronomists, geologists or other professionals
    • Act as technical consultant in a particular field of expertise
    • May participate in the commercialization of new products
    • May supervise other chemists and chemical technicians and technologists.
  • Astronomers

    Legacy duties

    • Design and conduct observational surveys, conduct detailed analyses and develop numerical models to extend knowledge of celestial bodies and cosmic radiation
    • Develop or participate in the development of instrumentation and software for astronomical observation and analysis.
    • Astronomers may specialize in fields such as astrophysics, observational or optical astronomy and radio astronomy.
  • Air Pilots

    Legacy duties

    • Fly fixed wing aircraft or helicopters to transport passengers and freight
    • Provide services such as search and rescue, aerial surveying or spraying and crop dusting
    • Direct activities of aircraft crew during flight, as captain of aircraft
    • Co-pilot aircraft and perform captain's duties if required, as first officer
    • Test new aircraft to evaluate aircraft performance
    • Train pilots to use new equipment, or prepare them for examination to re-validate or upgrade existing licences.
  • Air Traffic Control

    Legacy duties

    • Control flow of air traffic within assigned airspace using radar monitors, radio and other communication equipment and visual references
    • Issue aircraft takeoff and landing instructions to pilots and relay meteorological, navigational and other information to pilots in flight
    • Maintain radio and telephone contact with adjacent control towers, terminal control units and other area control centres, and co-ordinate movement of aircraft into adjoining areas
    • Alert airport emergency services when aircraft are experiencing difficulties and report missing aircraft to search and rescue services
    • Direct activities of all moving aircraft and service vehicles on or near airport runways.