STIC - Engineering:
The Labour Market
 Engineering
in Canada
ACTIVITY: Small group activity
TIME: 1 hour
LEARNING OUTCOME:
Participants will know how economic and other trends will affect the
industries where engineers work.
DESCRIPTION:
- Organize participants into groups of 3-4.
- Instruct participants to complete the exercises on pages
6-8
 in
their workbooks.
- Take up answers as a class using the answer
key provided.
When explaining Labour Market Information, it is important to explain
the key factors that are taken into consideration in arriving at
the employment prospect for each occupation. These are:
- The rate of projected employment growth to the year 2007 for
the occupation as compared to the projected employment growth for
all occupations in Ontario.
- Anticipated number of job openings for the occupation due to
retirements.
- Reports by employers on difficulties in finding qualified
workers to fill vacant positions.
- Information about significant economic or business trends or
technological developments affecting the demand for the particular
occupation or the skills needed.
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All downloads are in Adobe Acrobat PDF.
Download a print version of the above lesson plan and related handouts
and overheads.
Engineering
in Canada [140 KB, 13 pages]
- Lesson Plan
- Answer Key
- Participant Workbook pages 6 - 8
Download the complete Facilitator's Guide and Participant's Workbook.
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