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LEVERAGING GLOBAL ENGINEERING SKILLS
Overview
Under the multi-stakeholder employment strategy that CAPE launched in May 2006, the need to investigate the employer side of the equation was clearly established, whereby the skill deficiencies in the IEB pool could be determined in terms of employer’s specific needs and job requirements through gaps analysis. This, it was argued, would provide better information to immigrants, as well as better tailor available skills to match employer needs.
Leveraging Global Engineering Skills (LGES) is a project that will address this issue through a pilot that embarks on an employer- driven and job-function based training curricula development process for internationally trained / experienced engineers, technicians and technologists using specialized skills and competency matching tools. At the same time, this initiative will strengthen the post-secondary programs and the voluntary sector’s capacity to serve internationally educated engineers through integration of the employer driven curriculum into their employment and training support programs. This initiative will enable both engineers and employers “to understand their capacity for dealing with human resource requirements and to implement labor force adjustments”
Scope
The project will engage employers in developing the content of selected employment preparation and skills development programs for immigrants with engineering backgrounds. Advanced and innovative competency matching tools that CAPE has developed to establish the skills gaps of potential candidates for specific jobs will be integrated into selected projects to create a curricula development process customized to employer driven training programs for immigrants with engineering backgrounds for the following four groups of engineers:
- Environmental engineers
- Civil (structural) engineers
- Mechanical Engineers (Plant Design and piping)
- Electrical (switchgear, protection and controls)
- Electronic (Design electronic circuit boards)
Partnerships
The following are some of our partners in this project:
- Humber College through its Engineering Connections: Software Skills Enhancement Program for engineers
- The Toronto Region and Conservation Authority through its Professional Access and Integration Enhancement Program
- Colleges Integrating Immigrants to Employment (CIITE) – an Ontario-wide colleges’ initiative
- A number of private colleges serving immigrants with engineering backgrounds
- Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
Employer Engagement
Direct employer engagement will also be included particularly to ensure outreach to remote regions.
