Alix-MAC students visit NAIT for hands-on learning

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In the afternoon, officials say the students created a weather station in another level measurement activity. They added a Lidar (light detection and ranging) sensor to take measurements within a tank. A remote sensing technology, Lidar measures ranges by employing high-powered lasers and light energy.

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Both sessions gave students the opportunity to use industrial grade equipment in NAIT’s industrial instruments lab.

In between sessions, students learned about the engineering technology profession and the diversity of disciplines and occupations that exist within it.

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In August 2022, the C.D. Howe Institute released a report called The Knowledge Gap, which indicated that Canada faces a significant digital and STEM skills shortage due to the aging population and rapid digitalization across the economy. One of the report’s recommendations was to increase STEM enrolment and graduation numbers by raising students’ performance in STEM subjects.

“We know that market demand for STEM-related skills is here to stay and destined to grow exponentially in the years ahead,” said ASET CEO Barry Cavanaugh. “Young or old, any professional equipped with an engineering technology diploma and the requisite skills is ready to take on the world. The ASET STEM Camp Series day camps give Alberta youth the strategic advantage of early exposure to a fulfilling career with a secure future.”

According to ASET’s 2022 Salary Survey, instrumentation engineering technologists starting their careers as technologists-in-training (TTs) earn an average annual salary of approximately $66,439. TTs are graduates of polytechnics/technical colleges, have engineering technology diplomas, and are registered with ASET and in the process of accumulating the necessary field experience to earn their designations as certified engineering technologists.

ASET is partnering with school boards to develop student outreach activities in association with Alberta’s polytechnics/technical colleges.

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