Engineering Inspectors and Regulatory Officers
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Job description
These individuals ensure the compliance of equipment and vehicles with government and industry standards and regulations. They recommend improvements and corrective measures.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
Main tasks
Motor Vehicle Defects Inspectors
- Examine and test motor vehicles.
- Identify defects, especially in the case of accidents.
- Provide an expert opinion and testimony about problems and failures.
- Make recommendations to improve licensing policies and road safety standards.
Railway Accident Investigators
- Collect and analyze data to determine the causes of rail accidents.
- Inspect facilities and ensure compliance with current standards.
Airworthiness Inspectors
- Conduct audits of individuals and companies who hold an aircraft operating or repair licence.
- Inspect aircraft and report any defects found.
- Detain aircraft suspected of being unsafe.
Weights and Measures Inspectors
- Inspect and test weight and measuring devices and systems.
- Draft inspection reports.
- Recommend corrective measures and means of verification.
Oil and Gas Drilling Rig Auditors
- Verify drilling operations, equipment, and processes.
- Ensure compliance with current regulations and policies.
- Recommend improvements and corrective measures.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
2,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 38.3% Female
- 61.7% Male
Not available.
- 38.3% Female
- 61.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$80,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9126% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 4910% of jobs
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NAICS 33648% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 54145% of jobs
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NAICS 324, 3255% of jobs
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Others46% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9126% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 4910% of jobs
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NAICS 33648% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 54145% of jobs
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NAICS 324, 3255% of jobs
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Others46% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
University or college diploma in the specified field of engineering
Also required
- Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) Licence (Category E - Avionics) to sign and certify the return to service of aircraft.
Sometimes required
- Licence to practise as a professional Engineer may be required.
- Membership in the Ordre des technologues professionnels du Québec (OTPQ [Quebec Order of Professional Technologists]) is an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Quality control analysis
- Active listening
- Information processing
- Operations and control
- Reading comprehension
- Critical thought
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Coordination
- Judgment and decision-making
- Monitoring operations
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Near vision
- Awareness of issues
- Written comprehension
- Processing flexibility
- Deductive reasoning
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Inductive reasoning
- Information organization
- Perception speed
- Speech clarity
- Distance vision
- Speech recognition
Knowledge and attributes
- Critical thinking
- Sense of responsibility
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Honesty
- Commitment
- Rigour
- Respect standards and regulations
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
- Knowledge of public safety and security
- Knowledge of mechanics
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Watch, defend, and secure
- Work with numbers
- Work in transportation and maintenance
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Official name of the NOC 22231
Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers
Job titles
- Quality assurance officer
- Engineering regulatory officer
- Pipeline inspector
- Engineering department inspector
- Insurance loss prevention inspector
- Motor transportation regulations officer
- Broadcast interference inspector
- Radio interference investigator
- Railway accident investigation officer
- Cargo surveyor
- Marine cargo surveyor
- Marine damage surveyor
- Marine surveyor
- Railway inspector
- Consumer affairs inspector
- Elevator inspector
- Escalator inspector
- Boiler inspector
- Boiler and machinery inspector
- Electricity and gas meter inspector
- Crane inspector
- Airworthiness inspector
- Ammunition safety inspector
- Road safety inspector
- Ship inspector
- Weights and measures inspector
- Air carrier maintenance inspector
- Motor vehicle inspector
- Motor vehicle defects investigator
- Flight operations inspector
- Engineering department inspector - local government
- Air transport inspector
- Motor transportation inspector
- Measurement specialist - oil and gas
- Measurement technician - oil and gas inspection
- Lifting gear inspector
- Pipeline equipment inspector
- Freight car inspector
- Tensile strength inspector
Skill type
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
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