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Engineering Inspectors and Regulatory Officers

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  • Job description
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

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.
  • Determine defects, especially in the case of accidents.
  • Provide 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.
  • Record 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 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

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 2020

All of Québec

1,500

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
24.7% Female
75.3% Male

Not available.
  • 24.7% Female
  • 75.3% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$70,000

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.
  1. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    25% of jobs
  2. Transportation and Warehousing
    NAICS 48, 49
    16% of jobs
  3. Aerospace Products and Parts
    NAICS 3364
    12% of jobs
  4. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    6% of jobs
  5. Architectural, Engineering and Related Services and Specialized Design Services
    NAICS 5413, 5414
    5% of jobs
  6. Others
    36% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    25% of jobs
  2. Transportation and Warehousing
    NAICS 48, 49
    16% of jobs
  3. Aerospace Products and Parts
    NAICS 3364
    12% of jobs
  4. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    6% of jobs
  5. Architectural, Engineering and Related Services and Specialized Design Services
    NAICS 5413, 5414
    5% of jobs
  6. Others
    36% 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
  • Result evaluation
  • Oral expression
  • Critical thought
  • Coordination
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Monitoring operations
More Less skills

Abilities

  • Oral comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Near vision
  • Written comprehension
  • Awareness of issues
  • Processing flexibility
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Selective attention
  • Classification
  • Information organization
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Perception speed
  • Speech clarity
  • Speech recognition
  • Distance vision
More Less abilities

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.
Additional information

Note about CNP

Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.

Official name of the NOC 2262 (22231)

Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers

Job titles

  • Quality assurance officer
  • Engineering regulatory officer
  • Pipeline inspector
  • Engineering inspector
  • Loss prevention inspector - insurance
  • 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
  • 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
  • Escalator inspector
  • Engineering department inspector - local government
  • Air transport inspector
  • Motor transportation inspector
  • Measurement specialist - oil and gas
  • Measurement technician - oil and gas inspection
  • Freight car inspector
  • Lifting gear inspector
  • Pipeline equipment inspector
  • Tensile strength inspector
More Less job titles

Skill type

Natural and applied sciences and related occupations

Related occupations

  • Construction inspectors
  • Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety
  • Non-destructive testers and inspection technicians

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi This hyperlink will open in a new window.

See also

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Last update: December 22, 2022

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