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Type
Lecture

Structured training opportunities for engineering professionals in Canada

Event organised by ICE

Date
21 November 2024
Time
10:30 - 13:30 EST
Location
Suite 400
145 Wellington Street West
Toronto,
Canada

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Overview

The ICE Ontario Committee is holding a workshop to discuss the importance and implementation of graduate training schemes for the career development of young graduate engineers, in support of their aspirations to become professional registered and members of the Institution.

The ICE is focused on the promotion and development of engineers as the future generations of professionals who will be at the heart of infrastructure development across our Region and internationally.

The aim of this workshop is:

  • to assist employers deliberating how to implement structured training schemes for their engineers or looking to further their understanding of the value that structured learning can bring to their businesses.
  • to help employers and individuals understand how a structured approach to achieving professional qualification can be beneficial.
  • to engage with individuals who are currently undergoing ICE professional training or exploring opportunities to commence structured training as an essential part of their career development.
  • to engage with universities’ and colleges’ engineering departments and students nearing the completion of their degree studies to explore the opportunities of a structured training scheme towards international and local professional certification.

As well as our local committee members, we will also be joined by our ICE membership manager, Michelle Cockburn who will lead discussions and be available to answer any questions that attendees may have.

Refreshments will be available and there will be opportunities for you to ask your questions about how the ICE can support your personal or organisational aims.

Programme

10:30 - 11:00

Registration and refreshments

11:00 - 11:45

Benefits of professional registration – business and personal

UK registration opportunities and membership benefits

11:45 - 12:00

Break

12:00 - 13:00

The ICE training scheme

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch and networking/discussions

Speakers

Adrian Sheppard

Adrian Sheppard

WSP Canada Inc.

program director

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Adrian Sheppard

Adrian Sheppard is a Fellow of the ICE and past chairman of the ICE Ontario branch. He relocated to Toronto from UK in 2017 and has over 40 years of experience as an engineering professional.

Although Adrian has worked predominantly within the UK, he has obtained significant international experience from both short and long-term assignments in USA, Saudi Arabia and across Europe.

Most recently, Adrian has held several program management roles in Toronto within the rail and transit sector and is a program director with WSP Canada Inc.  

Adrian holds an engineering degree from Portsmouth University in the UK. 

Michelle Cockburn

Michelle Cockburn

Institution of Civil Engineers

membership manager (South West, Wales & Americas)

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Michelle Cockburn

Michelle is the ICE Membership Manager for South West England, Wales & the Americas. She is experienced in a range of operational and strategic roles, leading customer service delivery, customer insight, data analysis, risk and compliance in complex environments.

She uses this experience in the professional development field, to support a range of students, apprentices, graduates and experienced practitioners in their personal development pathways, as well as supporting their employers' learning and development programmes. Michelle seeks to apply insight and social science to enable others to maximise their learning and development opportunities to achieve their career goals.

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Michelle Cockburn

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