The following list of job titles is from the National Occupational Classification (NOC) which provides generalized summaries of occupations from across Canada.
The list below is not exhaustive and there are more possibilities that you can pursue with your degree. Some of the positions mentioned in the list (*) may require additional training and/or certification to join the occupation.
We also recommend attending a speaker series, speaking with organizations at a career fair or employer information session, and finding job shadow or mentorship opportunities to get many more ideas.
You can find out about career fairs, mixers, job shadowing, and mentoring programs the Career Centre offers on our website and on campusBRIDGE.
Do you need additional training or education in this field to pursue a specific position? Determine if there are additional requirements in Alberta by looking for an occupation on Certifications in Alberta.
List of NOC Occupational Choices
Business, finance and administration occupations
- Financial and investment analysts (11101)
- Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers (11103)
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
- Acoustics engineer (21301)
- Adhesives engineer (21320)
- Aerospace engineers (21390)
- Architects* (21200)
- Automotive engineer (21301)
- Avionics engineer (21310)
- Biomedical engineer* (21399)
- Building systems engineer (21301)
- Chemical engineer (21320)
- Civil engineer (21300)
- Computer hardware engineers (21311)
- Construction engineers (21300)
- Control systems engineers (21310)
- Cybersecurity specialists (21220)
- Electrical engineers (21310)
- Energy conservation engineer (21301)
- Engineering managers (20010)
- Environmental engineer (21300)
- Geomatics engineer (21300)
- Fluid mechanics engineer (21301)
- Industrial designers (22211)
- Industrial hygiene engineer (21320)
- Industrial waste treatment engineers (21320)
- Instrumentation engineer (21310)
- Manufacturing engineer (21321)
- Mechanical engineer (21301)
- Metallurgical and materials engineer (21322)
- Microelectronics engineer (21310)
- Mining engineer (21330)
- Nuclear engineer (21301)
- Petroleum engineer (21332)
- Pipeline transport engineer (21320)
- Process instrumentation engineer (21310)
- Refrigeration engineer (21301)
- Research engineer - nanoelectronics (21310)
- Robotics engineer (21301)
- Signal engineers (21310)
- Software engineers and designers (21231)
- Structural engineer (21300)
- Telecommunications hardware engineers (21311)
- Telecommunications software engineers (21231)
- Thermal design engineer (21301)
- Traffic engineer (21300)
- Transportation engineer (21300)
- Waste treatment engineer (21320)
- Water management engineer (21300)
- Wireless communications network engineer (21311)
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services
- Disaster emergency response planner (41400)
- Emergency preparedness planner (41400)
- Intellectual-property lawyer* (41101)
- International development and assistance researcher (41402)
- Patent lawyer* (41101)
- Regional industrial development officer (41402)
- University professors* (41200)
- Wind energy analyst (41400)