Careers in Canadian Fluid Power

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Careers inCanadian Fluid Power
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What is the CFPA?

• Canadian Fluid Power Association
• Manufacturers, distributors and related
  businesses and organizations, e.g. trade
  journals, colleges, involved with fluid power in
  Canada
• Our focuses promotion of fluid power technology,
  networking, education
• Our website www.cfpa.ca

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Which do we mean byFluid Power?

• Hydraulics
• Pneumatics
• Components
• Systems

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Types of Fluid Power components

• Energy convertors pumps and compressors
• Actuators Cylinders, motors, rotary actuators
• Controllers valves, regulators, electronic
  controls

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Where are the job?

• INDUSTRIES
• These have shifted
• POSITIONS
• A large variety

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Which industries?

• ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
• Wind power
• Biodiesel
• Wood pellets
• Syngas
• Solar

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Which industries?

• AEROSPACE
• Main assembly plants
• Engine parts manufacturers
• Maintenance facilities

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Which industries?

• AUTOMOTIVE
• Main assembly plants
• Parts manufacturers

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Which industries?

• AGRICULTURE OIL GAS

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Which industries?

• FORESTRY MINING METALS

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Which industries?

• FOOD
• PACKAGING

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Which industries?

• HEALTH CARE

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Which types of companies?

• Manufacturers who make fluid power components and
  systems
• Distributors who sell fluid power components and
  systems
• Machine Builders making systems for industry.
• End Users of fluid power machinery
• Service Companies

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Fluid Power Food Chain
Manufacturers
Distributors
Distributors
End Users
Machine Builders
Service Contractors
Other Resellers
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Fluid Power Manufacturers
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Manufacturers

• Research and development of new products
• Design of their own production facilities
• Production maintenance
• Technical support
• Field sales and territory management

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Distributors

• Warehousing and reselling of components
• Packaging of components into kits
• Simple assembly of components
• Manufacturing of systems
• Engineering services
• Field and bench service

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End Users

• Production engineering
• Maintenance

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Service Companies
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Which kinds of jobs?

• Engineers
• Technicians and Technologists
• Mechanics
• Sales and Marketing Personnel

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Which kinds of jobs?

• Engineers / Technical Services
• Designing fluid power components
• Designing automated production equipment
• Designing fluid power systems, e.g. hydraulic
  power units
• Improving the productivity of large plants

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Which kinds of jobs?

• Technicians and Technologists
• Operating machines equipped with fluid power
  systems
• Manufacturing and testing fluid power components
  and systems

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Which kinds of jobs?

• Mechanics
• Assembling and installing fluid power systems and
  components
• Troubleshooting and maintaining these systems on
  machines used in virtually every industry

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Which kinds of jobs?

• Sales and Marketing Personnel
• Fluid Power sales isnt about peddling its
  about problem solving.
• Inside Sales / Customer Service
• Outside Sales

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Use the CFPA and other Fluid Power Industry
resources
www.cfpa.ca
Fluid power careers
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resources
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Use the CFPA and other Fluid Power Industry
resources

• Become a student member
• Check member company websites for employment
  opportunities

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Thank you