Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

08 - Architecture, engineering, and related trades

15. - Engineering/engineering-related technologies/technicians

This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineering and related projects or to prepare for engineering-related fields.

15.07 - Quality control and safety technologies/technicians

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 15.0701 to 15.0799.

15.0701 - Occupational safety and health technology/technician

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in maintaining job-related health and safety standards. These programs include courses in safety engineering principles, inspection and monitoring procedures, testing and sampling procedures, laboratory techniques, applications to specific work environments, and report preparation.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • occupational health and safety technician
  • occupational health and safety technology
  • occupational safety and health technician
  • occupational safety and health technology
  • workplace health and safety

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • industrial safety technology(15.0703)
  • occupational health and industrial hygiene(51.2206)
  • process safety technology(15.0705)

15.0702 - Quality control technology/technician

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in maintaining consistent manufacturing and construction standards. These programs include courses in quality control systems management principles, technical standards applicable to specific engineering and manufacturing projects, testing procedures, inspection procedures, related instrumentation and equipment operation and maintenance, and report preparation.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • quality assurance
  • quality assurance technician
  • quality control technician
  • quality control technologist
  • quality control technology
  • quality inspector training
  • quality technician

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • materiel management(52.0203)
  • production management(52.0205)
  • water quality technology(15.0506)

15.0703 - Industrial safety technology/technician

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to assist engineers and other professionals in implementing and enforcing industrial safety standards to mitigate damage, reduce risks, and prevent accidents. These programs include courses in industrial processes, industrial hygiene, injury prevention, toxicology, ergonomics, risk analysis, system and process safety, safety performance measurement, human factors, human behaviour, and applicable laws and regulations.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • industrial safety technician
  • industrial safety technology

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • industrial engineering(14.3501)
  • occupational health and industrial hygiene(51.2206)
  • occupational health and safety technology(15.0701)
  • process safety technology(15.0705)
  • security services(43.0109)

15.0704 - Hazardous materials information systems technology/technician

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to assist engineers and other professionals in implementing, monitoring, and enforcing hazardous materials management and removal. These programs include courses in environmental science, environmental health, human behaviour, economics, management science, information systems and applications, and communication skills.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • hazardous materials information systems technician
  • hazardous materials information systems technology
  • WHMIS training
  • workplace hazardous materials information systems training

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • environmental toxicology(26.1006)
  • hazardous waste technology(15.0508)
  • occupational health and industrial hygiene(51.2206)
  • occupational health and safety technology(15.0701)
  • process safety technology(15.0705)

15.0705 - Process safety technology/technician

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in developing methods to mitigate damage, reduce risks, and prevent accidents. These programs include courses in design for injury prevention, engineering for process safety, environmental psychology, function-based risk analysis, fundamentals of industrial engineering, operations research, probability and statistics, risk assessment and reduction, and safety engineering.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • process safety technician
  • process safety technology

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • hazardous material information systems technology(15.0704)
  • industrial safety technology(15.0703)
  • occupational health and safety technology(15.0701)

15.0799 - Quality control and safety technologies/technicians, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Quality control and safety technologies/technicians.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • certified exposure device operator (CEDO)
  • exposure device operator (EDO)
  • non-destructive testing technology
  • other quality control and safety technologies/technicians

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • nuclear technology(41.0205)
  • radiation protection/health physics technician(51.0916)