回复: 我来说说加拿大的"热动工程师” power engineer
我是在今年二月份报名PE课程的。一个多月后看到了这里老赶的帖子并一直关注。一度犹豫过，但最后放弃了石油工程专业，来学八个月后能考四级证书的课程。9-4开学到现在，三周已过，明年四月末结束。从学校同学到老师都对PE的就业很乐观。对gonghaiyong网友目前的境况很困惑。也许这是自考四级和在学校拿四级（并拿到一个有关certificate)的差别？我们课程里面包括First Aid等，之后也会拿到有关证书。至于就业前景，只能明年四月毕业前后见分晓了。
网上一段报道对此专业也是很乐观的估计（日期是今年四月份），可供参考如下：
Field: Engineering
Average Salary: $105,000 ? $120,000
Typical Employer: Oil and gas producers
Education Required: Fourth-year power engineering, stationary engineering
What They Do: Generate steam for mining and drilling operations
Engineers have always been sought after in the oil and gas sector, but the proliferation of steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) in the heart of Alberta’s oil sands has really heated up the job market for steam engineers. They typically monitor and regulate the highly pressurized process of generating the steam used to break up and liquidize heavy oil.
Steam engineers are essentially power engineers who have earned an additional certificate in steam generation. They are in especially high demand on projects like Encana’s Foster Creek and Christina Lake or Nexen’s Long Lake. “We need steam for everything in the North, whether it’s SAGD or mining,” says Mary MacDonald, the dean of MacPhail School of Energy at SAIT.
The imbalance between supply and demand is daunting. Just under 400 power engineers graduate in Alberta every year, but their profession remains the shortest-staffed of any in the industry. SAIT is opening a new engineering building in the fall of 2012 to accommodate the uptick in demand. For their part, companies are spending money to make their job openings as attractive as possible. In some instances, these engineers have been known to earn over $200,000 annually. “They’re getting just about anything they want because they’re in such demand,” MacDonald says.
上面链接如下（几个热门专业也都列出）：
http://albertaventure.com/2012/04/a...or-unique-and-interesting-occupations-abound/
好像那颗人参王下面几个人参啊
灯姐，马上就到2000页了，谢谢你给我们分享那么多方方面面的知识
