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CTTAM BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident Kellie Orr, C.E.T. President Elect Andrew Procca, C.E.T.Past President Neil Klassen, C.E.T. CCTT Delegate Grant Nicol, C.E.T.Michelle Amigo, C.E.T., Juli-Ann Cox, C.E.T., Gerhard Hoppenheit, C.E.T., Jeff Leinweber, C.E.T., David Little, C.E.T., Larry Nasberg, LLB. CHAIRPERSONSCertification Board Patrick Jolicoeur, C.E.T.Panel of Examiners Ken Mills, C.E.T. Young Leaders Committee Michael Turko, C.E.T.

CTTAM OFFICEExecutive Director & Registrar Robert Okabe, C.E.T., IntET (Canada)

Administrative Assistant Anita WalcerRegistration & Member Services Coordinator Cathy Penner

4 NEWLY CERTIFIED TECHNOLOGISTS/TECHNICIANS

5 CCTAM ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT & MANITOBA ROBOT GAMES

6 IN MEMORY OF BILL SUTHERLAND

7 CTTAM SPONSORS RRC TEAM FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN CONCRETE TOBBOGAN RACE

8 FEATURE: BE A LEADER NOT A LAWN DART

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NEWLY CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS

NEWLY CERTIFIED TECHNOLOGISTS

Congratulations to our Newly Certified Members

Amy-Lee Manness, C.Tech. Stantec Consulting Angelito Manabat, C.Tech. Emergent BioSolutionsArnell Sarili, C.Tech. Shaw Communications Inc.Anil Contractor, C.Tech. Frank Fair IndustriesAnn Lalonde, C.Tech. Muzeen & BlytheBalpreet Taggarh, C.Tech. Westfield IndustriesEduardo Garcia, C.Tech. PTI Manitoba Inc.Elen Tapia, C.Tech. Canadian Nuclear LaboratoriesFroilan Flores, C.Tech. Xerox CanadaJaipreet Rehsi, C.Tech. City of WinnipegJane Chua, C.Tech. Winnipeg Airports AuthorityJeffrey Magaoay, C.Tech. Honeywell Ltd.Jess Caparros, C.Tech. Standard AeroJoel Mamaradlo, C.Tech. Prairie Mobile CommunicationJose Larry Geodisico, C.Tech. Manitoba HydroHarmandeep Singh, C.Tech. Frank Fair IndustriesKulvir Singh, C.Tech. Enduron Custom Inc.

Matthew McGhee, C.Tech. Vidir Machine Inc.Mona Elashry, C.Tech. Builders Furniture Ltd.Monica Zimnicki, C.Tech. Gardon Construction Ltd.Nathan Coates, C.Tech. Tetra Tech EngineeringNerisa Galang, C.Tech. New Flyer Industries Ltd.Nestor Abarca, C.Tech. Stantec Consulting Ltd.Princess Alden Sarayba, C.Tech. New Flyer Industries Ltd.Pritpal Munga, C.Tech. New Flyer Industries Ltd.Simardeep Sidhu, C.Tech. SKF Canada Ltd.Sijo Jose, C.Tech. Inland ConcreteTruong Nguyen, C.Tech. Xerox CanadaVishnu Sharma, C.Tech. Décor Cabinets Ltd.Yan Greenshtein, C.Tech. Misericordia HospitalInderjeet Singh, C.Tech.Serge Fundi Etelembongo, C.Tech. Action Marguerite/Shaw Cable

Alejandro Quilang, C.E.T. Priority Restoration Services Ltd.Ambrose Ileogben, C.E.T.Andrew Newman, C.E.T. Indus AutomationAjay Mulvanshi, C.E.T. L. Chabot Enterprises Ltd. Bernard Pasco, C.E.T. Hiflyer FoodBobby Manansala, CE.T. Tower EngineeringBrady Davis, C.E.T. Graham GroupBrandon Johnston, C.E.T. Magellan Bristol AerospaceBryce Kowalski, C.E.T.Bryce Shuster, C.E.T. Flatiron Construction Corporation Ltd.Cara Adair, C.E.T. Defence Construction CanadaCesar Florendo, C.E.T. SI Alarms Ltd.Cherry-Lynne Olaes, C.E.T. Dillon Consulting Ltd.Colin Jakilazek, C.E.T. City of WinnipegConstantin Zadnepreannii, C.E.T. Manitoba HydroDaniel Derbitsky, C.E.T. JR Cousins Consultants Ltd.David Ramsay, C.E.T. City of WinnipegDini Di Girolamo, C.E.T. S & J Construction Ltd. Dustin Schellenberg, C.E.T. City of WinnipegEishein Doctolero, C.E.T. ASKI Geosciences Ltd.Enrico Manimbao, C.E.T. AECOM Canada Ltd.Evan Chrystall, C.E.T. City of WinnipegFelix Courchesne, C.E.T. Garry Johnson, C.E.T. PTI Manitoba Inc.Genevieve Dela Rosa, C.E.T. Tim-Br-Fab IndustriesIan Thomson, C.E.T. Jaclyn Adamson, C.E.T. Hatch Ltd.James Aquino, C.E.T. Astroid Management Ltd. Jim Hyde, C.E.T. WSP Ltd.

Joel Cabungcal, C.E.T. Genvion CorporationJordan Kiez, C.E.T. Roan GeomaticsJose Livi, C.E.T. Monarch Industries Ltd.Keith Anderson, C.E.T. Manitoba HydroKenneth Pietracci, C.E.T. City of WinnipegKevin Dowbeta, C.E.T. Eng-Tech Consulting Ltd.Kevin Laurie, C.E.T. Kevin Sawatzky, C.E.T. Manitoba Infrastructure & TransportationKyle Kolke, C.E.T. Eascan AutomationMakara Kang, C.E.T. KGS GroupMathias Engbrecht, C.E.T. AMEC Foster WheelerMathias Melling, C.E.T. LV Control Manufacturing Ltd.Max Mancuso, C.E.T. Magellan AerospaceMelanie Kjartanson, C.E.T. Stantec ConsultingMichael Harris, C.E.T. Neegan Burnside Ltd.Mohamed Gad, C.E.T. Nichole Rama, C.E.T. Manitoba Hydro Nikolaus Homuth, C.E.T. RM of East St. PaulOleksandr Hryntsiv, C.E.T. Hi-Tech Industries Inc.Oleksandr Tarasov, C.E.T. City of WinnipegPamela Zyla, C .E.T. KGS GroupPatrick Marleau, C.E.T. Vale Manitoba OperationsRabby Ray Masaya, C.E.T. Manitoba Infrastructure & TransportationRajeshkumar Patel, C.E.T. CTS North AmericaRamanjeet Kaur, C.E.T. MCW/AGE Consulting Professional EngineersRay Acuna, C.E.T. MMM GroupT

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Robin Banaag, C.E.T. Manitoba HydroRodney Roberts, C.E.T. Manitoba Infrastructure & TransportationRodolfo Acebo, C.E.T. Shaw Communications Inc.Romualdo Lacanlale, C.E.T. Masterbrand Cabinets Inc.Russell Ketcheson, C.E.T. Manitoba HydroRyan Vincent, C.E.T. Ernst Hansch Construction Ltd.Ryland Carriere, C.E.T. PCL Constructors Canada Inc.

Sean Tesarski, C.E.T. JC Paving Ltd.Steven Thomson, C.E.T. Magellan Bristol AerospaceSimon Fast, C.E.T. Hatch Ltd.Tanner Pidborchynski, C.E.T. CanCade CBIVictor Hucko, C.E.T. Canadian Blood ServicesWalter Holowka, C.E.T. Eng Consulting Ltd.Zhiyang Shi, C.E.T. TTES Consulting Inc.

CTTAM’s 21th Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, May 26, 2017 at the Kingswood Golf and Country Club. Go to www.cttam.com for registration information or please contact the CTTAM office at 204-784-1082.

CTTAM’S 21st ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

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Four students from Red River College took part in the 2017 Instrumentation Student Games at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary on March 16 and 17, 2017. CTTAM sponsored airfare and transportation to make sure the students were in prime condition to face four

multilayered challenges testing their instrumentation and control engineering skills.

“The event is structured to be non-competitive between the schools participating,” says David Bertin, the RRC instructor who accompanied the quartet. “We take the students and divide them into teams with peers from other institutions – no two students from the same school are on the same team.”

This year there were over 16 teams with students from Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, Washington State, Oklahoma, Houston and even as far as Brazil.

“This is an event our students always look forward to and it gives them a chance to learn from other students in other programs. Our courses all have similarities, but there are differences between insti-tutions so it’s a good opportunity to get a benchmark reading to see how we measure up.”

The RRC students who participated this year are Kyle Thiessen, Yantan Zhang, Dom Van den Bussche and Quentin Leroux. CTTAM’s support contributed to the students’ success and allowed them to take full-advantage of the event.

CTTAM Supports Instrumentation Student Games at SAIT

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obert Chochinov, C.E.T., is a former CTTAM registar and has been a CTTAM Member since 1974. Robert (Bob) received the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers at a presentation held on December 6, 2016. The Sovereign’s Medal for

Volunteers recognizes the exceptional volunteer achievements of Canadians from across the country in a wide range of fields. Bob was recognized and honoured for his over 40 years of volunteer achievements. He is a valued volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross and has taken part in several Canadian disaster relief operations. Congratulations Bob.

department head and acting dean. Bill became a CTTAM board member in 1974 and served as president from 1996 to 1998. He also served on various CTTAM committees. From 1999 until 2001 Bill was the executive director/registrar of CCTAM. We extend our deepest condolences to his family.

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Bill Sutherland, a CTTAM Life Member, passed away on February 23, 2017. Bill graduated from the Red River College (RRC) in 1976. In 1970, he became an instructor at RRC and taught until 1990. During his time there he was also a

Robert Chochinov, C.E.T., Receives The Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers

Please remember to complete the 2017 Salary Survey by April 30, 2017, and your name will be entered into a draw for a gift card of your choice in the amount of $300.

The survey will only take you a few minutes to complete online. We are very aware of the confidentiality of the information you will be providing. Rest assured that your data will be entered into a secure website hosted by OlaTech Business Hosting Corpo-ration, who is compiling the data and bound by a confidentiality agreement not to divulge to CTTAM or anyone else, information provided by survey respondents. Only aggregate results will be available in the reports.

The survey will be sent electronically to CTTAM Members. If you wish to have a paper copy, please contact the CTTAM office at 204-784-1082.

Please take a few moments and complete the survey. We can’t do it without you.

2017 CTTAM Salary Survey

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ioneered in 1972 by Dr. S.H. Simmonds, the Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race is an annual gathering of engineers from universities and technical schools across Canada, the United States, and the world. Teams from each school are tasked with

designing, building, and racing a toboggan with a concrete running surface that must weigh less than 158.76 kg (350 lbs). CTTAM made a

The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Racedonation to the 2017 Red River College Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race Team.

The race was held in Winnipeg in February 2017 at Adrenaline Adventures. The team from Red River College called Wizards of the Slopes, received a first place award for Best Steering Design. Congratulations!

hil Bernardin, C.E.T., P.Eng., has been a CTTAM Member since 2011 as well as a member of CTTAM’s

M-License Committee. Phil is the owner of Eascan Automation which provides custom machine building involving mechanical design, fabrication, assembly, testing, service, and support. In July of 2016, Phil along with his partners, opened Torque Brewing, a microbrewery in St. James. Phil also owns item Central Inc. and item Ontario – a distribution and solutions company with extruded aluminum products.

Member ProfilePhil Bernardin, C.E.T., P.Eng.

CTTAM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with World Education Services, Inc. (W.E.S.) to provide access to academic evaluations. Effective May 1, 2017, internationally educated professionals will be required to provide CTTAM with a W.E.S. evaluation

W.E.S. (World Education Services, Inc.) Evaluation Now Required for Internationally Educated Professionals (www.wes.org/ca)

reference number when applying for membership/certification with CTTAM. The W.E.S. report will need to include the ICAP evaluation that provides a course-by-course evaluation.

If more information is required, please contact the CTTAM office at 204-784-1082.

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co-operative education program integrates a student’s academic studies with work experience in co-operative education employer organizations.

Co-operative Education helps build rewarding partnerships between RRC and industry – employers

benefit from enthusiastic, skilled workers who are ready to contribute, while students gain practical work experience.

Co-op students can help your business, as they:• are immediately productive during summer employment and

upon graduation• can provide their own laptop computers with the latest versions

of software ready for use in your company• are an ideal resource to fill temporary human resource needs

during staff leaves or for short-term projects• can reduce recruiting costs by allowing for the assessment of

students for future employment• give your employees the opportunity to mentor bright,

enthusiastic students, and assist in the training of their future colleagues

Steps to become a co-op employer:• Determine that you have employment for a student in a

co-operative education program• Contact the co-operative education coordinator in that

program area• Complete a job offer form for the position• Evaluate the resumes provided to you by the co-operative

education coordinator• Interview the students that meet your employment criteria• Select the best candidate for your needs• Benefit from a well-trained and highly motivated student

employee who wants to work and to learnFor more information, please go to http://www.rrc.ca/index.php?pid=9072

he 2017 Manitoba Robot Games were held on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Tec Voc School (Audrey Jones Field House). Grade 1

to 12 students built robots and competed in various competitions. CTTAM is a proud sponsor and awards trophies for Mini Sumo Tethered 1-6 and for Mini Sumo Tethered 1-12. Congratulations to the winners. Thank you to Larry Drebniski, C.E.T., and Bob Chochinov, C.E.T. who represented CTTAM at this event.

2017 Manitoba Robot Games

Crystal Springs School: Mini Sumo Tethered (1-6) School for the Deaf: Mini Sumo Tethered (1-12)

Co-op Placements Needed for Red River Technology Students

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n many ways, career growth comes down to one concept: situational awareness.

Situational awareness is the perception and understanding of your environment in real-time and the use of this perception to foresee future states

of the environment. Wayne Gretzky’s high level of situational awareness allowed him to “skate to where the puck is going to be.” (www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/wayne_gretzky.html)

The flip side of situational awareness is called target fixation. In the extreme a person is focused so intently on an observed object that awareness of other obstacles or hazards can diminish. In driving a car this manifests itself as a tendency to drive toward the car you are trying to avoid (hence the reason they say look where you want to go). In fighter jets the pilot ‘forgets’ to fly the plane and turns his $40 million dollar aircraft into a lawn dart.

I had a mild case of target fixation for the first 8 years of my career as a Technologist. My professional development (PD) activities were either ‘extensive on the job’ training or courses specific to my present job.

In other words, my employer determined my PD activities primarily suit the needs of the organization. As long as the needs of my employer were aligned with my needs for job growth this was not a problem.

Then a major contract that I was working on was cancelled. This is where my employer’s needs diverged significantly from mine.

At the time the project was cancelled, I had worked my way up to a Unix Systems Administrator position by largely learning on the job with little formal training.

My system administration skills were sufficient for the job that I had learned. However, when I was laid off, I discovered that I did not have a deep enough skill set to work as a system administrator for another employer.

I did not know it, but I had become a lawn dart. Because I had extensive job centred training (xJCT) that was

aligned only with my employers needs, I had reduced my flexibility (ergo value) to the organization. Because I was largely self-taught, with no external credentials to validate my skills, I was unable to find employment using those hard fought skills.

Luckily, I had a good knowledge base upon which to draw, thanks to Red River’s Technology program.

I found work four months later at a research and development laboratory. In six months, I had managed to adjust to a radically different organizational culture and I found a niche skill: project management. By the end of the year, I was managing a large and very exciting project.

Be a Leader Not a Lawn Dart

FEATURE

By Andrew E. Procca C.E.T., PMP, B.Tech.

But I had not learned my lesson. My employer continued to direct my PD activities. In hindsight, I am grateful that my supervisor saw the need for some non-tech courses that I attended. They were relevant to the challenges that I was facing and while not as in-depth as College or University courses, they broadened my perspective and gave good value for time and money.

The problem was I still wasn’t focused on directing my own career.Six years later, I found myself in a very similar situation. Once

again, my employer’s needs shifted. When that happened, I underwent a very serious case of deja vu.

This time, I wasn’t being laid off, just reassigned. Once again, I had a good skill set, and in this case, it was actually fairly deep with a large amount of intensive experience. The problem was that I had no external validation of my skill set.

Finally, I woke up to the need to direct my own career with an investment in training that I thought relevant and valuable beyond the walls of my employers building.

I assessed my skills and consulted with a friend who was a professor at the University of Manitoba about engineering career paths and training. To my surprise, he recommended against getting an engineering degree. He thought I was already too advanced in my career and the cost in terms of money and time was not outweighed by the benefit.

He obviously saw value in my skills and capabilities, but just getting an engineering degree was not the answer. I needed an external validation of the skills and experience that I had acquired during my career.

While I already held a C.E.T. designation, I determined that I needed to obtain a project management designation to validate my project management experience and a business degree to validate my management skills. These became my first professional development goals.

It took four years but I have achieved both of these goals.The first step was to obtain the Project Management Professional

(PMP) designation from the Project Management Institute. This was a simple matter of qualifying to write and then passing a certification examination. I studied intensively for over a year and passed the four-hour examination with flying colours.

A funny thing happened during the studying, my depth of understanding of project management was increased and I was able to see the implications of decisions with a new perspective.

My situational awareness had taken a jump in the right direction.

The second step was to obtain a business degree to validate my management/business

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experience. I selected the Bachelor of Technology program run by the Memorial University of Newfoundland. I was looking for a program that would complement my experience and it turned out to be an excellent fit. Obtaining the degree, was a simple matter of studying in the evening for four years, writing multiple assignments and passing multiple exams. Yes, I am being sarcastic, the program was challenging. I obtained a Bachelor of Technology Degree from Memorial University in 2008. While taking the program part-time took 4 years, the program structure and Internet delivery suited my lifestyle perfectly.

More importantly, my perspective broadened with each course and I was able to apply my new knowledge and skills immediately in both my work and, surprisingly, in my personal life.

In short, each course increased my situational awareness by providing a deeper perception and understanding of the internal and external forces affecting my employer and my career. This understanding has provided me with a greater flexibility, allowing me to become proactive instead of reactive. Being proactive has allowed me to exercise leadership.

PD: Professional Development, SA: Situational Awareness,

xJCT: Extreme Job Centered Training, TF: Target Fixation

I have concluded, that professional development activities are indispensable to career flexibility and growth. Conversely, I have concluded that excessive job centered training can lead to career inflexibility, because of the strong alignment with the organization’s present not future needs and priorities.

Professional development activities need to contain a mix of both technological and non-technological training for the job you have now (short-term), the job you want to have in the future (mid-term), and the career you want to develop (long-term).

As shown in figure 1, in my opinion a good professional development plan should provide positive feedback allowing for career progression. On the other hand, excessive job centered training, increases the risk of career regression.

I have made the transition to proactively directing my career by having both technical and non-technical professional development goals that will increase my situational awareness from both a technological and organizational point of view.

My professional development plan is designed to ensure that my skill set is valuable to my employer now and in the future. It is also designed to increase my career flexibility in case in case I experience another case of Deja Vu.

Be a Leader, not a Lawn Dart!

Andrew Procca, B.Tech, C.E.T., PMP, is a research council officer at the National Research Council of Canada’s Medical Devices Portfolio. He holds a bachelor of technology degree (2008) from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a diploma in electronic engineering technology (1988) from the Red River College of Applied Arts, Science, and Technology. In addition to the C.E.T. designation, he also gained the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation in 2005 from the Project Management Institute. Andrew has over 25 years of experience spanning the manufacturing, information technology and medical device industries.

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