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Careers inCareers inCanadianCanadian FluidFluid
PowerPower
What is the What is the CFPA?CFPA?
Canadian Fluid Power AssociationCanadian Fluid Power Association• ManufacturersManufacturers, distributorsdistributors and
related businessesrelated businesses and organizationsorganizations, e.g. trade journals, colleges, involved with fluid power in Canada
•Our focusesfocuses:: promotion of fluid power technology, networking, education
•Our websitewebsite: www.cfpa.ca
Which do we mean Which do we mean bybyFluid PowerFluid Power??•HydraulicsHydraulics
•PneumaticsPneumatics
•ComponentsComponents
•SystemsSystems
Types of Types of Fluid Power Fluid Power componentscomponents
•Energy convertorsEnergy convertors: pumps and compressors
•ActuatorsActuators: Cylinders, motors, rotary actuators
•Controllers: valves, regulators, electronic controls
Where are the job?Where are the job?
INDUSTRIESThese have shifted
POSITIONSA large variety
Which industries?Which industries?
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
• Wind powerWind power
• BiodieselBiodiesel
• Wood pelletsWood pellets
• SyngasSyngas
• Solar Solar
Which industries?Which industries?
AEROSPACE
• Main assembly Main assembly plantsplants
• Engine & parts Engine & parts manufacturersmanufacturers
• Maintenance Maintenance facilitiesfacilities
Which industries?Which industries?
AUTOMOTIVE
• Main assembly plantsMain assembly plants
• Parts manufacturersParts manufacturers
Which industries?Which industries?
AGRICULTURE OIL & GAS
Which industries?Which industries?
FORESTRY MINING & METALS
Which industries?Which industries?
FOOD
PACKAGING
Which industries?Which industries?
HEALTH CARE
WhichWhich types of types of companies?companies?• ManufacturersManufacturers who make fluid power
components and systems
• DistributorsDistributors who sell fluid power components and systems
• Machine BuildersMachine Builders making systems for industry.
• End UsersEnd Users of fluid power machinery
• Service CompaniesService Companies
Fluid Power Food ChainFluid Power Food Chain
Manufacturers
Distributors
Distributors
EndUser
s
MachineBuilders
ServiceContractor
s
OtherResellers
ManufacturersManufacturers
• Research and development of new Research and development of new productsproducts
• Design of their own production Design of their own production facilitiesfacilities
• Production maintenanceProduction maintenance
• Technical supportTechnical support
• Field sales and territory managementField sales and territory management
DistributorsDistributors
• Warehousing and reselling of Warehousing and reselling of componentscomponents
• Packaging of components into kitsPackaging of components into kits
• Simple assembly of componentsSimple assembly of components
• Manufacturing of systemsManufacturing of systems
• Engineering servicesEngineering services
• Field and bench serviceField and bench service
End UsersEnd Users
• Production engineeringProduction engineering
• MaintenanceMaintenance
Service CompaniesService Companies
WhichWhich kinds of jobs? kinds of jobs?
•EngineersEngineers
•Technicians and Technicians and TechnologistsTechnologists
•MechanicsMechanics
•Sales and Marketing Sales and Marketing PersonnelPersonnel
WhichWhich kinds of jobs? kinds of jobs?
Engineers / Technical ServicesEngineers / 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
WhichWhich kinds of jobs? kinds of jobs?
Technicians and TechnologistsTechnicians and Technologists•Operating machines equipped with
fluid power systems
•Manufacturing and testing fluid power components and systems
WhichWhich kinds of jobs? kinds of jobs?
MechanicsMechanics•Assembling and installing fluid power
systems and components
•Troubleshooting and maintaining these systems on machines used in virtually every industry
WhichWhich kinds of jobs? kinds of jobs?
Sales and Marketing PersonnelSales and Marketing Personnel•Fluid Power sales isn’t about
peddling– it’s about problem solving.
• Inside Sales / Customer Service
•Outside Sales
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www.cfpa.ca
Fluid power careers
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•Become a student memberstudent member
•Check member company websitesmember company websites for employment opportunities
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