Careers in the Classroom
Downtown Calgary beside the Bow River, seen from above, drawn as a field of green dots

Photo: Mahesh Gupta / Unsplash

Start from a kind of work

The kinds of work in these connections, grouped the way a student might think about them. Each name links to that person’s part of the connection.

Engineering and design

Designing structures, machines, processes and instruments.

Lab science and quality

Testing samples and making sure results and products are consistent.

Health and patient care

Working with patients and clinical equipment to support care.

  • Diagnostic medical sonographer

    Acquire ultrasound images while supporting the person being examined.

Environment and wildlife

Working outdoors with water, land, air and animals.

  • Environmental field assessment

    Collect and interpret evidence about a place before recommending an action.

  • Water-resource planning

    Compare water availability, demand and possible responses over time.

  • Animal care and welfare

    Support animals day to day and notice changes that matter.

  • Atmospheric science and remote sensing

    Turn light measurements into an explanation of what is in the air.

  • Conservation research and population ecology

    Find out whether an intervention helps a wild population recover.

  • Geoscience and interpretation

    Explain what rock measurements suggest about geology. Geoscientists combine observations with context and use additional tests where a scan leaves uncertainty.

  • Veterinary care for wildlife

    Assess animal health and support safe care and release.

  • Weather-data interpretation

    Use observations to understand changing atmospheric conditions. Weather-data work checks where and when a measurement was made before combining it with other evidence.

  • Wildlife monitoring and interpretation

    Observe how animals respond to an intervention and ask whether the change lasts. This work needs consistent observations and attention to other causes of changing behaviour.

Data, software and mapping

Turning measurements into maps, models and tools.

Skilled trades and operations

Building, running, fixing and making things by hand and machine.

Media and creative

Drawing, filming, animating and editing.

  • Animation

    Create motion from planned images, models and timing decisions.

  • Camera and image capture

    Record images that serve a production’s visual and storytelling requirements.

  • Colour finishing

    Work on the appearance and consistency of images during post-production.

  • Creative production coordination

    Help a project move from a communication brief to a deliverable that can be reviewed.

  • Film and video editing

    Build a sequence from selected footage to communicate a coherent idea.

  • Storyboarding and illustration

    Decide what an audience needs to see before the final sequence is produced.

Planning, coordination and business

Bringing people, plans and customers together.

  • Dispatch and logistics coordination

    Keep materials moving in the right order, with the information needed at each handoff.

  • Technical application support

    Help people use a technical product in the conditions of their own workplace.

  • Business development and partnerships

    Connect technical capabilities with the people who can use them.

  • Construction coordination

    Help different teams work from compatible information and an achievable sequence.

  • Medical office and booking support

    Help patients and clinical teams coordinate the information and appointments needed for care.

  • Planning communication and engagement

    Help people with different needs understand and contribute to a planning process.