TERMIUM Plus®

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T.P. [3 records]

Record 1 2016-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
  • Engineering
DEF

[A] Canadian professional title awarded on the basis of academic qualification and work experience [whose] certification is managed individually by each province.

OBS

Professional Technologist: This title used in Newfoundland and Labrador is not equivalent to the title of "Professional Technologist" used in Alberta. The former is equivalent to the title "Certified Engineering Technologist" in other provinces, whereas the latter can only be obtained after obtaining a "Certified Engineering Technologist" title.

OBS

technologue professionnel: This title is not equivalent to the title "Professional Technologist" as used in Alberta.

OBS

technologue professionel: spelling to be used when it applies to a man.

OBS

technologue professionnelle: spelling to be used when it applies to a woman.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes
  • Ingénierie
OBS

technologue professionnel : Le titre utilisé au Québec n'est pas équivalent au titre de «Professional Technologist» utilisé en Alberta.

OBS

Professional Technologist : Le titre utilisé à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador n'est pas équivalent au titre de «Professional Technologist» utilisé en Alberta, puisqu'il est nécessaire d'obtenir le titre de «Certified Engineering Technologist» avant de pouvoir obtenir ce dernier, alors que le premier est équivalent au titre de «Certified Engineering Technologist».

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
CONT

Building construction consists of projects such as office buildings, industrial plants, commercial buildings, and manufacturing plants. Heavy and highway construction projects include roadways, sewage treatment plants, and bridges.

CONT

Although there is an element of risk in all forms of contracting, it is in the heavy-construction and highway field that this factor is predominant. ... Not the least of the heavy-construction and highway contractor's problems are those created by soil conditions.

OBS

Construction industry. ... Industry structure. According to the work they do, contractors are classified as highway, heavy construction, general building (including home builders as a subdivision), and special trade contractors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
CONT

Les différentes branches des Travaux publics. (...) ensemble des ouvrages d'art et d'équipement industriel de toutes dimensions : ponts, barrages, ossatures industrielles, réservoirs, silos, égouts, etc. (...) travaux de terrassement généraux constituant par eux-mêmes l'ouvrage (digue, canal, etc.) ou préliminaires à sa construction; (...) fondations spéciales (...) travaux souterrains (tunnels ferroviaires et routiers, canaux, usines souterraines, etc.). (...) Ouvrages réalisés en site maritime ou fluvial. (...) Routes; pistes d'aérodromes; sols des ensembles sportifs. Voies ferrées et leurs équipements. Utilisation de l'eau; équipement des abattoirs; traitement des ordures ménagères. Equipement des centrales de production électrique (...) Canalisations pour le transport à longue distance de fluides de toute nature; chauffage urbain. Ouvrages d'art et d'équipement industriel (...) réalisés en construction métallique.

Spanish

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