Engineering Physics Technology

Code	244.A0
Diploma	DCS
Sector	Electrotechnology
Number of credits	91 2/3
Approximate duration in months	36 months
Status	Program approved in 2002. Modified in 2014.

Note(s)
This program is offered in French: Technologie du génie physique

Program Objectives

Enable students to acquire competence in the exercise of the profession, i.e. carrying out the tasks and activities of the profession at the level required for entry into the job market; help students integrate into the working world by familiarizing them with the job market in general and the specific context of the selected profession; foster the students' personal growth and encourage their continuing professional development; ensure students' future job mobility by helping them to acquire career-management skills.

Length of training

Specific (hours)	Total (hours)
2130	2790

Total length of training includes general training that is common to all programs for 420 hours, general training for this program for 150 hours as well as complementary general training courses for 90 hours.

Duration of training consists of theory and lab work for courses; personal time that the student invests is excluded.

Program Content

Number or Code	Statement of the Competency
027A	To analyze information on work environments in applied physics technology
027B	To solve mathematics problems related to applied physics
027C	To troubleshoot an apparatus used in applied physics
027D	To analyze the dynamic and fluid dynamic parts of systems
027E	To characterize a component or an apparatus using geometric optics set-ups
027F	To validate a method of measurement
027G	To assemble applied physics apparatus
027H	To use design and simulation software
027J	To set up a measuring chain
027K	To establish the relationships between atomic models and material properties
027L	To characterize materials
027M	To analyze thermal systems
027N	To characterize a wave, a component or an apparatus using wave optics set-ups
027P	To characterize waves, components or apparatus using guided optics set-ups
027Q	To program a data acquisition and processing system
027R	To set up a positioning system
027S	To characterize a wave, a component or an apparatus using acoustic set-ups
027T	To develop an applied physics apparatus
027U	To develop an applied physics component
027V	To participate in setting up and managing a laboratory or production site
027W	To participate in improving a manufacturing process in an applied physics context
027X	To participate in designing an apparatus or component used in applied physics

Number of hours alloted to specific training: 2130 hours

Admission Conditions and Prerequisites

To be admitted to the program, a person must meet the general requirements for admission set out in the College Education Regulations, as well as the following special conditions, where applicable:

Must have passed the following secondary-level course(s):

• Sec. V TS or S – Secondary V Mathematics: Technical and Scientific (564506) or Science (565506) Options
• Sec. IV EST or SE – Secondary IV Environmental Science and Technology (558404) or Science and the Environment (558402)

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Cégep John Abbott	—

Physical Science Laboratory Technician

Physical science laboratory technicians assist researchers with the design and development of high-tech products. They use optics and acoustic set-ups to characterize components and apparatuses, they characterize materials and participate in setting up and managing a laboratory or production site in applied physics. This is an exciting job that takes place in quiet environments. It requires an aptitude for math, science and technology. This career is for versatile, diligent and methodical people who possess good manual dexterity and enjoy problem solving.