Why This Is The Time To Seek Work In The Auto Industry

The production of automobile and automobile components is a big business in Canada. In fact, Canada is the largest producer of vehicles in North America, employing about one in every seven Canadians either directly or indirectly.

The Canadian auto industry excels in different areas of expertise that you may pursue a career in, including:

Metal processing

These include:

Welding and joining
Cutting and machining
Advanced casting of light metals
Sheet and tube forming
Powder metallurgy

Advanced technologies

These include:

Mechatronics
Hydroforming
Powertrain engineering
Clean diesels
Fuel cells, hydrogen, and alternative fuels

Advanced materials

These include:

Nanomaterials
Biomaterials
Lightweight materials

Advanced design, visualisation and manufacturing

Areas of expertise include:

Laser imaging
Inspection and vision systems
Virtual design
Tooling and robotics
Laser deposition, stereo-lithography

The auto industry in North America is driven by US corporations and the US market, but owing to the economic situation in the US, Canada is the preferred location for international companies looking to expand or develop their markets throughout the continent. There are many reasons for this, including the fiscal security in Canada, which makes these companies less prone to risks.

Here are some other facts about the Canadian auto industry that make it a great place to work:

There are five giant automakers operating car and light truck assembly plants in the country: Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, and Honda. There are another six firms that produce heavy trucks and buses
Canada has a highly developed auto-parts sector, with manufacturer’s’ in-house transmission and engine plants, and another 600 independent parts facilities
6,527 vehicles were built in Canada in 2014 per day, with a total of 2,384,208 that year
In 2014, the auto industry produced vehicles and parts worth $83 billion (or $227 million per day)
The auto industry directly employs over 120,000 people in Canada, with paychecks contributing $7.3 billion to the nation’s economy in 2014
Thousands more jobs exist to supply the auto industry: plastics, steel, rubber, and other manufacturing and services. A lot more jobs are created by the spending power of workers in the auto industry
The primary original operations for equipment manufacturing are estimated to produce 362,000 extra jobs throughout the economy
The auto industry accounts for over 400,000 jobs across the nation, including spin-off jobs

As well, concerns that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) could cost the Canadian auto manufacturing sector about 20,000 jobs are misinformed.

Even if the industry chooses to outsource 25 per cent of its existing value added activity to jurisdictions outside of the TPP, the local sector will still remain largely unchanged. This is because 85 percent of vehicles assembled in Canada were exported, while 80 percent of the vehicles driven by Canadians were imported. Introducing another automaker does not necessarily mean that the local auto sector will weaken.

So, the auto industry is still booming, and is still one of the best places you can work in the country.

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