Volunteer with APEGA

The APEGA Peace Region Branch is looking for enthusiastic volunteers interested in sharing their passion for engineering and geoscience in an evening of fun, hands-on activities and demonstrations for students, teachers and families. Derek Taylor School, located in Grande Prairie, will be hosting this event on Thursday, October 13. This is a great opportunity to foster a love of engineering and geoscience in students, promote your profession in the community, and log Professional Development Hours with APEGA.

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Edmonton’s emPOWER project is looking for APEGA members and non-members with experience in circuit assembly and design, who are comfortable working with the Arduino platform. Volunteers for this project will help refine and assemble the control box assembly for a custom built, low-cost, mobility vehicle for children facing mobility issues. Volunteers will be required to provide their own basic electronics supplies (i.e. soldering iron, multimeter, etc.) and be comfortable following circuit schematics.

APEGA’s Outreach Department is seeking passionate volunteers to share their time and expertise to help solve mobility challenges facing children in Alberta.

Time Commitment 

Bi-Weekly meetings, as well as outside of meeting work. Total of approximately 20 hours per month.

Duties & Expectations

Skills and Qualifications

• Participate in meetings and contribute expertise
• Assist in improvement of control box assembly
• Assemble prototypes to test improved capabilities of system
• Provide own basic electronics equipment (soldering iron, multimeter, etc.)

• APEGA Professional Member, M.I.T. or non-member
• Willingness to share knowledge and expertise
• Comfortable with electronics assembly including following circuit schematics
• Passion for improving lives within your community

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What can you learn about a job applicant in 7 minutes? Find out with APEGA's rapid resume reviews and speed-mock interviews.

These fast-paced events have professional engineers, professional geoscientists, and human resources experts helping students and new graduates take the first steps in their careers by providing valuable resume feedback and interview coaching in a fun, fast-paced format. This is a great opportunity to network, give back to the community and maybe even meet a future star employee.

These events are held virtually and are open to volunteers from across the province

Upcoming Events

October 12^th, 2022 | 6:00 – 8:00pm

Virtual Rapid Resume Review

October 22^nd, 2022 | 10:30am – 12:30pm

Virtual Speed Mock-Interviews

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