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dog scampers off to his automated
fetching machine. As you end
another day, you once again marvel
at how technology has changed our
lives,

This futuristic scenario only sounds
like science-fiction. In fact, these
technologies already exist, even if
some of them aren't exactly in our
living rooms yet. And it’s chis
high-tech “revolution” that is

emere's another busy

working day in

the year 2001.

You've juste come

home from your

job as sales rep for

a company. that

takes “talking”

home security systems. As you
depart the SkyTrain at your fronc
door, the house lights and heat

automatically come on, and the
microwave begins heating up your
dinner. Later on, you spend
an hour on your computer,
networking with people from as far
away as Australia and Greenland.
Then you decide to take a tip to
the Swiss Alps, via your virtual
reality system ~ an experience so

presenting young people with some
of the most exciting and in-
demand career possibilities.

The career outlook is particularly
good in these four high-tech fields:
aerospace, medical, marine and
electronics. For example, in the
medical field, technology is
expected to create more, not fewer,

programming and data entry alone!
Richard Kadulski knows the
benefits of high tech: he’s the
project manager and architect
oehind Advance House, a joint
project of Energy, Mines and
Resources and the Canadian
Homebuilders’ Association.
Advance House, located in Surrey,
B.C., is the home of the future.
Controlled by a central computer,
the home uses solar and radiant
floor heating and “intelligent
appliances”. Says Kadulski, “The
last person leaving

the house punches a

code and then the

system makes sure

the alarm is on and

the lights and

coffee maker are

off.”

Many of the

suppliers and

technologies

used in

Advance

House are

B.C.-based

and that means jobs for

designers, engineers and repair
people, as well as spin-off jobs in
sales and macketing.

Chris Bywater, a Development

jobs, due to the need for skilled
technologists
in such fields
as laser
surgery and
nuctear
medicine.

Marine

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done by computers, robotics and

tasers,” says Ted Nodwell of

Applied Science Technologists and

Technicians of B.C. (ASTTBC}.

"Production has been automated.

The key jobs ia this fast-fuod

operation are for highly trained

technical people whe understand
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"Talso see a growing demand for

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“For example, one of Canada’s

leading companies in laboratory

hematology instrumentation

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knew of a technologist who

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computerized

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As technology increases, so will

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and maintenance of technological
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this technology in the daily routine
of their jobs will have to
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technology work for them and how
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And although these jobs demand
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years.

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