work-term, and thes e sa me co-ordinators, and others from the Centre, provide a wide range of counselling and career devel op ment services .
Earning Power Because the selected j o bs are productive, and beca use some employers use the program to recruit graduates , salaries pai d to co-op students on work terms tend to be relati ve ly good. Presently , they start at just over the $200-a-w eek leve l and rise to just under $400 a week . Employers increase sa laries appro ximately $1 0 to $ 15 a week for each su bsequent wo rk term.
Which
Progr~ms
Offer Co-op?
Currently, a t the University of Guelph, there are co-op programs in Agricultur e (Agricultural Business, Agricultural Economics, Animal an d Poultry Science, Applied Microbiol ogy , C rop Scie nce an d Dairy S cience) as well as Applied C hemist ry, C om puting and I~form a tion Science, Food Science, a nd Mi c robiology. To date , only two groups of studen ts have experienced work term s in the co-operative education programs at Guelph. In th e Winter Semester 1982,22 students comprised the founding gro up. Currently, ap proxima tely 20 students, also in their first work te rm, a re emplo yed.
Typical Co-op Occupations In orde r to give rea ders some idea of what students are doing, t he following is a list of students with a n indication of their occupation titles , employe rs, and caps ule comments on their duties. Debbie Krizmanich, financi a l analyst systems, M as ter Feeds (Komoka) in London-- working on the development an d installa tion of a computer system, an d tra ining of user- staff in branches acr oss Canada.
Katherine Li ttle, lab tec hnici a n, Bec ker
Milk C ompany in Scarborough - sampling
a nd test ing nuid mil k , by-products, ice
cream mixes a nd raw ingredients for
adherance to specific standards.
C heryl Meacher, resea rch techni c ia n,
N a tiona ,1 Researc h Council in
Ottawa-ass isting a resea rch team involved
in th e production of a lcohol from various
fuel sou rces.
Petra Pausch, lab tec hnici a n, C .l. P.
Research Limited in Hawkesbury
pe rforms researc h work with a project team
to a dapt newl y-found yeast to fer ment
s ulphide waste liquor.
Chris Meadows, researc h a ssistant, Hybrid
Turkeys Ltd. , in N ew Hamburg-assis tin g
in the acc umul ati on and pre pa ration of
dat a rel at ing to turkey egg size, s hell
quality, fertility and hatch ability .
Carlyle Bennett, management trainee,
Cuddy Farms in Strathroy-a training
program th at covers a ll aspects of the
starting a nd growing of turk eys, plus
hand s-on ex peri ence in breeding a nd
ha tch e ry opera tions.
Li nd a Frew, lab assis tant, Epl ett Dairies in
T oronto-a ss is ting in the qu ality control of
nuid milk , ice cream an d other dairy
products produced and packaged on-site.
Martin McGavin, quality control
techn icia n, Mol so n Breweries in Ba rrie
carries out basic q uality control tests on all
phases of the fermentatio n, production a nd
bottling of th e co mpany 's products.
John Ormrod, man age ment train ee , CIBA
GEIGY Canada in A ilsa Craig-performs
various duties involving receiving, cl ea ning ,
grading and packa ging cereal grains.
Dwayne Barber, resea rcher, Western Researc h C entre in Toronto-ass istin g on a research program to develop a novel fermentation process for th e production of industrial e thanol.
Warren Skippon, la b technici a n, Gilbey
Canada Limited in Toro nto- as sists in the
qu a lity cont ro l of a ll incoming raw
ingredi en ts an d subseq uent a na lysis of the
distillation process of whiskey , gin, vodka
and rum.
R oberta Barnet and Doug Flint, lab assistants, Xerox Res earch of C anada Ltd., in Miss issauga -ass isting researchers in the production of new copier inks and the synthesizing of the actual material used.
Susan Post, lab technician, General Foods
Limited in Cobourg-involved in the study
of th e functional properties of protein s,
focussing on the textural prope rties of
protein gels and emulsion systems.
Mike Wilson, lab technici a n, Novopharm Limited in Scar borough-assisting the quality control manager in assay ing raw ingredients, a nd finished products in a pharmaceutical plant.
Jeffrey Watson, staff accountant, Price
W a terhouse & Compa ny in London assists 'the professiona l accounting staff with accounting, auditing a nd taxat ion assignments of agricultural firms.
Leslie Brown, technologi st, Hea lth and Welfa re Canada in Toronto-assists in media preparation and in conducting microbiol ogical a nalysi s of food samples. Michael P enwarden, branch administration trainee, Roya l Ba nk of Ca nad a in Sca rborou g h-t akes part in an intensive branc h training progra m involving a ll as pects of banking. Eric Voogj a n', ret a il co-op student, Uni ted Co-operatives of Onta rio in Mississa uga analyzes the merchandi sing and operating procedures of a retail co-op bran ch. Debra Taylor, project technician, Brooke Bond, Black Diamon d Division , in Bell eville- work involved projects in q uality control and new product developm ent in the cheese division. Sylvia Joudva lkis, lab assistant, H ybrid Turkeys L imited in Kitchener-coll ec ts fi eld samples and prepares such samples in a labo ra tory e nvironment for identificatio n under a mi c roplasm a meleagradis project. Ra lf Die tert, retail co-op student , United C o-operatives of On ta rio in Guelph a ss is ts in receiving feed ingredients for further processing into productio n of co-op livestoc k feed s. In addition to the above e mployers, the follow ing new employer s accept ed stud en ts during Spring Semeste r 1982: Labatt's Ontario Brewe ries, Univ e rsal Flavours (Ca nada ), The Horticultural Research Institute of Onta rio, Kingsmi ll Foods, and the Depa rtment of National D efen se .
In Summary Co-operative educatio n is up and running well a t the Universi ty of Guelph. Its conti nued success will depend, to a large exte nt, on the interest a nd standards of students entering the progra m, as well as the participat io n of a large number of employers willing to offer challenging positio ns to the hi g h-qu ali ty students who ar e being admitted to the program. Anyone interested in more information regarding the University's Co-operative Education program-as pros pecti ve student s, or as prospect iv e employers should contact Bruce McCallum or Lloyd Ross, OAC '5 4, by writing to: Counselling a nd Student Resource Centre, Work Study Unit, Level 3, University Centre, Uni ve rsity of Guelph , Guelph, Ontario, NIG 2Wl, or phone (519) 824-4120, E xt. 31430r 34190
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