The Mining Engineering Co-op students are remunerated for the job duties that they perform. The determination of salary and benefits is left to the discretion of the employer (subject to the minimum requirements set forth in the Labour Code).
Salaries may be based on a variety of factors such as:
- Number of completed academic semesters;
- Number of past work terms completed;
- The company location (i.e. remote camp environment, Fly-in Fly-out arrangement or FIFO, metropolitan area, geographical location, etc.) and;
- The current economic outlook.
Generally mining engineering co-op students are paid in the range of $17.00 to $30.00 per hour. Some companies also offer travel assistance, housing subsidies or assistance in locating housing, payment of student’s co-op fees, etc., in addition to the salary.
Hiring Subsidies
Federal Government Funding
Student Work-Integrated Learning Program (SWILP)
SWILP uses an employer consortia in order to create and deliver work-learning opportunities for students in high demand industries such as science and technology, engineering, math (STEM), and business.
The consortia partners provide wage subsidies to employers that offer quality student work placements and will also help establish partnerships with PSE institutions to recruit students for these placements.
Employers can receive wage subsidies of up to 50 percent of the wage cost for the placement (up to a maximum of $5,000 per placement) or up to 70 percent (up to a maximum of $7,000 per placement) for under-represented students including first-year students, women in STEM, Indigenous students, persons with disabilities and newcomers.
More information is available from the employer groups listed below:
Partners
- Information Technology Association of Canada – Career Ready Program
- Information and Communication Technology Council – WIL Digital
- Canadian Council for Aerospace and Aviation (CCAA) – CCAA and the SWILP
- Environmental Careers Organization of Canada – Wage Subsidy Program for Environmental Students
- Biotalent Canada – Student Work-Integrated Learning Program
- MaRS Discovery District
- Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC) – Empowering Futures: Developing Electricity Talent Through Work-Integrated Learning
- Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) – Gearing Up: Developing Mining Talent Through Work-Integrated Learning
- Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA)
- Venture for Canada