SITEBC Seminar: Your Professional Affiliation Options

A presentation from the Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of BC and the Applied Science

Technologists and Technicians of BC

December, 2010

The Engineering Team in BC

THE ASSOCIATION FORTECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Presented by:Geoff Sale, AScTManager, Internationally Educated Professionals Program

Your Professional Affiliation

• Choices:– Professional Engineer

(P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.)

– Applied Science Technologist (AScT)

– Certified Technician (CTech)

– Certified Tradesperson(Journeyman or other designation)

Sector hierarchy & structure -Many models are well-understood by the public:

• Health (Doctors, Nurses, Technicians, Administrators, Hospital Staff)

• Military (Officers, NCO’s, Privates)

• Justice (Judges, Lawyers, Police, Private Investigators, Corrections, bad guys)

• Business (CEO, VP’s, Middle Managers, Supervisors, Administrators, Consultants, Specialists, Workers)

Familiarity comes mainly from media sources

Sector hierarchy & structure -

This model is not well understood by the public:• Engineering (Professional Engineers,

Technologists, Certified Technicians,

Journeyman Tradespeople, Skilled &

Unskilled Labour)

Engineers & Technologists are seldom, if ever, portrayed on TV or in movies!

Sector hierarchy & structure -

The Engineering Team:

Licensed to practice 4 or 5 years, DegreeP.Eng or P.Geo

Licensed to practice40 weeks over 4 yearsRed Seal (national), orProvincial Certification

Journeyman Tradesperson

Licenses seldomrequired

1 to 3 years, Diplomaor Certificate of TechnologyAScT or CTech

Skilled workerNo Licensed required10 weeks to qualify in a subtrade

Protection of the Public

Canada’s Professional Associations are self-governing agencies which are mandated by Provincial Governments to ensure that their members have been:

• Certified as having met defined minimum academic requirements and have proven work experience at the appropriate level, and

• Registered to ensure that they work under a strict code of ethics.

The associations are trying to simplify registration for IEP’s:IEP’s now have access to fast-track registration

procedures:

• APEGBC & ASTTBC both offer a ‘Provisional Membership’:

Provisional Membership is for a one-year, non-renewable term.  The intention of the Provisional Membership status is to aid individuals who have been trained internationally in their search for engineering or geoscience work in a Canadian environment. This membership will also act as an identifier for companies reviewing candidates for employment.

Professional status may be granted to the Provisional Member once he or she has completed the year of Canadian experience, pending a final satisfactory review and approval through APEGBC or ASTTBC registration channels.

APEGBC began offering Provisional Membership status on January 1st, 2004.

ASTTBC began offering Provisional Membership status in February, 2007..

Who Staffs a

• Consulting Engineering Company?

• Municipal Engineering Department?

• Utility Provider’s Engineering Department?

Inside a Consulting Engineering Company:

Inside a City Engineering Department:

Director of Engineering & ParksP.Eng. 7+ years Exp

GIS SpecialistAScT5+ years Exp.

Manager of EngineeringOperationsAScT – CPWI7+ years Exp.

Manager of ParksOperationsHorticultural andconstruction training7+ years Exp

Manager of EngineeringServicesAScT7+ years Exp.

Engineering InspectorCPWI5+ Years Exp.

Engineering TechnologistAScT5+ years Exp.

OtherStaff

OtherStaff

Inside APublic Utility Engineering

Division:

V.P of EngineeringP.Eng.

Project Team Staff(Design, Documentation,Administration)P.Eng. or AScT

Engineering Discipline ManagerP.Eng. (5 Disciplines)

Project Group LeaderP.Eng. (4 or 5 Groups)

Project ManagerP.Eng. or AScT (LL)

Need more info?• Contact APEGBC at:

– www.apeg.bc.ca

• Contact ASTTBC at:– www.asttbc.org

• Contact ITA at:– www.itabc.ca