What are your options if you don't want to be an APEGS Licensee?

You may be eligible to become an engineering or geoscience licensee if any of the following conditions apply to you:

a) You do not have a bachelor's degree in engineering or geoscience (but you must have at least a diploma or a partial degree in a related field) and have the required amount of professional-level experience in engineering or geoscience, or

b) If you were ascertained as an engineer-in-training or geoscientist-in-training and you have insufficiencies that need to be filled (and you don't want to pursue them right now), or you were denied. In that case, you will be eligible for an engineering licensee or a geoscience licensee.

Requirements To Be An APEGS Licensee

If your total academic qualifications (including post-secondary and post-graduate studies, exams, courses, and experience) are acceptable to the Board of Examiners. In that case, you may be academically qualified even if you do not meet the academic requirements listed below. Aspirants living outside of Canada can apply to be APEGS Licensees.

To be an APEGS licensee, you must meet the following requirements:

Requirements for Engineering Licensee

• Experience working as an engineer for 48 months
• One year of equivalent work experience in Canada
• Reliable and valid references
• English proficiency, both written and spoken
• Obtaining a passing score on the National Professional Practice Exam
• Good character and reputation
• Graduation from a university recognized by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board or a related program deemed equivalent by the APEGA Board of Examiners.

Geoscience Licensee Requirements

• 48 months of work experience in geoscience
• One year of equivalent work experience in Canada
• Reliable and valid references
• English proficiency, both written and spoken
• Obtaining a passing score on the National Professional Practice Exam
• Good character and reputation
• Graduation from a university program that meets the Geoscience Knowledge and Experience Requirements, or a related program that the APEGA Board of Examiners considers being equivalent.

Applicants who do not have 48 months of engineering or geoscience experience must apply as a Member-in-Training. This means aspirants who are denied Engineering Licensee and Geoscience License should opt to become Member-in-Training.

What is a Member-in-Training?

If an aspirant does not hold a professional license (P.Eng. or Engineering Licensee, or P.Geo., or Geoscience Licensee) from another province or territory in Canada. In that case, he/she must apply as a member-in-training before becoming a professional member of APEGS, regardless of your level of experience. This rule does not have any exceptions.

Both an Engineering Licensee and Geoscience Licensee is members who do not meet the standard academic requirement for the P.Eng. or P.Geo. They possess a combination of education and experience that enables them to accept responsibility for their own work within a specific and limited scope of practice.

An Engineering Licensee enjoys the same rights as a P.Eng. A Geoscience Licensee enjoys the same rights as a P.Geo. The only difference is that a licensee's scope of practice will be defined and approved by APEGS and will be indicated on their license.

Wrapping it up…

Those who do not wish to obtain the status of Engineering Licensee and Geoscience Licensee status or are denied an APEGS License can become members-in-training. If you're one of them, contact us at Global Immigration Help; we can help you with all the procedures required to be a member-in-training.