Applicants

Who can use the Competency Assessment System

On a regulator-specific basis, student members, engineers-in-training, professional licensee applicants, and professional engineer applicants from the following participating jurisdictions are eligible to use the Competency Assessment System.

• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan
• Engineers and Geoscientists BC
• Engineers and Geoscientists Manitoba
• Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick
• Engineers PEI
• Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland & Labrador

About the System

Applicants for professional registration or licensure use the system to record their progress in meeting the competency requirements for engineering experience and to have it validated and assessed. For additional information and guidance on the engineering assessment system, please download the Engineering Competency Assessment Guide.

Accessing the System

I need to create a new account I am a registered user and would like to access the Competency Assessment System

The Competencies

An applicant using the system is required to select one example from their work history that best highlights an appropriate exposure level to a specific competency. Competencies are defined as observable and measurable skills, knowledge, abilities, motivations, or traits required for professional registration that are demonstrated through the actions and behaviours of the applicant.

Indicators are defined as specific examples of actions, skills, or behaviours that an applicant could use to demonstrate the achievement of a competency. The system provides a list of indicators for each competency in order to provide guidance to applicants.

For Engineering there are 34 key competencies with generic (non-discipline specific) indicators with specific technical indicators available for the following areas of practice:

• Building Enclosure
• Civil - Municipal/Infrastructure
• Electrical - Power and Industrial
• Professional Licensee (P.L.Eng. – Engineers and Geoscientists BC applicants only)
• Materials, Metallurgical, and Mineral Processing
• Project and Construction Management
• Software
• Structural

Professional Licensee applicants in BC are asked to provide competency examples within their authorized area of reserved practice.

Applicants will be asked to assess their level of competency for each key competency provided on a six point rating scale (0-5).

Validation and Assessment

The examples will require validation from individuals who have direct, personal and professional knowledge of the applicant and the competency examples they have been asked to validate. Nominating a validator requires providing a valid, business/professional email address for the individual. If a business/professional email address cannot be provided, applicants will be required to provide a brief explanation prior to being able to provide a personal email address for the validator. Note that your regulator may perform an audit by contacting the validators and that any suspicious activity, such as the misrepresentation of information or the impersonation of a validator, may result in an investigation that could impact your application for registration.

Once all examples have been validated, the assessment stage begins and involves assessors from the regulator who review all of the competency examples and validator comments.

All individuals taking part in an application (the applicant, validators, and assessors) are required to rate each competency example on a six point rating scale (0-5). Validators will also be asked additional feedback questions based on their professional relationship with the applicant. For more information, please refer to the Engineering Competency Assessment Guide for Validators and Assessors.

Please check with the regulator to which you are applying for regulator-specific requirements.

Canadian Competencies

The requirement for experience in a Canadian or equivalent environment is assessed using Canadian environment competencies. Previously, Canadian environment experience was demonstrated through a time-based requirement (i.e., at least 12 months in a Canadian environment).

The Canadian environment competencies are a subset of 8 competencies that have been identified from the existing 34 competencies of the competency framework that best demonstrates knowledge and experience of Canadian regulations, codes, standards, quality control, safety awareness, professional accountability, and communication. The intent is to align the assessment method of the Canadian environment competency requirement with the online Competency Assessment System and to provide better definition and objectivity.

The eight Canadian environment competencies are:

• 1. Technical Category
  • 1.1. Regulations, Codes & Standards
  • 1.6 Safety Awareness
  • 1.9 Demonstrate Peer Review and Quality Control
• 2. Communication Category
  • 2.1 Oral Communication (in English/French)
  • 2.2 Writing (in English/French)
  • 2.3 Reading and Comprehension (in English/French)
• 5. Professional Accountability Category
  • 5.1 Code of Ethics
• 6. Social, Economic, Environmental & Sustainability Category
  • 6.2 Engineering and the Public

In order to satisfy the Canadian environment experience requirement, all professional engineering applicants are required to achieve each of the Canadian environment competencies at the minimum category rating.

For more information, please refer to the Guide to Canadian Environment Competencies.

Who can use the Competency Assessment System

On a regulator-specific basis, student members, geoscientists-in-training, professional licensee applicants, and professional geoscience applicants from the following participating jurisdictions are eligible to use the Competency Assessment System.

• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan
• Engineers and Geoscientists BC
• Engineers and Geoscientists Manitoba
• Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick
• Professional Geoscientists Ontario
• Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland & Labrador

About the System

Applicants for professional registration or licensure use the system to record their progress in meeting the competency requirements for geoscience experience and to have it validated and assessed. For additional information and guidance on the geoscience assessment system, please download the Geoscience Competency Assessment Guide.

Accessing the System

I need to create a new account I am a registered user and would like to access the Competency Assessment System

The Competencies

An applicant using the system is required to select one example from their work history that best highlights an appropriate exposure level to a specific competency. Work Experience Competencies are defined as observable and measurable skills, knowledge, abilities, motivations, or traits required for professional registration that are demonstrated through the actions and behaviours of the applicant.

Workplace Examples are defined as specific examples of actions, skills, or behaviours that an applicant could use to demonstrate the achievement of a competency. The system provides a list of workplace examples for each competency in order to provide guidance to applicants. For Geoscience there are 29 Work Experience Competencies with generic (non-discipline specific Workplace Examples).

Professional Licensee applicants in BC are asked to provide competency examples within their authorized area of reserved practice.

Applicants will be asked to assess their level of competency for each competency provided on a six point rating scale (0-5).

Validation and Assessment

The examples you provide will require validation from individuals who have direct, personal and professional knowledge of the applicant and the competency examples they have been asked to validate. Nominating a validator requires providing a valid, business/professional email address for the individual. If a business/professional email address cannot be provided, applicants will be required to provide a brief explanation prior to being able to provide a personal email address for the validator. Note that your regulator may perform an audit by contacting the validators and that any suspicious activity, such as the misrepresentation of information or the impersonation of a validator, may result in an investigation that could impact your application for registration.

Once all examples have been validated, the assessment stage begins and involves assessors from the regulator who review all of the competency examples and validator comments.

All individuals taking part in an application (the applicant, validators, and assessors) are required to rate each competency example on the six point rating scale (0-5). Validators will also be asked additional feedback questions based on their professional relationship with the applicant. For more information, please refer to the Geoscience Competency Assessment Guide for Validators and Assessors.

Please check with the regulator to which you are applying for any regulator-specific requirements (for example: any conditions or limitations on the number validators or type of validators required, etc.).

Canadian Competencies

The requirement for experience in a Canadian or equivalent environment is assessed using Canadian work-environment experience competencies.

The Canadian work-environment experience competencies are a subset of 7 competencies that have been identified from the existing 29 competencies of the competency framework that best demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Canadian regulations, codes, standards, quality control, business culture and practices, safety awareness, professional accountability, and communication. The intent is to align the assessment method of the Canadian work-environment experience competency requirement with the online Competency Assessment System and to provide better definition and objectivity.

The seven Canadian work-environment experience competencies are:

• Professionalism Category
  • 1.1 Comply with relevant legislation, regulations, and statutory reporting requirements
  • 1.4 Maintain constructive working relationships
  • 1.5 Apply ethical principles
  • 1.6 Respond to obligations and responsibilities to the public, to the natural environment, to clients, and to employers
  • 1.7 Contribute to health and safety in the workplace
• Complementary Category
  • 4.1 Deliver and comprehend oral communication
  • 4.2 Deliver and comprehend written communication