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REGISTERING WITH APEGA

 

 

If you are going to be practicing engineering and/or geoscience in Alberta, you will need a license to do so. For more information on the licensure system in Canada and Alberta, please refer to Registration in Canada Overview

Licensure Requirements in Alberta

To be licensed by APEGA, you must:

1. Meet APEGA’s academic requirements.

2. Meet APEGA’s experience requirements including at least one year of equivalent Canadian engineering and/or geoscience experience.

3. Be of good character and reputation.

4. Demonstrate knowledge of law, ethics, and professionalism by passing the National Professional Practice Examination.

5. Meet the English Language Competency requirement.

If you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (landed immigrant) of Canada and meet all five licensure requirements, you will be registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with APEGA.

If you are not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (landed immigrant) of Canada and meet all five licensure requirements, you will be licensed as a Foreign Licensee (Engineering) or Foreign Licensee (Geoscience) with APEGA.

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ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
How does APEGA evaluate the academic credentials of internationally educated graduates? Will you have to write technical examinations before you can become licensed? What documents does APEGA need?

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
This section explains the experience requirements you must meet in order to become licensed with APEGA including the one year equivalent Canadian experience requirement. This section also explains what documents APEGA needs to evaluate your experience.

GOOD CHARACTER AND REPUTATION
One of the requirements for licensure as a Professional Member or Foreign Licensee is that you must be of good character and reputation.

KNOWLEDGE OF LAW, ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM
Once you become licensed with APEGA you are expected and required to practice skillfully, ethically, professionally, and within the law. You must demonstrate knowledge of professionalism, law, and ethics by passing the National Professional Practice Examination.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMPETENCY
To become licensed in Alberta you must be fluent in the English language. This section describes how you can demonstrate acceptable English language competency.

APPLICATION PROCESS AND DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS
How do you apply to APEGA? What documents do you need to provide? What process does APEGA follow when evaluating your qualifications?

EXAMINATIONS
National Professional Practice Examination, NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) and Technical Examination information. Here you will find application forms, dates and deadlines as well as other valuable information.

FORMS
This area is a quick way to choose your form from a drop down menu.

FAQ'S
This archive contains some of APEGA's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) postings in for you to view. If you do not see the FAQ you are looking for there is a contact form available.