REGISTRATION PROCESS:
REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGISTS (ENGINEERING)

Authority for registration is vested in a Board of Examiners. Board membership consists of professional engineers, geologists, geophysicists, Registered Professional Technologists (Engineering) and public members. Some of the professional members serve as academic examiners and some as experience examiners. The academic and experience examiners meet monthly with the public members to consider applications. The Full Experience Committee which consists of all the experience examiners meets as a group every two months or more often as required to discuss more complex cases. The 50/50 Subcommittee of the Board meets every two months or more often as required to discuss those applications referred to it by the Full Experience Committee. At least twice yearly this same group of academic and experience examiners and Registered Professional Technologists (Engineering), reinforced with additional professionals and public members, meet to discuss policy issues.

The experience examiners are primarily responsible for the assessment of an applicant's experience.

REGISTRATION PROCESS

The following are the steps in the normal processing of an application. You may find the attached chart useful.

1. All Registered Professional Technologist (Engineering) ("RPT (Eng)") applicants shall initially apply to ASET. Submit your application materials to the ASET Office. The application materials should include:

- completed Application For Registration form
- applicable ASET Nomination fee

2. ASET will contact the persons listed as your References and will obtain completed ASET Reference Questionnaires from those persons. Copies of these questionnaires are included in this package for your information only.

3. The ASET Office will review your application to ensure that you meet at least the minimum requirements for registration. If you meet the minimum requirements, the ASET Nominating Committee will then review your application. If the ASET Nominating Committee is of the view that you might qualify for registration as an RPT (Eng) with APEGGA, it will nominate you for registration with APEGGA. The Nominating Committee will inform the APEGGA Registration Department of your nomination via the Confirmation of ASET Registration and Nomination by ASET Form. A copy of this form is included in this package for your information only.

4. If the ASET Nominating Committee does not nominate you for registration, any appeal of that decision shall be made to ASET. There is no appeal to APEGGA from a decision of the ASET Nominating Committee.

5. Once APEGGA receives confirmation of your nomination by ASET, APEGGA will inform you it has received the ASET nomination and will invoice you the APEGGA application fee. APEGGA will then open a new application file and will consider your application.

6. APEGGA will contact the persons listed as your References and will obtain completed APEGGA Reference Questionnaires from those persons. Copies of these questionnaires are included in this package for your information only.

7. Once APEGGA receives all the necessary fees and documentation, your file will be sent to the appropriate experience examiner for review. The experience examiner will review your file and will make a recommendation. If the experience examiner recommends registration, your file will be forwarded to the Board of Examiners for decision.

8. If the experience examiner does not recommend registration or believes he or she needs to discuss your file with other experience examiners, your file will be sent to the 50/50 Sub-Committee for review. The 50/50 Sub-Committee is a sub-committee of the Board of Examiners. The 50/50 Sub-Committee consists of a 50/50 mix of professional engineers and registered professional technologists and shall consist of at least two Professional Engineer Board members and two Registered Professional Technologist (Engineering) Board members. The 50/50 Sub-Committee will review your application and may make a recommendation to the Board of Examiners or may refer your file to the Full Experience Committee.

9. If your file is referred to the Full Experience Committee, the Full Experience Committee will review your file and will make a recommendation to the Board of Examiners for decision.

10. If it appears character may be an issue either as a result of information supplied by you on your Application for Registration, by ASET on the Confirmation of Registration and Nomination, or by one of your References your application will be forwarded to the Character Committee of the Board of Examiners for further review and recommendation. The character issue must be satisfactorily resolved before you can be registered as a Registered Professional Technologist (Engineering).

11. Once your application is before the Board of Examiners by whichever route it may have taken to get there, the Board will review your application and will make a decision. The Board will be expanded to include at least two Registered Professional Technologists (Engineering) who will sit with the Board to consider all RPT (Eng) applications. You will be advised of the Board's decision by APEGGA staff.

12. If the Board's decision is to not register you, you can appeal that decision through APEGGA's regular appeal process.

13. You must also pass the APEGGA National Professional Practice Examination before you can be registered as a Registered Professional Technologist (Engineering).

Timing

After documentation is complete it may take as much as three months to get the written decision from the Board. Problems encountered in obtaining replies from references or in securing other documentation can cause further delays. To minimize delays, all addresses should be correct and complete and APEGGA should be advised of any changes.

Applicants may contact APEGGA for the status of their application, but should not do so until at least one month has elapsed from the receipt of the acknowledgment letter.

Records Retention

A file withdrawn either voluntarily or due to having not met registration requirements, will be retained for seven years only, after which time all the contents will be destroyed. Reapplication thereafter will require resubmission of all the documents.

CORPORATE REGISTRATION

A partnership, corporation, firm or association of persons wishing to practice engineering, geology or geophysics in Alberta must be issued a corporate license by APEGGA, commonly referred to as a Permit to Practice. This requirement also applies to Registered Professional Technologists (Engineering). An application package is available from either the Edmonton or Calgary APEGGA office or can be downloaded from the APEGGA website at www.apegga.org.