APEGS Member-in-Training

International Graduate Application Process

Contents
Application Process and Requirements ........................................................................................1
Possible Outcomes ......................................................................................................................4
More than 10 years of work experience ......................................................................................4
• Work Experience Reporting.............................................................................................................. 4
Less than 10 years of work experience.......................................................................................4
• Denial ................................................................................................................................................. 4
• Deficiencies....................................................................................................................................... 4
• Confirmatory Exams ......................................................................................................................... 5
Application Submission Requirement Details ...............................................................................7
World Education Services (WES) Credential Assessment ...........................................................7
Canadian Transcript (if applicable)............................................................................................7
NCEES Record (if applicable) ....................................................................................................7
Proof of Identification ...............................................................................................................7
Resume ...................................................................................................................................7
Academic Assessment Fee .......................................................................................................8
Self-assessment (SA) ...............................................................................................................8
Official Program Syllabus (if required) .......................................................................................8
Application Status ....................................................................................................................9
Your Primary Contact Information .............................................................................................9
How to View your Requirements Lists from your APEGS Account ................................................. 10
Good Character Guideline.......................................................................................................... 12
 Application Process and Requirements

If your engineering or geoscience bachelor’s degree is obtained from an institution outside of

Canada, you will start by applying for Engineer-in-Training - International Graduate or Geoscientist-
in-Training – International Graduate from the APEGS website www.apegs.ca.

• To start an application, you will need to sign up for an account with APEGS by going to:
https://central.apegs.ca/Portal/Pages/sign-up-member

* If you have applied to APEGS in the past or you have already created an account, you would
not use this sign-up page. You would go straight to APEGS Central (your online profile) by
clicking “Login” on the top right corner of the APEGS home page www.apegs.ca, and use your
5-digit User ID or email address to login.

i. Check your email for “APEGS - Sign Up Verification” from APEGS [email protected].
Follow the instructions in the email to complete the sign-up.

ii. After you have logged into your APEGS Central Home page select “Applications”:

iii. Select “Apply Now”:

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 iv. Follow the instructions on screen to choose the correct application type (engineer or
geoscientist)

v. Complete your application by selecting Application Form from the Application

Submission Requirements listing.

Submission of your application form will be completed upon payment of the application fee of $210.
All application fees are non-refundable.

• After your application has been accepted, you will be contacted by APEGS staff via email to
submit the following requirements:

X WES assessment
X Proof of ID

• After we receive your WES assessment APEGS will review it to determine if you meet the
minimum eligibility requirements.

• If you do not meet the minimum eligibility requirements for an academic assessment,
your application for Member-in-Training will be denied and you will be informed if you
meet the academic requirements for a different membership/licensure type.

• If you meet the minimum eligibility requirements, any additional requirements will then be
added to your online portal, such as:

X Resume

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• If APEGS professional staff determine that your resume reflects you have 10 or more years of
experience in engineering or geoscience, a full academic assessment will not be required at
this stage. Instead, you will be given the opportunity to substantiate your qualifications through
the completion of a full competency-based assessment for experience reporting.

• If it is determined that a full academic assessment is required, the self-assessment form and
academic assessment fee will be added to your online portal:

X Self-Assessment
X Academic Assessment Fee - $210

• Following the submission of the self-assessment form and payment of the assessment fee,
your file will be placed in line for review to assess your academic qualification for Canadian
professional engineering or geoscience licensure and you will receive an email notifying you
that your status has been changed to In Progress. The review process can take anywhere
from 2-4 months to complete. The result will be sent by email.

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 Possible Outcomes

More than 10 years of work experience:

• Work Experience Reporting

If an applicant’s resume reflects that they have 10 or more years of engineering or geoscience
experience, they will be given an opportunity to complete the full competency-based
assessment of work experience. If they choose this option, the possible outcomes are:

Academic Assessment:
If APEGS’ assessment of an applicant’s work experience concludes that it does
not meet the experience requirements for licensure (within 3 attempts) then a full
academic assessment will be required.

Approval as a Member in Training:

If APEGS’ assessment of an applicant’s work experience concludes that it does
meet the experience requirements for licensure then a full academic
assessment will not be required, and they will be eligible for approval as a
member-in-training.

Less than 10 years of work experience:

• Academic Assessment
If an applicant’s resume does not reflect 10 or more years of experience in engineering or
geoscience, or if the above option for experience assessment (for individuals with 10 or more
years of experience) leads the Experience Review Committee to conclude that an applicant’s
experience does not meet the experience requirements for licensure (within 3 attempts), a full
academic assessment will be required. Possible outcomes are:

Denial:
If APEGS’ assessment reveals more than 30 credit units of deficiencies the
applicant will be denied registration.

Deficiencies:
If APEGS’ assessment reveals that an applicant’s academic qualifications are
below the established Canadian standard, they will be assigned a Deficiency
Program aimed to remedy identified deficiencies for licensing purposes.

Options for fulfilling Deficiencies are:

• University level courses – complete a university level course. The course
needs to cover the syllabus requirements. Approval by the Academic Review
Committee is required prior to taking the course.

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 AND/OR
• Technical Exams - write technical exams that correspond to each of your
assigned deficiencies.

Confirmatory Exams:
Applicants whose bachelor’s level degree was obtained via a program that appears
comparable to the respective Canadian program are assigned Confirmatory Exams.
By passing the exams applicants demonstrate that their education is at a
comparable level to that of a Canadian program. *If you fail any combination of
exams (confirmatory and/or FE/FG) three times then your application will be
denied.

Options for fulfilling Confirmatory Exams are:

• FE/FG Exam - National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
(NCEES) Fundamentals of Engineering exam or National Association of State
Boards of Geology (ASBOG) Fundamentals of Geology exam. Proof that you
have passed the FE/FG exam is required for the confirmatory exams to be
deemed complete.
For details on the FE exam please visit: https://ncees.org/engineering/
For more details on the FG exam please visit:
https://asbog.org/registration.html

OR

• Confirmatory Exams - 3 Technical Exams from the syllabus you were assessed
under (refer to your self-assessment).
Engineering 2 from group A and 1 from group B of the discipline specific
part of the syllabus they were assessed in.
Geoscience 3 from group 2A and/or group 2B of the GKE stream they were
assessed in.

OR

• University-Level Postgraduate Degree – a university-level postgraduate

diploma, master’s or PhD degree in the same discipline as your bachelor’s
degree that contains sufficient technical content that can be used to confirm
the level of your undergraduate study.

OR

• Work experience reporting - you have more than 4 years of engineering or

geoscience experience in the same discipline as your undergraduate education
that shows the application of engineering or geoscience principles. APEGS may

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 allow you to try getting the confirmatory exams waived with the work experience
reporting option.
*If given this opportunity, you are only allowed three attempts before this
option is removed and you must write Confirmatory Exams.

For more information regarding Technical Exams please see https://www.apegs.ca/apply/how-

to-apply/engineer-in-training/technical-exams

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 Application Submission Requirement Details

World Education Services (WES) Credential Assessment

• You must choose the ICAP Course-by-Course report. A bachelor’s degree is required for all
reports.
• APEGS must receive the assessment directly from WES, electronically. Hardcopies are not
acceptable.
• If you have already obtained an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) by WES, for
immigration purposes, then you must upgrade to the ICAP Course-by-Course assessment.
You can do this online by logging into your WES account. You must also request a duplicate
report and choose APEGS as the recipient.
• You must include all non-Canadian engineering/geoscience post-secondary education in
the WES assessment. You will be required to submit both the diploma certificate and the
transcript of marks.

Canadian Transcript (if applicable)

• If you have any Canadian university or college engineering/geoscience education, please
request that the institution issue a transcript directly to APEGS.

NCEES Record (if applicable)

• If you have a full NCEES Record https://ncees.org/records/, please have NCEES send your
complete record to APEGS. If you do not have a full NCEES record, then you must submit an
application for a credential assessment by World Education Services (WES) Canada.

Proof of Identification
• Download the proof of Identification (ID) form from this page:
https://www.apegs.ca/apply/how-to-apply/engineer-in-training/engineer-in-training-
international-graduates
• The proof of identification (ID) can be submitted by email to:
[email protected].
• Complete the Proof of ID Form and get a guarantor for your photo ID. Instructions for how to
fill out the proof of ID form can be found on the form.

Resume with details of technical engineering/geoscience experience must:

• Demonstrate the application of engineering/geoscience principles in the same discipline as
your undergraduate education sufficiently to give APEGS professional staff confidence that
the technical competencies can be met.

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 • Have occurred since completing your bachelor’s degree.
• Include start and end dates (month/year), name and location of the company, job title and
brief description of duties for each job.:
• NOT exceed 5 pages
• Submit to [email protected].

Academic Assessment Fee - $210.00

• After APEGS has received your application form and WES assessment, we will confirm if the
academic assessment fee is required, at which time we will invoice you. The invoice will be
available in the Invoices section of your online profile.
• You must go to your online profile (Invoices) to pay the fee, which is in addition to the
member-in-training application fee.
• All application fees are non-refundable.

Self-assessment (SA)
• Download the SA forms from:
https://www.apegs.ca/apply/how-to-apply/engineer-in-training/academic-assessment or
https://www.apegs.ca/apply/how-to-apply/geoscientist-in-training/academic-assessment
• Complete the C2 column(s) of the engineering SA form or the Geoscience SA form and
submit to [email protected]. Do not change the format of the form.
The SA is discipline specific. You must choose the discipline that is closest to the discipline of
your bachelor-level degree.
o The SA Forms are available from the Academic Assessment section of the website.
o If your discipline is not listed, find the syllabus that is closest to your bachelor’s
degree education.
• Your WES assessment is required to complete the SA. You can start this as soon as you
receive your copy of the WES assessment.
• Submit your SA form to [email protected].

Official Program Syllabus (if required)

• APEGS will contact you with further details if a program syllabus is required.

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Application Status
• Each time APEGS receives a document for your application, we will update your On-Line
Profile within two weeks and the system will send you an automated email.
• APEGS will not provide updates over the phone or by email. You must use your On-Line
Profile.
• If there is no activity on your application for a period of two years, your file will be closed.
In Progress
• If you are required to submit a self-assessment, your status will be changed to In Progress
within two weeks of APEGS receiving it, and you will be sent an email notification.

Your Primary Contact Information

• It is your responsibility to keep your contact information up to date in your On-Line Profile. If
contact information is not up to date, it may delay your application.

Contact Us

Questions: [email protected]
Document submissions: [email protected]

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 How to View your Requirements Lists from your APEGS Account

1) Log into APEGS Central (your online profile) by clicking “Login” on the top right corner of the
APEGS home page www.apegs.ca and entering your 5 digit User id. If you have not received
your permanent User id yet you will use the email address you signed up with.

2) Select “Applications”:

3) Select your application (eg. Engineer in Training – International Grad)

ID # Firstname Lastname

This is also where you will be able to see your application status

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4) You will then be able to see the details of your application progress:

5) You will need to click on Application Submission Requirements in order to see any additional
notes from APEGS regarding any of these requirements:

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 Good Character Guideline
Updated November 25, 2011

1. Introduction

Sections 4-6 of the Regulatory Bylaws provide that registration with APEGS is “available to a person
of good character,” who, as well, meets the other requirements set out in the Act and Bylaws. The
bylaw that provides for automatic registration of a member in good standing of another provincial
association does not override the good character requirement.

2. Definition of “Good Character”

Good character connotes moral and ethical strength, distinguishable as an amalgam of virtuous or
socially acceptable attributes or traits which undoubtedly include, among others, integrity,
candour, empathy, and honesty.
The Association will examine the character of an applicant to determine if he or she meets the good
character requirement in any circumstances that provide reasonable grounds to believe that the
applicant will not practice engineering or geoscience in accordance with The Engineering and
Geoscience Professions Act and Bylaws, and, in particular, in circumstances where the applicant:
a) has a record for professional misconduct, professional incompetence, or contravention of
a professional statute with a professional regulatory organization or agency
b) has committed a criminal offence for which a pardon has not been granted pursuant to the
Criminal Records Act
c) has been found to be at fault in a civil action relating to negligence in his or her professional
practice
d) willfully obtains or attempts to obtain registration or renewal of registration by cheating on
an examination, making or causing to be made a false statement on his/her application, or
committing any other impropriety during the application process.

3. Procedures

APEGS staff will refer any application where any of the above appears to exist to the Registrar’s
Advisory Committee.
Applicants who would otherwise be accepted based on their membership in another provincial
association will be requested to provide references and information on their recent work
experience.
The Registrar’s Advisory Committee will review the information that has been provided and
determine whether:
a) the nature of the information is such that it does not preclude the applicant’s registration
b) further information or verification of good character is required
c) the nature of the information is such that the application should be denied.

Further information or verification of good character may be obtained through: written submissions
by the applicant, referees, or others; an interview with the applicant; a requirement for the
applicant to attend the Law and Ethics Seminar and/or write the professional practice examination;

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or any other means that the Registrar’s Advisory Committee considers appropriate in the
circumstances.

The Registrar’s Advisory Committee will provide a recommendation to the Registrar on how to
proceed with the application. An applicant who has been refused admission may request a review
by Council and/or appeal to the Courts (sections 24 and 25 of the Act).

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