PROFESSIONAL LICENSEES
registration for
professional licensees
Have you proven yourself as a highly competent technologist? Are you ready to take full responsibility, under law, for your work?
The Professional Licensee category of licensure could be for you. The Professional Licensee is a professional license allowing you to practice engineering or geoscience within a clearly defined scope of practice. Professional Licensees are permitted to independently practice engineering and/or geoscience in Alberta within narrow, defined scopes of practice and to take responsibility for that work. This category of licensure recognizes that certain qualified individuals can be permitted to independently carry out certain specific functions normally within the definition of professional engineering or professional geoscience without the supervision of a Professional Engineer or Professional Geoscientist.
What criteria do I have to meet?
To become licensed as a Professional Licensee you must:
1. Have at least 2 years of post-secondary education acceptable to the APEGA Board of Examiners in areas that relate to the practice of engineering and/or geoscience;
2. Have at least 6 years of experience in work of an engineering and/or geoscience nature that is acceptable to the APEGA Board of Examiners, at least two of which are in the defined scope of practice and which were completed under the supervision and control of a Professional Member, and at least one year of your experience must be equivalent Canadian 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.
How do I apply for my license?
To apply for your license you must submit a completed Professional Licensee Application for Registration Form together with the required accompanying documents and application fee to APEGA.
The Application for Registration Form and related explanatory materials are available online at the bottom of this page. In the alternative, a paper version of the application package may be obtained through the Calgary or Edmonton APEGA offices.
Completing Your Forms
Most of the forms below are available in PDF format which allows you to view and fill in your form electronically on most computers. (The freely available Adobe Acrobat reader is required to view and print PDF files.) Once you have completed the form, print the form page.
You should then sign the form, enclose any fee that is required and mail or fax the signed form to APEGA.
For your own records you should also print out a copy of any form you send in.
APEGA HEAD Office
1500 Scotia One
10060 Jasper Ave. NW
Edmonton AB T5J 4A2
Tel: 780-426-3990
1-800-661-7020 (within North America)
Fax: (780) 426-1877
E-mail: email@apega.ca
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Description and Instructions |
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Application for Registration |
To apply to APEGA for Professional Licensee please complete this form. Please note: the paperless application process for Professional Licensee applicants is under development. If you are applying to become a Professional Licensee use this form. Do not use the online paperless process. |
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Experience Record Instructions |
Instructions for Completing the Work Experience Record |
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Experience Records |
Detailed experienced records (blank forms and examples) which may be used in lieu of a resume. |
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Criteria & Instructions |
Registration Criteria and Instructions for filling out the Application for Registration form. |
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Registration |
The steps in the normal processing of a Professional Licensee application. View Process Flow Chart. |
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Reference Questionnaire Instructions |
Instructions for completing the reference questionnaire |
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Fee Schedule |
APEGA Application Processing Fee Schedule and Annual Fees |
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Request for Academic Documents |
Request For Academic Documents for Professional Licensee. |
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Guideline for Experience Requirements |
This brochure outlines the mandatory elements of experience that are necessary to meet the registration requirements and the voluntary elements that will enable you to grow beyond those standards after registration. |
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Approved Defined Scopes of Practice |
Examples of defined scopes of practice that the APEGA Board of Examiners has approved for Professional Licensees. |
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Professional Practice Examination |
Application to write the Professional Practice Examination |
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