Certified Engineering Technologist

Definition

Requirements for certification

• Graduation from a two or three year post-secondary program in engineering or applied science technology approved by the Canadian Technology Accreditation Board. CTAB accreditation is not required in Quebec.
• Two years of work experience in the field that certification is sought.
• Completion of an application, work history and submission of professional references.
• Submission of a technology report of substantial content. In some provinces, completion of an accredited technology program removes this requirement.
• Completion of a professional practice examination.

  Legislation & Professional organizations

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

Newfoundland

Quebec

Ontario

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

Alberta

British Columbia

Nunavut

Yukon Territory

Northwest Territory

Rights and responsibilities

Code of Ethics

1. Hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public, the protection of the environment and the promotion of health and safety within the workplace;
2. Undertake and accept responsibility for professional assignments only when qualified by training or experience;
3. Provide an opinion on a professional subject only when it is founded upon adequate knowledge and honest conviction;
4. Act with integrity towards clients or employers, maintain confidentiality and avoid a conflict of interest but, where such conflict arises, fully disclose the circumstances without delay to the employer or client;
5. Uphold the principle of appropriate and adequate compensation for the performance of their work;
6. Keep informed to maintain proficiency and competence, to advance the body of knowledge within their discipline and further opportunities for the professional development of their associates;
7. Conduct themselves with fairness, courtesy and good faith towards clients, colleagues and others, give credit where it is due and accept, as well as give, honest and fair professional comment;
8. Present clearly to employers and clients the possible consequences if professional decisions or judgments are overruled or disregarded;
9. Report to the appropriate agencies any hazardous, illegal or unethical professional decisions or practices by other members or others; and
10. Promote public knowledge and appreciation of applied science and engineering technology and protect the Association from misrepresentation and misunderstanding.

Ability to practice Engineering

• In Nova Scotia, the Engineering Professions Act does not include the word "technologist, suggesting that only a Professional Engineer may practice Professional Engineering as defined in the Act.
• In Prince Edward island, anyone following their trade, profession, or calling is not prevented from practicing in that capacity as long as they don't hold themselves as professional engineers unless so licensed. Certified Engineering Technologists may perform engineering work where a Professional Engineer takes responsibility for the application of the technology.
• In Newfoundland, their 'An Act Respecting the practice of Engineering and Geoscience' does not allow for technologists to practice engineering.
• In Quebec, the word "Technologist" does not appear in their Engineers Act, suggesting that only a Professional Engineer may practice Professional Engineering as defined in the Act.
• In Ontario, certification does not allow a person to practice Professional Engineering as defined by the Professional Engineers Act of Ontario unless supervised by a licensed Professional Engineer. However, an engineering technologist can be granted a limited license to practice within a certain scope of work.
• In Manitoba, the Engineering and Geoscientific Professions Act includes an exemption for Certified Engineering Technologists: "Nothing in this Act applies to prevent a person who is certified under The Certified Applied Science Technologists Act in an engineering discipline, from engaging in an act that constitutes the occupation of applied science technology". Regardless, certified technologists are not allowed to use the titles professional engineer; engineer; or consulting engineer, and the practice of professional engineering is prohibited. Where there is overlap between the two disciplines, a joint board will decide disputes.
• In Saskatchewan, the Engineering and Geoscientific Professions Act includes an exemption for Certified Engineering Technologists: " nothing in this Act prevents: a person from practising as an applied science technologist or a certified technician within the meaning of The Saskatchewan Applied Science Technologists and Technicians Act".
• In Alberta, an engineering technologist must be supervised by a Professional Engineer, unless they are a registered Professional Engineering Technologist, who has been granted license to practice engineering within a limited scope, when they are working within that limited scope of work.
• In British Columbia, only a Professional Engineer or those working under a Professional Engineer may practice professional engineering. However; the Professional Engineering and Geoscientists act gives The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia the power to establish and monitor compliance with standards of training and experience required for licensees, and the enrolment and qualifications for a limited licensee, including limited licences for applied science technologists.
• In Nunavut, the Engineering Professions Act does not include the word "technologist, suggesting that only a Professional Engineer may practice Professional Engineering as defined in the Act.
• In the Yukon Territory, the Engineering Professions Act allows for an applied science technologist to be granted limited license to practice professional engineering after 8 years of work.
• In the Northwest Territory, the Engineering Professions Act does not include the word "technologist, suggesting that only a Professional Engineer may practice Professional Engineering as defined in the Act.

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