How to become a member-in-training with APEGS

Bachelor’s degree from outside Canada

If your engineering/geoscience related bachelor’s degree is from outside of Canada, you will
have to apply as an Engineer-in-Training – International Graduate/Geoscientist-in-Training –
International Graduate from the APEGS website www.apegs.ca.

1. To start an application, you will need to create an account with APEGS first. You can do
this by going to https://www.apegs.ca/Portal/Pages/sign-up-member

* If you have applied to APEGS in the past then you already have an account and 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 to login.

i. Check your email for “APEGS - Sign Up Verification” from APEGS apegs@apegs.ca. The link in this
email will take you directly to the APEGS Central login page and provide login instructions.

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.

2. Once your application has been accepted, your online portal will be updated to show the
following requirements:
• WES
• Proof of ID
• Resume

3. After we receive your WES assessment, additional requirements will be added to your
online portal, unless you fall under Special Case #1 or #2 (please see website for further
information)
• Academic Assessment Fee - $210
• Self-Assessment

4. After all required documents are submitted, your file will be placed in line for review to
evaluate whether it meets our standards. 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

• Deficiencies:
If APEGS’ assessment reveals that an applicant’s academic qualifications are below the established
Canadian standard, they will be assigned a Deficiency Exam Program aimed to remedy identified
deficiencies for licensing purposes. A Deficiency Exam Program may consist of basic studies exams
and/or discipline-specific exams.

Options for fulfilling the Deficiency Exams are:

• University level courses – complete a university level course. The course needs to cover
the syllabus requirements. Approval by the ARC is required prior to taking the course.
AND/OR
• Technical Exams - write technical exams that correspond to each of your assigned
deficiencies.

• Confirmatory exams:
Applicants whose undergraduate bachelor’s engineering degree was obtained via a program that
appears to be similar to the respective CEAB-accredited program are usually assigned
Confirmatory Exams. The intent is to give the applicant an opportunity to demonstrate that they
have an academic preparation that is deemed to be equivalent to that of a graduate of a CEAB-
accredited program.

If required, this is the step where you would receive your result letter to give to SINP.

Options for fulfilling the Confirmatory Exams are:

• FE Exam - National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Proof that you have passed the FE exam is required
for the confirmatory exams to be deemed complete. For more information on the FE
exam please visit https://ncees.org/engineering/
OR
• Confirmatory Exams - 3 technical exams from the syllabus you were assessed under
(refer to your self-assessment), 2 from group A and 1 from group B of the discipline
specific part of the syllabus.
OR
o Graduate Degree

Work experience reporting:

• The resume you submit is reviewed by the ARC to see if you have more than 5 years of
technical engineering/geoscience experience. If you do, you may be given the option to
waive confirmatory exams with the APEGS work experience reporting option.
• Information is sent to you if this option is given to you.

For more information see the Technical Exam page on our website - https://www.apegs.ca/apply/how-
to-apply/engineer-in-training/technical-exams

If you have any further questions, please submit them through the Contact Us page on the website.

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 Details of the Standard Application Process

Submit questions and documents using Contact Us

World Education Services (WES) Credential Assessment

• You must choose the ICAP Course-by-Course report. The bachelor’s degree is required for all
reports.
• APEGS must receive the assessment directly from WES through the portal APEGS has set up with
WES. 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 university education in the WES assessment. You
must submit both the diploma certificate and the transcript of marks.

Canadian Education (if applicable)

• If you have any Canadian university or college engineering 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
• The proof of identification (ID) cannot be emailed. This form can be sent by mail (post) or courier
only. Address is in the Contact Us page on the website.
• Complete the Proof of ID Form and get a notarized copy of your photo ID, send to APEGS by mail
(post)/courier. This form and related policy can be found on the website.

Resume with details of technical engineering experience must:

• Be engineering related
• 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, that demonstrates technical engineering experience in the
application of engineering theory and/or science including:
o analysis (for example: scope and operating conditions, feasibility assessment, safety and
environmental issues, technology assessment, and economic assessment, etc.), and
o design and synthesis (for example: functionality or product specification, component selection,
integration of components and subsystems into larger systems, reliability and maintenance factors,
human and environmental aspects, and the societal implications of the product or process, etc),
o follow regulations, codes, standards, and safety - this includes local engineering procedures and
practices as applicable,

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 o apply knowledge of materials, or operations as appropriate, project and design constraints, design
to best fit the purpose or service intended and address inter-disciplinary impacts,
o analyze technical risks and offer solutions to mitigate the risks,
o apply engineering knowledge to design solutions,
o apply solution techniques and independently verify the results,
o demonstrate awareness of safety risks inherent in a design and/or on-site and/or obtain safety
authorization/certificate, as appropriate,
o demonstrate understanding of systems as well as of components of systems,
o knowledge of all stages of the process/project life cycle from concept and feasibility analysis
through implementation,
o apply quality control during design and construction, including independent design check and
independent reviews of design, field checks and reviews, and
o transfer design intentions to drawings and sketches; Understand transmittal of design information
to design documents.
• NOT exceed 5 pages

The only purpose of the technical resume is to determine eligibility for waiving of technical Confirmatory
Exams when they are being assigned. For this reason, if you have only project management in your resume
you will not qualify for that option.

Submit through the Contact Us page on the website – Nature of Inquiry is Academic Review

Academic Assessment Fee - $210.00

• After APEGS has received your application 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) - https://www.apegs.ca/apply/how-to-apply/engineer-in-training/academic-

assessment
• Complete the C2 columns of the engineering SA form or the Geoscientist SA form and submit to
APEGS via the Contact Us page on the website. 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.

Official Program Syllabus (if required)

• A program syllabus is not required if you graduated more than 10 years before your application
date.

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 • If you graduated less than 10 years before your application date, we will let you know if a program
syllabus is required.
• A program syllabus should outline the content of all the subjects you studied in your program.
You must provide program syllabi for all the math, science and engineering/geoscience subjects
you took.
• Program syllabi must be official documents published by the institution. Applicants must either
provide a link to the appropriate location on the institution website or scanned versions of a hard
copy publication, including the publishing information (usually on front and back inside and
outside covers).
• Program syllabi must be from a time period that overlaps the time period that you attended the
institution.
• If official program syllabi are not available, you must provide proof, in the form of a letter from
the institution or other documentation acceptable to APEGS.
• If you are unable to get a letter from the institution, you must provide acceptable proof to APEGS
that you have attempted, on more than one occasion and by more than one means, to obtain
such a letter.
• If official program syllabi are not available, then the Academic Review Committee (ARC) will
conduct their review without them. However, this lack of information may result in the
assignment of deficiencies.

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
• Within two weeks of APEGS receiving all of your documents, your file will be changed to In
Progress status and you will receive an email.

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.

Questions and Documents can be submitted through the Contact Us page on the APEGS website.
Documents can also be emailed to documents-academicreview@apegs.ca

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 How to log in to APEGS Central and view your Requirements list

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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