ASET Assessment Application Process For A Professional Technologist

ASET assessment is a must for being a registered Professional Technologist (P.Tech). If you dream of settling down in Alberta based on this profession, then read this blog. It will provide you with the necessary information regarding the eligibility criteria and the application process.

However, before we move further, you should know first why registration from the authority as a P.Tech is necessary for you.

So, invest your undivided attention in reading this blog to the end.

Why Professional Technologist registration is a must for you:

Professional Technologist registration by going through the ASET assessment will take your professional career to the next level. P.Tech. (Eng) or (Geo) members have the right to practice geoscience or engineering independently within a set scope of practice and as per established codes and criteria.

Using this right, you may sign and stamp your geoscience or engineering work.

Eligibility criteria:

To be eligible for a P.Tech. (Geo.) or (Eng.) registration, you have to:

·        Be a C.E.T. member of ASET in good standing

·        Be a graduate of a second-year technical post-secondary program

·        Have a minimum of 6 years of post-graduate technical engineering or geoscience experience. It includes a minimum of 2 years under the supervision of an Alberta P.Geo or P.Eng

Fees and dues for ASET assessment for registration as a Professional Technologist:

Fees and Dues

Fees         Amount

Fees	Amount
Application fee	$3751
National Professional Practice Exam Fee (includes GST)	$262.501
Annual Membership Dues	$420

 

Take into account that application and exam fees are non-refundable.

Application process:

 

Application: Apply online and pay the necessary fees

Staff open applicant file to attain transcript/academic assessment for C.E.T. assessment

Proof: the candidate uploads a working experience spreadsheet

Gives contact information for professional references

Exam: the candidate has to complete the NPPE (the National Professional Practice Exam)

ASET assessment: staff review experience spreadsheet and request extra information if necessary

Subject market expert reviewers do an application pre-evaluation (3 to 4 weeks after submission)

ASET/APEGA Joint Board of Examiners reviews the complete application and decides on registration (JBoE meetings happen quarterly)

Post assessment: decision letters are dispatched to a new member 3 or 4 weeks after the board decision

New P.Tech. members may ask for digital or/and physical professional stamp

New P.Tech. members may ask for a framed certificate or/and member ring

A P.Tech. member is subject to yearly Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Applying for Revised/Additional Scope:

A current P.Tech. (Geo)/(Eng) member who wants to add a scope or revise an existing scope of practice has to reapply in full after the current application process, including references.

Scope changes are taken into account to be new scopes of practice and must have the same review process as new scopes of practice.

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