Initial Steps Before Applying For APEGS CBA

 APEGS, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in Saskatchewan, uses the APEGS CBA system to assess the work experience of a candidate. So, if you are planning to get your work experience evaluated, then you must know what this system is. Apart from that, we will also tell you about the initial steps you need to take before applying. So, read this whole article carefully.

Transition from Paper-Based Reporting to CBA:

In the case of having started reporting your experience in the old paper-based system, you can complete your reporting in that system or, ideally, move to the new competency-based assessment CBA (APEGS competency assessment) system. If you have not begun your experience reporting, you must go for the online CBA system.

You should get your assessment result within a period of 6 to 8 weeks after the submission of your report. If there are some omissions or errors in the report, the authority will let you know, and you have to submit the report again.

Initial steps before you apply:

Make sure that your CV is up to date and includes key job roles, projects, and attainments over the period of work experience you are claiming (at least 4 years). It will save you time in completing the Employment History and choosing projects to use as examples in the Competency Self-Assessment. (To be kept in mind: a project doesn’t need to be completed to use it as a competency example).

You must make sure that you maintain a record of all of your CPD goals and activities.

Become familiar with the Competency Framework and its Indicators/Workplace Examples (including any discipline-specific indicators available for your area of practice for engineering). They are in the Competency Self-Assessment section of the online system for reference.

For major learning activities, have some time to reflect briefly on the major learning that you earned including how it may have impacted your practice and contributed to the demonstration of competency within any of the Competency Categories.

There is an optional tutorial in the APEGS CBA system for engineering applicants in the drop-down menu after you have logged in. A tutorial for geoscientists will be in the future.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The following are the roles and responsibilities of all the participants in the APEGS CBA system:

Applicant:

·        An applicant offers work experience details through the Competency Assessment System, including work experience chronology and specific examples to address each Competency.

·        They provide self-assessed Competence Level for each Competency as per the Competency Rating Scale.

·        Applicants give contact information for a minimum of four people to as act Validators to verify and offer feedback on their competency assessment. For those validators who are not given specific competencies to validate, they give an overall assessment. For instance, if the applicant provided examples from only one supervisor, that supervisor validates all the examples and the other three Validators offer general comments and answer the general reference questions included in the Competency-Based assessment system. An applicant can’t act as their validator.

·        The applicant provides information if they are asked to provide it.

Validators: (employer/supervisor/ colleague/client: ideally P.Eng. or P.Geo. supervisor)

A validator confirms the work experience information of which they have personal knowledge.

They offer Competence Level ratings for Competencies to which they are assigned by applicants (if applicable).

They provide overall feedback about the applicant’s readiness for professional registration.

Assessors (eligible APEGS volunteers in the applicant’s area of practice):

An assessor reviews the applicant’s submission and the Validator’s feedback.

They offer ratings for each Competency.

They also make a recommendation on the applicant’s readiness for professional registration.