Registrar & CEO's Message
APEGA
professionals and permit holders use technology to facilitate their practices, and the way APEGA used the digital space to engage members and permit holders in the update of the standard. Through the summer and fall, we informed and listened to members via face-to-face meetings, videoconferences, and webinars, just as we had during the legislative review. We created videos and infographics explaining the new approach to authentication that the new standard will require. We posted information on social media. Our hope is to publish the new standard mid- year, following Council approval. The draft is being improved first, thanks to the input we received. After it’s published, a transition period will allow members and permit holders to continue learning the standard’s new requirements before they are expected to fully adhere to it. Some of the coming updates to standards and guidelines are administrative in nature, so wide consultation won’t be necessary. Some are not as complicated as the most recent one, so they won’t require as many information and consultation sessions. Two additional updates of practice standards, however, are wide-reaching. One will cover outsourcing and relying on work prepared by others. In our digital world, the oversight we exercise of outsourced work and how we use due diligence in accepting it are things the public and elected representatives are very interested in. The second is the guideline for Professional Practice Management
Plans (PPMPs). PPMPs are the critical documents that help ensure the professionalism we expect of engineers and geoscientists is also part of your entire workplace culture. As I’m sure you can imagine, the march of technological change will influence the content of these documents and the way in which we inform and consult with members—just as it has the Practice Standard for Authenticating Professional Work Products . ’TIS THE SEASON And now, with the year winding down, we are all marching into the Christmas season. I wish all of you a wonderful holiday season, regardless of your faith or belief system. It’s a great time to connect with family and friends, and recharge and ready ourselves for the challenges ahead in 2019! For those members who found a way to volunteer or engage in the business of the association in 2018, thank you. For those who didn’t, please make it a resolution! I must also thank my Executive Leadership Team and the entire APEGA staff for supporting our operational goals and the continuous improvement of this great organization. My job is challenging—but it’s also extremely rewarding, largely because of you. I feel well supported by dedicated, smart, and knowledgeable people. And finally, a special year-end thank-you to President Nima Dorjee, P.Eng., the other members of the Council Executive, and the rest of Council. Your support and thoughtful oversight are invaluable and very much appreciated. Merry Christmas!
LINKS Proposed Updates to the Authentication Standard APEGA Legislative Review
Questions or comments? Registrar_CEO@apega.ca
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