Regulatory Excellence
Application Processing Times One of APEGA’s main regulatory functions is ensuring that every licensed professional practising engineering or geoscience in Alberta meets the requirements mandated by the
Performance metrics • APEGA received 6,901 applications in 2024. • We made decisions on 95.3 per cent of applications within the requirements of the Fair Registration Practices Act , up from 93.8 per cent in 2023. • APEGA processed 1,048 interprovincial professional member applications, rendering decisions in less than four business days on average. • More than 99 per cent of these professional member interprovincial applications were processed within the 30 -business-day requirement of the Labour Mobility Act . Competency-based assessments Since 2018, APEGA has used competency-based assessments to evaluate the experience and abilities of engineering applicants. Applicants must provide examples of how they meet or exceed 22 core competencies and name a validator who can confirm their experience. This has proven to be a procedurally fair and objective way of ensuring engineers have the experience needed to begin their journeys as professional engineers in Alberta. We use a different process to evaluate the work experience of geoscience applicants.
Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act . On average, we receive more than 575 new applications for registration each month. Professionals who wish to practise in Alberta depend on APEGA’s capacity to process these applications promptly, with minimal procedural delays. Two pieces of legislation govern our registration decision time frames. • Alberta’s Labour Mobility Act requires interprovincial applications to be processed within 30 business days— 20 to make a decision and 10 to inform the applicant. • Alberta’s Fair Registration Practices Act requires registration decisions for all other registrant applications to be processed within six months of receiving the application and all required documentation. By thoroughly processing applications in a timely manner, we keep pace with the volume of new professionals joining Alberta’s economy while maintaining APEGA’s primary focus on public safety and competency. We work closely with the Board of Examiners, which comprises volunteers who review and approve applications, and ensure that applications approaching legislated time limits are prioritized for consideration. Applications that are complex or part of emerging disciplines are identified early to allocate sufficient time for review. Competency-based assessment (CBA) is the right tool, the right framework, to use for assessing experience. In collaboration with the Board of Examiners, we work with a continuous improvement mindset to make the CBA process more efficient and effective.” – Amit Banerjee, P.Eng., director, registration
Percentage of application decisions made within six months
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