Share Your Knowledge and Experience APEGA Members are needed for the following volunteer opportunities
has met the minimum requirements for registration. Academic SMEs and experience SMEs with the following areas of expertise will be given preference: Geoscience • Geology • Environmental Geoscience • Geophysics • Engineering Physics • Environmental • Forestry • Geological Engineering
Appeal Board Panel Members Committee members are needed for the Appeal Board, which provides Members and the public full protection of their statutory right of appeal and right to natural justice. Candidates must: • be licensed with APEGA as a P.Eng., P.Geo., P.Geol., P.Geoph. or P.L. for a minimum of 5 years • be a practising Professional Engineer or Professional Geoscientist of 10 years or more Discipline Committee Members Committee members are needed for the Discipline Committee, which hears and decides on complaints of unskilled practice and unprofessional conduct against APEGA Members and Permit Holders, brought before it by the Investigative Committee. Candidates must: • be licensed as a Professional Member of APEGA — P.Eng., P.Geo., P.Geol., P.Geoph., P.L.(Eng.), or P.L.(Geo.) • have a minimum of 10 years of industry experience • have experience interpreting legislation as it applies to municipal permits or appeals in other courts, or through involvement with APEGA and the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act • have experience participating in legal or quasi-legal proceedings, whether through APEGA, other regulators, or Alberta Courts Investigative Committee Members Committee members are needed for the Investigative Committee, which investigates complaints of unskilled practice and unprofessional conduct against APEGA Members and Permit Holders. Candidates must: • be licensed with APEGA as a P.Eng., P.Geo., P.Geol., P.Geoph., or P.L. • have experience as a Professional Member, ideally over 10 years of it in industry • have experience reading and understanding legal decisions
• have a minimum of 5 years of Canadian Professional Membership, preferably with APEGA Applicants from all disciplines of engineering or geoscience are encouraged to apply. Candidates with experience in residential and commercial construction, geotechnical engineering, and environmental practice are always needed. Subject Matter Expert Panel Member — Outsourcing of Professional Work APEGA is seeking panel members who are subject matter experts on the outsourcing of professional work. The panel will help enhance APEGA Members' awareness of outsourcing issues of a professional nature through the combining of two existing practice guidelines into a single Professional Practice Standard for Outsourcing of Professional Work. Candidates must: • be licensed as a P.Eng., P.Geo., P.Geol., P.Geoph., or P.L. with APEGA, in good standing, for a minimum of 10 years • be able to supply expertise outside of APEGA's mandate as required by the panel chair • have past and current experience practising in a related aspect of the management of engineering or geoscience projects and professional work • be recognized as an experienced practitioner of engineering or geoscience Subject Matter Expert — Registration Committee APEGA is looking for Members to act as subject matter experts (SMEs) on the Registration Committee. The primary duty of subject matter experts is to review and provide recommendations on whether an applicant for professional registration
Engineering • Agricultural • Biotechnology/
• Geomatics • Industrial • Materials • Mechanical • Mechatronics • Mining and Mineral Processing/ Metallurgical • Nanotechnology • Naval • Petroleum
Bioresource/ Biochemical
• Chemical — Processing • Civil/Structural • Computing/ Software • Electrical — Electronics • Electrical — Power and Transmission Systems
Academic SME candidates must: • hold a faculty position or professor emeritus status in engineering or geoscience at a university within Canada • have held non-practising status for no longer than 5 years Experience SMEs candidates must: • have demonstrated expertise in an area of engineering or geoscience with at least 10 years’ experience in the field of practice • have an APEGA licence to practise engineering or geoscience, or have held non-practising status for no longer than 5 years
For further information on any of the opportunities listed here — or other APEGA-related volunteer opportunities — please contact: Cam McCormick, Volunteer Manager 1-800-661-7020, Ext. 2517 volunteer@apega.ca You can also check out the volunteer section of the APEGA website.
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