Winter 2017 PEG

Share Your Knowledge and Experience

APEGA Members are needed for the following volunteer opportunities

Appeal Board Panel Committee members are needed for the Appeal Board, which provides Members and the public protection of their statutory right of appeal and their right to natural justice. Discipline Committee 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.

Environmental Practice Standards Panel, Environmental Professional Standards Subcommittee Environmental Professional Standards Panel and subcommittee members are needed to help us ensure that APEGA Professional Practice Standards, Guidelines, and Bulletins related to the environment properly protect the public interest. Geoscience and Engineering Professional Standards Subcommittee Subcommittee members are needed for the Geoscience and Engineering Professional Standards Subcommittee. This subcommittee ensures that APEGA Professional Practice Standards, Guidelines, and Bulletins related to the professional practice of engineering are adequate to protect the public interest. Mentors APEGA invites experienced Professional Members to volunteer their time to mentor less-experienced Members and Members-in-Training. Mentors are matched with mentees to provide guidance in many areas of career and professional growth.

Subject Matter Expert Panel — Outsourcing of Professional Work

APEGA seeks panel members who are subject matter experts on the sourcing of professional work. The panel will help enhance Members’ awareness of outsourcing issues by combining two existing practice guidelines into one, the Professional Practice Standard for Outsourcing of Professional Work.

Wetlands Science and Engineering Working Group

APEGA seeks geoscience and engineering Professional Members to join the Wetlands Science and Engineering Working Group. This working group will produce a practice guideline to implement the Alberta Wetlands Policy. Branch Executive Committee Executive Committee Members are needed to join the APEGA Branches, an important and integral part of APEGA operations. With 10 Branches across the province, the Branches function as the conduit between APEGA’s offices in Calgary and Edmonton and APEGA Members.

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