PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Partners in Professional Practice APEGA works directly with licensed professionals and permit holders to provide—and improve— the tools you use to practise in a professional manner. This collegial cycle of improvement and development makes you and your association better protectors of the public interest
APEGA’s Professional Practice Department provides the tools for you, the licensed professional or permit holder, to practise your profession competently and ethically. As part of the responsibility of self- regulation, the department also reviews the practice of our membership to ensure protection of the public interest. Within the regulatory spectrum, Professional Practice looks after you once you are licensed. If we do our job well, we are the firewall to keep Investigations, Discipline, and Enforcement from taking an interest in your practice! Professional Practice is focused on collabora- tive and collegial engagements—ones in which we learn from each other. We are at your fingertips for
help with practice or ethical issues; you are our eyes and ears to identify practice areas that need clarity, through either a new practice guideline or standard, or refinement of an existing one.
HOW ARE WE DOING? Standards and Guidelines
Informed in part by our practice review process, APEGA continues to develop, revise, and improve professional practice standards and guidelines using a process that involves subject-matter experts and includes member consultation. Professional practice standards and guidelines expand upon the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act to provide details on
THE REGULATORY SPECTRUM
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Practice Standards —Set the bar Practice Standards Committee, Subject- Matter Expert Panel Practice Reviews —Evaluate against the bar Individuals (CPD), Permit Holders Regulatory PD —Educate to exceed the bar Individuals, Permit Holders, Stakeholders
INVESTIGATION DISCIPLINE ENFORCEMENT
REGISTRATION Individuals • education • experience • character Companies • corporate registry
Professional Practice Firewall
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