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This fall members are being asked to ratify two bylaw amendments. They are:
Bylaw 10(f) – Resignation  (listen to audio clip of Bylaw Q&A with Gillian Pichler - Director, Registration)
Bylaw 11(e) – Registered members (listen to audio clip of Bylaw Q&A with Gillian Pichler - Director, Registration)
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Bylaw 10(f) – Resignation (listen to audio clip of Bylaw Q&A with Gillian Pichler - Director, Registration)
Bylaw 10(f) states that all resignations must be given in writing to the Registrar and approved by Council. The bylaw was originally drafted when the Association’s membership was much smaller, and the few resignations received were able to be administered by Council. It also prevented members from resigning to avoid investigation and disciplinary proceedings. Today, more than 600 resignations are received during the annual billing process alone, and recent changes to allow for online fee payment have made the requirement to inform Council in writing of resignations redundant. Amendments to the Act allow investigation and discipline of former members. In addition, there is no requirement in the Engineers and Geoscientists Act that requires Council to approve or be involved with resignations.
The proposed bylaw will modernize bylaw 10 (f) to reflect current-day practice including web-based resignations with acceptance by the Registrar.
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If a member desires to resign, notification must be made in writing to the registrar in a manner determined by the council. Upon resignation being approved accepted by the council registrar, membership in the association shall cease. |
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If a member desires to resign, notification must be made to the registrar in a manner determined by the council. Upon resignation being accepted by the registrar, membership in the association shall cease. |
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Bylaw11(e) – Registered members (listen to audio clip of Bylaw Q&A with Gillian Pichler - Director, Registration)
Bylaw 11(e) states that to meet the academic requirements for registration, an applicant must have graduated from a four-year program in engineering, applied science, geoscience, technology or science. The recommended amendment to this bylaw will allow an applicant to have the equivalent of an acceptable four year degree. This will permit greater flexibility in confirming applicants’ academic qualifications, while maintaining the standards of academic achievement required to apply for registered membership.
For example, under the current bylaw a graduate with a degree or diploma of less than four years would not have the opportunity to complete qualifying examinations or courses to meet APEGBC’s academic requirements for professional engineer or geoscientist registration. When revised, this bylaw’s enhanced flexibility would recognize the variety of academic options that meet the standards of academic achievement for professional registration in BC.
As the change to the bylaw only pertains to subsection (1) of Bylaw 11 (e), only subsection (1) is presented below. To view the full text of Bylaw 11 (e) please refer to the Bylaws of the Association.
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Registration as a member of the association shall be granted to an applicant who has satisfied all the requirements in the Act and submitted evidence, in the approved format, satisfactory to the council, that the applicant: |
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has graduated: |
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in applied science, engineering or geoscience from an institute of learning approved by the council in a program approved by the council; or |
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with has the equivalent of: |
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a university-level bachelors degree in applied science or engineering, from an institution of learning not approved by the council, or in a program not approved by the council, but has passed: |
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examinations, assigned by the council from the syllabus published by the council, in the discipline of engineering of the applicant’s degree, that demonstrates the applicant’s knowledge is equivalent to the knowledge of those who have graduated from an institute of learning approved by the council in a program in applied science or engineering approved by the council; or |
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examinations, requiring special knowledge in branches of learning specified by the council, of an association or institute approved by the council; or |
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4 years of full-time post-secondary education in applied science, engineering, geoscience, science, or technology, and has demonstrated equivalency to graduation from an institute of learning approved by the council in a program in applied science, engineering or geoscience approved by the council, by passing the council assigned: |
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examinations or coursework from the syllabus, published by the council, applicable to the discipline in which the applicant wishes to be examined, to address deficiencies in syllabus coverage as determined by the council; or |
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examinations, requiring special knowledge in branches of learning specified by the council, of an association or institute approved by the council; |
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Registration as a member of the association shall be granted to an applicant who has satisfied all the requirements in the Act and submitted evidence, in the approved format, satisfactory to the council, that the applicant: |
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has graduated in applied science, engineering or geoscience from an institute of learning approved by the council in a program approved by the council; or |
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has the equivalent of: |
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a university-level bachelors degree in applied science or engineering, from an institution of learning not approved by the council, or in a program not approved by the council, but has passed: |
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examinations, assigned by the council from the syllabus published by the council, in the discipline of engineering of the applicant’s degree, that demonstrates the applicant’s knowledge is equivalent to the knowledge of those who have graduated from an institute of learning approved by the council in a program in applied science or engineering approved by the council; or |
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examinations, requiring special knowledge in branches of learning specified by the council, of an association or institute approved by the council; or |
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4 years of full-time post-secondary education in applied science, engineering, geoscience, science, or technology, and has demonstrated equivalency to graduation from an institute of learning approved by the council in a program in applied science, engineering or geoscience approved by the council, by passing the council assigned: |
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examinations or coursework from the syllabus, published by the council, applicable to the discipline in which the applicant wishes to be examined, to address deficiencies in syllabus coverage as determined by the council; or |
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examinations, requiring special knowledge in branches of learning specified by the council, of an association or institute approved by the council; |
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