Registration Interviewers Urgently Needed to Meet Increase in Membership Applications
Due to a marked increase in membership application numbers, APEGBC is in urgent need of professional members who would be willing to assist with registration interviews. Interviewers are needed in every discipline and area of expertise. This volunteer position is of vital importance to the registration process—it is instrumental in maintaining and upholding the standards of qualification for the engineering and geoscience professions in BC.
APEGBC’s registration department conducts two types of interviews: “Experience Review” interviews, which are for applicants believed to have completed their experience requirement, but requiring confirmation as to whether they have four years of satisfactory engineering/geoscience experience in accordance with the “Satisfactory Engineering/Geoscience Experience” guideline; and “Looking-to-Exempt” interviews, which are for applicants with an unaccredited degree from outside of Canada but who have shown they have more than ten years of experience. The purpose of the latter interview is to review the applicant's experience to determine whether waiving of the requirement to pass technical examinations is warranted and whether the applicant’s experience fulfills the registration requirements.
Interviews are conducted by a panel composed of three professional members— two of whom must be in the applicant’s discipline—and a staff coordinator. Potential interviewers should be a professional engineer or geoscientist with ten or more years of applicable experience since graduation, preferably working at a senior level.
The number of interviews a member would be requested to participate in is dependent on the number of requests that APEGBC receives in that particular discipline and area of expertise. Interviewers would not be asked to participate more than four times per year.
Interviews are typically scheduled during office hours and would require approximately one hour of preparation, one hour to conduct the interview, and about half an hour of post-interview discussion. Interviewers are reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including a per kilometre rate for travel.
As registration interviewers for APEGBC, members would have the opportunity to meet international experts in their fields, as well as experienced individuals who may still be looking to establish themselves in BC. Members are also eligible for continuing professional development credits.
If you are interested in participating in the registration interview process as a panel interviewer, please contact Caroline Westra at 604-412-4875 (cwestra@apeg.bc.ca), or Martin Mac Gregor at 604-412-4854 (mmacgregor@apeg.bc.ca).