Thank you for your interest in becoming an EIT with APEGBC.

What is an EIT?

An EIT is a member of APEGBC who has demonstrated academic qualification, but is still working toward gaining the required 4 years of engineering experience for P.Eng. registration.

What are the benefits?

How long does it take?

How much does it cost?

How do I apply?

Online Experience Reporting System

The EIT online reporting system allows EITs to report their engineering work experience in 6 to 12-month increments.  Each work period can be reviewed and given recommended credit online towards the 4-year requirement for a P.Eng. application.

EITs may sign up for the system by sending an email to our EIT/GIT Program Supervisor .  You will then receive further instructions on how to record and receive feedback on your work experience. This feedback will come to you in experience credits (in months) and in comments from the reviewer of your work experience. Although this system is available to all EITs and experience can be recorded retroactively, it is of greatest value to those with less experience.

When you decide to begin creating work summaries, please first verify that your P.Eng. supervisor is available to use the online system. Then, start with your oldest experience, including any pre-graduation experience (co-op or summer) that you gained after completion of your second year of university studies under the supervision of a P.Eng.

If any of the following apply to you:

• you are an EIT or MAPS student who has been set up to use the Online Experience Reporting System;
• you are a Supervisor who has received notification that a work summary has been submitted for your approval;
• you are a Reviewer who has received notification that a work period has been assigned to you for review,

you can access the Online Experience Reporting System at this link:

http://eitgit.apeg.bc.ca/

For your information:

• User name is your APEGBC 6 digit System ID#.
• Password is your date of birth in yyyymmdd format ( no slashes ).

What are the benefits?

Becoming an EIT allows you to:

• take advantage of the employment centre on our website
• take advantage of APEGBC's Member Services and Affinity Programs
• use the EIT/GIT Online Experience Reporting System
• have the application fee waived, or pay a reduced fee, when you apply for P.Eng.
• receive member rates for APEGBC Continuing Professional Development events
• receive APEGBC's monthly publication,Innovation Magazine

How long does the process take?

This depends on when we receive all the required documents for your application.  If you have an accredited degree and we receive your documents you could be enrolled as quickly as seven business days.

If more academic assessment is required, it will take longer.  Once your documents have arrived here we will be better able to decide what will be required for you to demonstrate academic qualification.

How much does it cost?

First-time applicants applying within 12 months of graduation from an engineering post-secondary program will have the initial EIT application fee waived. Please note once you are enrolled as an EIT annual membership fees apply.

Please check the FEE SCHEDULE for the most current fees.

The list below contains the items that you may need to pay for.

* EIT Members who have had the application fee waived will be required to pay an application fee when applying for registration as a Professional Engineer.

How do I apply?

An EIT application consists of:

• A completed application form.
• An application fee. This fee may be waived if you have graduated from an approved graduate or undergraduate program within the past 12 months. Please check the FEE SCHEDULE for the most current fees.
• A certified copy of your Citizenship, Permanent Resident Status, or Passport . To have a copy certified, make a photocopy of your document and ask a P.Eng., P.Geo., or Notary Public to sign and stamp it as a "true copy of the original".  Alternatively, you may bring your original document to the APEGBC office and we can make a certified copy for you at no cost.
• Transcripts sent to us directly from your university of graduation.
• A completed Practice Declaration Form

There are additional requirements if you wish to apply for registration in the Naval Architectural, Marine, Computer, Software, Structural, Environmental, or Integrated Engineering disciplines.

For a detailed description of the documents you need to submit please click here.

Academic Qualifications

To obtain your EIT status you must demonstrate that you have met the minimum academic requirements. To apply for registration as an engineer in training , you are required to have the equivalent of graduation from a four year full time bachelors program in applied science, engineering, geoscience, science or technology. 

For Canadian applicants this normally means that  you have a bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited Canadian university program.

If you do not have an undergraduate degree in engineering from an accredited Canadian university program, your academic background will be assessed and you may be assigned academic examinations.

You may be granted exemption from examinations. 

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