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Engineer-in-Training (EIT)  

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 credited online towards the 4-year requirement for a P.Eng. application.  This convenient system replaces the need for the logbook/work experience log and the optional midterm interview. 

EITs may sign up for the system by sending an email to our EIT/GIT Registration Coordinator.  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:

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 a week.

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?

Please check the FEE SCHEDULE for the most current fees.

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

What When Who
Application Fee* With application

Applicants who have graduated with an approved engineering degree within the past 12 months

Application Fee

With application

All Other Applicants

Academic Examination Fee (if required)

When applying to write the examinations

Applicants who have been assigned examinations after the academic review

Secondary Liability Insurance Fee

After registration

All Applicants

Annual Fee

Pro-rated, paid after registration

All Applicants

* Engineers-in-Training 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:

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.  These are the most common causes for exemption:

  • you have an undergraduate engineering degree recognized by an engineering accreditation body that has a Mutual Recognition Agreement with APEGBC (EAC of ABET-USA; Engineering Council-UK, IEAust-Australia, IPENZ-New Zealand and IEI-Ireland for graduates since 1989; HKIE-Hong Kong for graduates since 1995; ECSA-South Africa for graduates since 1999; JABEE – Japan for graduates since 2005; IES – Singapore for graduates since 2006; IEET - Chinese Taipei for graduates since 2007; ABEEK - Korea for graduates since 2007; and CTI-France); or
  • you have an undergraduate engineering degree and an approved postgraduate engineering degree, in the same discipline as that of your undergraduate engineering degree; or
  • you have an undergraduate engineering degree and at least seven years of engineering experience or you have graduated from an ECSA-accredited program (South Africa) prior to 1999.   The decision to grant a reduction or an exemption is based on the results of a one-hour interview held at the APEGBC office.  

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