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APEGA - Board of Examiners
Registration Committee
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The Opportunity |
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In order to ensure that all professional Engineers and Geoscientists in Alberta conduct themselves according to the high-standards of education and practice that are vital for protecting the public and maintaining the reputation of the professions, APEGA’s Board of Examiners carefully reviews all applications for membership. Volunteers on this committee are subject matter experts in their area of practice and are tasked with reviewing applications in their field to ensure the requirements of registration are met by each applicant before registration is approved.
Volunteers in the following practice areas are especially needed: Geoscience, Petroleum, Industrial, Electrical, Computer, Aeronautical, Biomedical, geomatics.
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The Impact |
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When one engineer or geoscientist conducts themselves unprofessionally, or endangers public safety, it threatens the reputation of the professions themselves. Damage to this reputation risks losing the privilege of self-regulation. By ensuring all professional members meet the rigorous standards of practice set by the Association, volunteers on this committee help to both protect the public from unskilled practice, but guarantee the continuation of Engineering and Geoscience as self-regulated professions.
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Three-year (renewable) term 10 hours per month to review between 5 and 15 files. 1x monthly virtual meeting (1-hour duration). 2x full-day annual training sessions held in Edmonton or Calgary.
Volunteers attending from outside of the meeting area will be provided with accommodations and reimbursed for travel costs.
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APEGA - Council
Nominating Committee
Every year, the APEGA membership elects councillors who provide the organization with strategic leadership, financial oversight, and sound governance. Councillors must have a solid understanding that, first and foremost, APEGA is a regulator, and they must have the competencies required to execute council’s duty to govern and fulfil APEGA’s mandate of protecting and serving both the public interest and public safety. It is the responsibility of the Nominating Committee to receive applications from the diverse population of engineers and geoscientists registered to practice in Alberta, assess those applications, and subsequently ensure the candidates on the ballot are qualified, credible, and broadly reflective of the membership.
What We Do
- Understand and execute the committee work plan for the upcoming election cycle.
- Review and understand the competencies needed for council as a collective.
- Conduct a gap analysis to determine recruitment priorities for the upcoming election cycle.
- Oversee the execution of the recruitment process to receive nominations from the membership at large, ensuring the election slate contains qualified candidates.
- Seek nominations to address specific gaps.
- Assess nominees using a structured, competency-based approach.
- Select candidates to appear on the ballot.
What Has Changed
In 2021, bylaw amendments were approved to enable APEGA to execute a more transparent nomination process to ensure that qualified candidates appear on the ballot. In parallel, APEGA adopted a more transparent and merit-based process for populating the Nominating Committee.
- Nominating Committee members will be recruited by an open call for volunteers.
- A Chair will be appointed from among the Licensed Professional Committee members.
- Committee members, including the Chair, will be selected based on set qualifications.
- No sitting councillor will serve on the Nominating Committee.
What We’re Looking For
- Licensed professionals who understand APEGA’s role as a self-regulating body.
- Individuals with experience in the recruitment and evaluation processes.
Time Commitment
Terms will be up to two years to allow for appropriate staggering of committee member continuity and renewal. The maximum number of years a member can serve on the committee is six years. Terms run from April to January. Meetings are held during business hours and the estimated time commitments are:
- June | New Member Orientation (1 hour)
- June | Meeting #1 (2 hours including meeting preparation time)
- July | Meeting #2 (2 hours including meeting preparation time)
- August | Meeting #3 (2 hours including meeting preparation time)
- Oct. | Pre-Screen Assessments and Meeting #4 (5 hours)
- Nov. | Interview Assessments and Meeting #5 (6 hours)
- Jan. | Meeting #4 Cycle Debrief (1.5 hours)
Please note: The above timings may be subject to change.
Skills and Qualifications
- Acute understanding of APEGA’s role as a self-regulating body.
- Familiarity with APEGA’s governing structure, strategic direction, key stakeholders, and operating environment, and an understanding of the importance of having a strong governing council.
- Demonstrated commitment to APEGA and interest in supporting it and the professions.
- Experience on other APEGA committees or taskforces is considered an asset.
- Be an APEGA licensed professional member in good standing.
- Must not have been a full or part-time employee of APEGA within the past three years.
- Independence of mind, yet able to work effectively within a committee structure.
- Excellent listening and communication skills.
- Sound judgement, critical thinking, and consensus development skills.
- Committed to the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Experience with recruitment and selection, conducting interviews and/or evaluating applications against established criteria is considered an asset.
Duties and Expectations
- Adhere to the Nominating Committee’s principles of fairness, transparency, accountability, and independence.
- Attend and actively participate in committee meetings.
- Review agenda material before each meeting or interview (materials will be available at least one week in advance).
- While honouring the transparency of the nomination process, also respect the confidentiality of nominee information and assessments.
- Review and understand the competencies needed for council as a collective.
- Conduct a gap analysis to determine recruitment priorities for the upcoming election cycle.
- Oversee the execution of the recruitment process to receive nominations from the membership at large, ensuring the election slate contains qualified candidates.
- Seek nominations to address specific gaps.
- Assess nominees using a structured, competency-based approach.
- Select candidates to appear on the ballot.
- Conduct an annual review of the nominations process/cycle in the current year to identify improvement opportunities for future years.
To apply, click below.
If you are an APEGA Professional Member, please select Professional Member, if you are a non-member, please select Lay Member
APEGA - Discipline and Enforcement
Discipline Committee
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In order to protect public safety, APEGA members and permit holders are expected to practice engineering and geoscience skillfully, ethically and professionally.
Ensuring that members and permit holders are disciplined when they fail to meet these obligations is critical to APEGA's success as a regulator. Investigation and enforcement—followed by, when necessary, judgment based on a fair hearing of the facts—are requirements of the association in service to the public interest.
APEGA’s Discipline Committee is a critical piece of this disciplinary framework and the members of the committee adjudicate on allegations of unskilled practice and unprofessional conduct brought before it by the Investigative Committee following complaints against APEGA members, whether individuals and/or permit-holding entities.
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3-year term. Approximately 50-60 hours per year
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APEGA - Local Branches
Branch Executive Committee (2026)
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The Opportunity |
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APEGA is seeking applications from licensed professionals and members-in-training to volunteer on one of APEGA’s 10 local branch executive committees. Volunteering with your local committee is a great way to get a better understanding of APEGA’s role and regulatory responsibilities—and it’s also a lot of fun! As a committee member, you have the opportunity to organize events ranging from locally relevant workshops and technical lectures to golf tournaments and networking evenings. Get to know other professionals in your region and bring local perspectives to APEGA as an ambassador for your community.
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Branch executive committees serve as conduits between registrants and APEGA Council and staff. By serving on your local executive committee, you’ll enhance the profile of the professions in your community, make APEGA aware of local successes and concerns, and advance strategic initiatives at the local level.
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Committees meet 10 times per year, with some work required outside of meetings, for a total commitment of approximately 2–10 hours per month.
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APEGA - Regulatory Affairs
External Boards & Committees
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The Opportunity |
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As the regulator for the Engineering and Geoscience Professions in Alberta, APEGA is often tasked with recruiting professional members to serve as ambassadors of the professions on various boards and committees across the province. These member volunteers contribute to the protection of public safety by offering subject matter expertise in matters in a wide variety of areas such as pressure vessel safety or urban design.
The Association is currently seeking an experienced professional member to serve as a representative on the Edmonton Design Committee. This committee reviews and makes recommendations to the Edmonton City Manager regarding development applications, rezoning applications, public projects and other matters of urban design in Alberta’s Capital.
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The Impact |
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Volunteers on this committee have an opportunity to positively contribute to their community by helping shape Edmonton’s urban design in accordance with the city’s principles of urban design. Volunteers will also have an opportunity to advance the associations interests and protect public safety by providing expert recommendations regarding urban development.
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Attend two committee meetings per month, which are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month in downtown Edmonton (volunteer may attend virtually), for approximately 5-hours each. Approximately 10-hours per month for independent review of submission packages and other activities. Total Time Commitment: 20-hours per month
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