Professional engineers and professional geoscientists in Saskatchewan apply for the P.Eng. or P.Geo. designation through APEGS. The APEGS work experience reporting is key in this process. The professional body, APEGS now requires a competency-based assessment (CBA) of your work experience. You require a minimum of four years of evaluated experience of which six months are to have been obtained in the two years immediately before submission.

Get to know the CBA system first

First, you need to register on the competencyassessment.ca site. Your APEGS registration number is your user ID and choose Saskatchewan as your jurisdiction. Read the CA Guide and Interpretation Statements on the APEGS site. These papers provide a detailed explanation of each competency and list the level of rating required.

Select Strongly Relevant Examples

Choose recent work where you were genuinely responsible. One good project can stretch across several competencies if you highlight different things. For example, talk about how you used engineering principles in design, budgeting, team conflict resolution and environmental considerations.

The quantitative results include information on cost reduction, time savings, safety enhancements, or technological breakthroughs. This adds credibility to your APEGS experience reporting.

Ensure That You Arrange Your Samples In A Logical Manner

When giving examples for each competency, start by setting the scene such as what was happening in the project, what role you play and what the difficult aspect was. Next, describe what you did one after another.

End with the outcome as well as the lesson learned from it. Make sure that the examples are brief yet have enough information to depict depth. Be truthful in rating yourself using the given scale. If you overrate yourself, the validators may oppose it or the assessors may ask you to resubmit your work. Align your examples with the specific interpretation statements for engineering or geoscience.

Be Submissive and Accept Feedback in a Good Manner

Ensure to submit only after validation of all the required files. Where there is a request for resubmissions by the evaluators, ensure that you respond promptly with better samples. Make use of their comments to reinforce the areas of weakness.

With proper planning, most people succeed at the initial attempt. Your professional skills will also be enhanced and compliance issues will be resolved. If you regularly write down and consider your APEGS work experience reporting logically that satisfies the requirements.