Elements Of APEGS Competency

If you are looking to be registered by APEGS to work as a registered engineer in the province, then first you should know the way to prove your competency and its elements. Here, we will also tell you about the APEGS self-assessment system. So, read the whole blog thoroughly.

What is APEGS Competency, and what are its elements?

Competency means the capability of doing tasks and performing roles as per the standards recognized and expected by an employer and the community. The common competencies regarding the working experience in an engineering atmosphere are Competency Framework that is important to make sure that the practice and public safety in all disciplines by a professional engineer. Competency is the measure of capability for demonstrating its examples are necessary from the real work experience. The competency of a candidate for the professional engineering license must be evaluated not only the performance in the situations that they have faced to date but their capability of dealing with those circumstances that may come up in the future. As a result, an aspiring candidate has to show the ability to use their engineering knowledge with safety and confidence across different situations in a competency-based assessment system along with identifying professional limits and be ready to either improve their specialty or call other sources for help.

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• s evaluators with a confusion-free idea of a candidate’s experience and knowledge in the areas necessary for influential and safe engineering practice, detailed examples must be given as part of a Competency Self-Assessment.

Competency Category:

There are 7 Competency Categories in the Competency Framework (grouping skills and competencies) given below:

1. Technical competency
2. communication
3. effectiveness of the team
4. project and financial management
5. personal continuing professional development, also known as CPD
6. environmental, social, economic, and sustainability
7. accountability of professional

To make sure public safety and influential practice, the seven categories are the important areas for every discipline of professional engineers to show competency. Each Competency Category has a list of key competencies. To fulfill the competency needs, the average competence level must be fulfilled by each candidate in each Competency Category.

How you can submit experience in the online CBA system:

To submit your experience in the online CBA system, you have to do the following:

1. Start by going through the online Engineering Competency Assessment System at https:/competencyassessment.ca.
2. click on the ‘Applicants’ section
3. You must read the instructions shown on the screen and follow them.
4. When not having an account in the online CBA system, create your own. Your registration ID is your five-digit APEGS User ID (registration number or candidate file number). Pick ‘Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan’ as your jurisdiction.
5. Manual approvals of accounts are done for five days; Monday to Friday, except for statutory holidays. After finding your account approved, you will get an email notification.
6. After the account approval, you will reach the system by choosing ‘I am a registered user and would like to access the Engineering Competency Assessment System’.
7. Adhere to the instruction shown on the screen and put in the information. You must keep in mind that your education information will be shown on the online CBA system yet, which will be in the future.

To become an Engineers Australia Cpeng (Chartered Professional Engineer), you are required to go through and fulfill the Stage 2 Competency Assessment standards.