APEGS – ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY
“The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) ensures a high standard of practice and ethical conduct in the professions and regulates the practice of engineering and geoscience in Saskatchewan for the protection of the public and the environment and the benefit of society, said APEGS President Tara Zrymiak, P.Eng., FEC.
“Our vision is a safe and prosperous future through engineering and geoscience. Our mandate is laid out in The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act.”
The Act states that anyone wanting to practise professional engineering or geoscience in the province must be a member of APEGS. It also restricts the use of the titles Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) and Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) to licensed individuals. Earning the designation takes a university degree combined with a minimum of four years of targeted experience.
An individual who has not graduated from an accredited engineering or geoscience program may, through a suitable combination of education and experience, become an Engineering Licensee or a Geoscience Licensee with APEGS. Licensees are full members of APEGS and have the right to independently practise professional engineering or professional geoscience within a specified scope of practice. APEGS also grants Permission to Consult to members wishing to offer consulting engineering and geoscience services, as well as Engineer-in-Training and Geoscientist-in-Training designations to members who have completed the academic requirements and are working through the experience requirements.
“It is a rigorous regulatory structure, but this commitment to high standards ensures that professional engineers and geoscientists have the expertise and experience necessary to ensure public safety,” Zrymiak said. “It means that employers can be confident that professional engineers and geoscientists have the right education, the right skills and the right attitude to provide effective and efficient engineering, geoscience and management services that make life better for their clients and for society.”