Does This Affect You?
If you are an engineer-in-training who has not submitted at least one complete experience report in the outgoing, paper-based system by January 1, 2019 then this applies to you. However, for those engineers-in-training who have the choice to either stay in the outgoing system or switch to the new CBA system, we are inviting and encouraging you to switch. See the APEGS website under Members, Competency-Based Assessment for more details.
How to Access CBA Online
The CBA online system is ready for you to start entering your competencies: https://competencyassessment.ca.
You create a user account by following the instructions on screen. Your APEGS registration / file number is required. APEGS is then contacted to authorize your account because the CBA system is separate from the APEGS database.
Benefits of CBA
CBA makes experience reporting easier and more transparent. It is highly recommended that engineers-in-training switch to the new CBA system even if they have already submitted reports in the outgoing, paper-based system. You may use experience examples from experience reports already submitted on the outgoing, paper-based system but make sure to include any information from there in the online CBA system for it to be considered.
It is easier to gauge if your experience qualifies for professional registration and therefore increases your confidence when writing your submission.
What constitutes acceptable engineering work experience has not changed, we have better described it. There are “indicators” to provide more insight into what will satisfy a competency.
Indicators help applicants interpret the competency descriptions to further understand what information to include. It is more quantitative and objective.
There is an explicitly described rating scale from 0 to 5 that the applicant, validators and assessors use. Only 34 examples required.
You provide one example for each of the 34 competencies from any time in your entire engineering experience history instead of 54 (or more) examples in the outgoing, paper-based system. It is online.
No more paper and obtaining signatures. The online system facilitates all information entry, sharing and notifications. No more coordination is needed by the applicant through email and mail to supervisors and APEGS.
Here is a peak at the home page of the CBA system, called the Engineering Competency Assessment System:
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