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Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board


Engineers Canada established the Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board in 1986. Its primary role is to develop national guidelines on professional engineering qualifications, standards of practice, ethics and professional conduct. The intent of the guidelines is to promote consistency in the licensing, registration and regulatory practices of Engineers Canada's member associations and ordre. Eight Engineers Canada national guidelines are currently in publication.

The Qualifications Board  is also responsible for the Engineers Canada Examination Syllabus and the Engineers Canada List of Foreign Engineering Educational Institutions and Professional Qualifications. The Syllabus describes an examination program to assess the academic qualifications of individuals who have not graduated from an accredited Canadian engineering program, an engineering program that is recognized to be equivalent to a Canadian program through an international agreement, or an engineering program offered outside Canada that has been evaluated by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board  and deemed to be "substantially equivalent" to a Canadian program. The associations/ordre use the List of Foreign Engineering Educational Institutions and Professional Qualifications and the Syllabus as a guide to develop appropriate suites of technical engineering examinations for international engineering graduates seeking licensure in Canada, in order to ensure those individuals meet the standards for admission into the Canadian engineering profession. Examination programs for 21 engineering disciplines as well as programs to assess an applicant's level of basic studies and complementary studies are outlined in the Syllabus. Engineers Canada's Guideline on Admission to the Practice of Engineering in Canada outlines the academic qualifications licensure applicants would normally be expected to demonstrate prior to being admitted into the engineering profession in Canada.

As part of its work to promote consistency in the regulatory and licensing practices of Engineers Canada's member associations/ordre, the Qualifications Board facilitated the negotiation of the profession's Inter-Association Mobility Agreement in June 1999. This agreement allows licensed engineers to obtain a P.Eng. or ing. licence in another Canadian province or territory with relative ease, regardless of the number of years they have been licensed in their present jurisdiction. It also makes it easier for engineers to be licensed in more than one jurisdiction at the same time, which should facilitate the regulation of large, multi-jurisdictional engineering projects.

The Qualifications Board has established a number of committees and task forces to assist it in its work, including the:

 

Qualifications Board Membership