P.Eng APEGA (Professional Engineers of Alberta) review timeline

[Francesc2]

Anybody knows, how long it the Experience Examiner review?

Roughly 2 to 3 months for all three examiners to complete.

 

[Francesc2]

Hi everyone

My status was Case to Board - May 2024. I just got a letter of deferred approval, asking for 7 months of additional experience.

My work experience was all in Canada. And I was using my MSc for an additional year of experience. Overall, they are asking for 3 years and 10 months experience, so they probably considered only two months of work experience from my MSc.

Does anyone have an idea how long the Request to Update takes, i.e. how long before the Request to Update and BOE's decision?

Thanks all.

 

[NaiveWater930]

Hi everyone

My status was Case to Board - May 2024. I just got a letter of deferred approval, asking for 7 months of additional experience.

My work experience was all in Canada. And I was using my MSc for an additional year of experience. Overall, they are asking for 3 years and 10 months experience, so they probably considered only two months of work experience from my MSc.

Does anyone have an idea how long the Request to Update takes, i.e. how long before the Request to Update and BOE's decision?

Thanks all.

My update took 6 months but it was for the competencies. I submitted the request for update on October and coordinator was assigned at the end of October.

 

[Francesc2]

My update took 6 months but it was for the competencies. I submitted the request for update on October and coordinator was assigned at the end of October.

Thanks. It's so frustrating to have to update and pay another 225 CAD without even knowing what their decision is based on. They really lack transparency sometimes.

 

[Tosyn+]

Thanks. It's so frustrating to have to update and pay another 225 CAD without even knowing what their decision is based on. They really lack transparency sometimes.

They did not give you specific reason(s) for the need for the update?

 

[alee667]

Congratulations!
How will you prepare for NPPE?

just gathering information. Let's join forces are interested.

 

[alee667]

Hi everyone

My status was Case to Board - May 2024. I just got a letter of deferred approval, asking for 7 months of additional experience.

My work experience was all in Canada. And I was using my MSc for an additional year of experience. Overall, they are asking for 3 years and 10 months experience, so they probably considered only two months of work experience from my MSc.

Does anyone have an idea how long the Request to Update takes, i.e. how long before the Request to Update and BOE's decision?

Thanks all.

It would be better to complete additional 7 months and then update. APEGA is very conservative when it comes to experience.

 

[Francesc2]

They did not give you specific reason(s) for the need for the update?

They haven't. I asked them for my own experience, waiting for their response. My only theory is that they didn't count my MSc as a full year of work experience and wanted me to gather more experience to complete 4 years. Originally I had about 39 months of Canadian work experience + my MSc, but now they want me to have an overall of 46 months of work experience.

 

[wasifkarim]

My application was case to board Jun 2024. I have been advised the following along with FE Exam.

You may choose to improve any key competencies in the above competency categories. The Board wishes to inform you that you have scored below the overall category requirements in the following key competencies: 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3. AND
Obtain 12 months from September 2020 of acceptable Canadian equivalent engineering experience referenced by a P.Eng. who took technical responsibility for the work.

I need you suggestions if seniors can guide me
1. How to improve and submit the above competencies?
2. How can i obtain 12 months from September 2020 of acceptable Canadian equivalent engineering experience referenced by a P.Eng. who took technical responsibility for the work?

I shall be highly thankful if anyone can help me out please.

 

[NaiveWater930]

My application was case to board Jun 2024. I have been advised the following along with FE Exam.

You may choose to improve any key competencies in the above competency categories. The Board wishes to inform you that you have scored below the overall category requirements in the following key competencies: 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3. AND
Obtain 12 months from September 2020 of acceptable Canadian equivalent engineering experience referenced by a P.Eng. who took technical responsibility for the work.

I need you suggestions if seniors can guide me
1. How to improve and submit the above competencies?
2. How can i obtain 12 months from September 2020 of acceptable Canadian equivalent engineering experience referenced by a P.Eng. who took technical responsibility for the work?

I shall be highly thankful if anyone can help me out please.

Hi,
My case is June 2024 too and nothing here yet.
For the FE exam, I used the NCEES practice Test and FE electrical and computer review manual. I studied around two months, 2-3 hours Monday to Saturday. I passed the FE exam the first time.
For the compentencies, I added more details in some of them and provided new examples for the rest. Then, I aksed a few PENg to review them prior to submit the application.

Hope this helps.

 

[wasifkarim]

Hi,
My case is June 2024 too and nothing here yet.
For the FE exam, I used the NCEES practice Test and FE electrical and computer review manual. I studied around two months, 2-3 hours Monday to Saturday. I passed the FE exam the first time.
For the compentencies, I added more details in some of them and provided new examples for the rest. Then, I aksed a few PENg to review them prior to submit the application.

Hope this helps.

Thank you for your detailed guidance. I did my graduation in Chemical Engineering in 2006. Now its bit difficult for me to start from scratch. However, the syllabus for the "Others" Category looks easier comparatively. Can I appear in this category? will it be accepted by APEGA?
Regarding P.Eng. , Is it mandatory that P.Eng. should be from the same field or anyone? How to manage 12 months experience within Canada under the supervision of P.Eng. if I am not doing an engineering Job since I don't have a license? What if I am working as technician in Canada? I just need a general information which can be helpful in moving to certain direction.

 

[NaiveWater930]

Thank you for your detailed guidance. I did my graduation in Chemical Engineering in 2006. Now its bit difficult for me to start from scratch. However, the syllabus for the "Others" Category looks easier comparatively. Can I appear in this category? will it be accepted by APEGA?
Regarding P.Eng. , Is it mandatory that P.Eng. should be from the same field or anyone? How to manage 12 months experience within Canada under the supervision of P.Eng. if I am not doing an engineering Job since I don't have a license? What if I am working as technician in Canada? I just need a general information which can be helpful in moving to certain direction.

uhm I don't know about that. I have a few friends who took the other FE exam, and they told me that it is really difficult.
Actually, I asked the same question to APEGA, and I was told that it is not mandatory but it is better if the PEng is from the same field (specially for Competency Category 1 – Technical Competence). If using a Professional Licensee Engineer (P.L.(Eng.)) as validator, then the experience being validated must be in the same scope of practice.
You will need to contact APEGA about the experience (email is better than phone call)

 

[alee667]

Thank you for your detailed guidance. I did my graduation in Chemical Engineering in 2006. Now its bit difficult for me to start from scratch. However, the syllabus for the "Others" Category looks easier comparatively. Can I appear in this category? will it be accepted by APEGA?
Regarding P.Eng. , Is it mandatory that P.Eng. should be from the same field or anyone? How to manage 12 months experience within Canada under the supervision of P.Eng. if I am not doing an engineering Job since I don't have a license? What if I am working as technician in Canada? I just need a general information which can be helpful in moving to certain direction.

Ideally APEGA shouldn't have assigned you FE exam. If candidate has more than 10 years of engineering experience overseas, they don't assign FE. But here is a catch, APEGA only counts pure engineering experience only and general role such as coordinator , manager etc. are not really counted as engineering experience. I know some candidates who contested APEGA on FE ( as they had several years of overseas engineering experience) and their exams were waived in re-assessment.

P.Eng could be of different field and it really depends upon your example. But its better to use P.Eng of the same field for section 1.X technical competencies. My discipline is mechanical but I used electrical P.Eng for couple of competencies and APEGA did not ask any question. But my examples were general design related. Where I gave specific mechanical design example, I made sure that my validator is mechanical P.Eng.

 

[wasifkarim]

Ideally APEGA shouldn't have assigned you FE exam. If candidate has more than 10 years of engineering experience overseas, they don't assign FE. But here is a catch, APEGA only counts pure engineering experience only and general role such as coordinator , manager etc. are not really counted as engineering experience. I know some candidates who contested APEGA on FE ( as they had several years of overseas engineering experience) and their exams were waived in re-assessment.

P.Eng could be of different field and it really depends upon your example. But its better to use P.Eng of the same field for section 1.X technical competencies. My discipline is mechanical but I used electrical P.Eng for couple of competencies and APEGA did not ask any question. But my examples were general design related. Where I gave specific mechanical design example, I made sure that my validator is mechanical P.Eng.

Thank you brother for your response. Actually I submitted experience only for 60 months (2015-2020). Though I was working since 2010 in the same field. But the issue is with the employer where I used to work from 2010-2015. They are not willing to issue me experience letter. Is there a way out for this issue? And Can I request to re-assess the previous experience now (2010-2015)?

 

[alee667]

Thank you brother for your response. Actually I submitted experience only for 60 months (2015-2020). Though I was working since 2010 in the same field. But the issue is with the employer where I used to work from 2010-2015. They are not willing to issue me experience letter. Is there a way out for this issue? And Can I request to re-assess the previous experience now (2010-2015)?

Your circumstances are unique and I think you need to talk to APEGA about your case. APEGA has a dedicated International Qualifications Officer (IQA) and you can discuss your case with him.

Regarding experience, you don't need letter from employer. Any colleague or senior from that organization can provider reference for work in that organization. I can understand some employers HR back home are pathetic when it comes to providing a work reference.