Certified Engineering Technologist

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Certified Engineering Technologist is a Canadian professional title awarded on the basis of academic qualification and work experience. Abbreviated as C.E.T., most Canadian provincial engineering and applied science technology associations offer this certification.

Contents 1 Requirements for certification 2 Right to use of title 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Requirements for certification

• Graduation from a two or three-year postsecondary program in engineering or applied science technology approved by the Canadian Technology Accreditation Board
• Two years of work experience in the field that certification is sought
• Completion of an application, work history and submission of professional references
• Submission of a technology report of substantial content

(Completion of a professional practice examination)

[edit] Right to use of title

The title of C.E.T., which is used as a post-nomial, is generally protected by provincial legislation. One cannot use the title or hold that one is a Certified Engineering Technologist unless so certified, by a provincial body associated with the Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists.

In some provinces this title may be replaced with Applied Science Technologist (AScT), Registered Engineering Technologist (RET), or more recently Professional Technologist (P.Tech) to more closely align with Professional Engineers who use the title (P.Eng).

Internationally, transferability of this title is governed by the Sydney Accord.

[edit] See also

• Technologist
• ACETTPEI
• Engineering Technician
• British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
• Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

[edit] External links

• Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists (CCTT)
• Holland College
• ECUK - Sydney Accord
• A.S.E.T.