Professional Technologist

Professional Technologist (P.Tech) is a Canadian professional title awarded on the basis of academic qualifications and work experience. Professional Technologists must be registered or licensed to work in engineering and technology related fields.

The title of P.Tech, is protected by provincial legislation. One cannot use the title or hold that one is a Professional Technologist unless so certified, by a provincial body associated with the Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists. The Professional Technologist (P.Tech) designation is to more closely align with Professional Engineers who use the title (P.Eng).

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Occupations

Technologists are capable of performing many functions, including those of a technician, draftsman, scientist, or project manager.

Professional Technologist - Alberta - P.Tech. (Eng.)

Members who earn this designation have the right to practice engineering independently in accordance with established methodologies and specifications including existing codes and regulations. With this right, a member is able to sign off and stamp their own work. http://www.aset.ab.ca/Downloads/documentloader.ashx?id=2944

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)

Offered by Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and McMaster University of Ontario.
http://www.mi.mun.ca/btech
http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/Schools/fet/McMoPartnership.html
Bachelor of Technology

Bachelor of Technology Management (B.Tech Mgmt.)

Offered by:

The Northern Alberta Institute for Technology.
http://www.nait.ca/program_home_28092.htm

Thompson Rivers University. www.tru.ca/distance/programs/business-management/bachelor-technology-management.html

Masters of Technology Management (MTM)

Offered by Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Technologists Permitted to Practice Engineering

Technologists are not allowed to practice engineering (as defined on the provincial level by organizations such as APEGGA or the PEO. Currently, one must hold a B.Eng, B.E.Sc., or Bachelor of Applied Science (or undertake a series or exams set by the provincial licensing board), have 4 (3 in Quebec) plus years of (Engineer In Training) experience (one or more which must be) under a Professional Engineer P.Eng, as well as pass a professional practice exam in order to practice professional engineering.

In Alberta, the Association of Science and Engineering Technology (ASET)[1] (a member of CCTT) has formed in concert with APEGGA legislation allowing its members to enhance their capabilities and join the ranks of practicing engineers via the P.Tech (Eng) license. This form of practice comes at the 6 year mark, with suitable professional milestones and education commesurate with a technologist who had undertaken the P.Eng. licensing exams [2].

Technologists who are permitted by law are referred to as Professional Technologists (P.Tech), Certified Engineering Technologists (C.E.T.), Licensed Engineering Technologist (L.E.T.) or other titles as stipulated by provincial law (RET...). It is worthwhile to note that the term P.Tech has not received universal agreement as to the required certification criteria. As a result a P.Tech (Eng) in Alberta is different than a P.Tech in New Brunswick or Newfoundland and Labrador, given the APEGGA standards.

Basic Certification Requirements