This report continues
the Academy’s examination of areas where the Canadian engineering profession
could evolve over the next decade, to enhance its stature and its service to
the public. It explores some of the issues of assuring the public that
professional engineers in Canada continue to acquire, retain and enhance the
competences that are required, in adequately fulfilling the evolving roles
that they are called on to address in current society.
The report has been
produced primarily to assist in discussion and to stimulate action by
professional engineers in Canada – and particularly by the councils and
committees of their provincial and territorial Associations of Professional
Engineers/Ordre des ingénieurs (Associations), and their coordinating
agency, the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE). A secondary
objective is providing the public with the views of the Academy on this
important matter.
The Academy
recommends:
1 That CCPE undertake a
comprehensive review of its accreditation criteria in response to the
broadening recommendations of the Education report of the Academy, the
changing requirements of several engineering disciplines, and the evolving
needs of the profession.
2 That Associations review their
criteria for entry into the engineering profession, and consider adopting
enhanced requirements for Engineers in Training, to include continuing
education, evidence of independent learning, mentorship, and more stringent
supervision of experience.
3 That the Associations,
coordinated through CCPE, negotiate common requirements for admission to the
engineering profession in Canada.
4 That the Associations,
coordinated through CCPE, negotiate acceptable national standards for
acquisition and reporting of evidence of continuing competence for all
Canadian professional engineers.
5 That employers be encouraged to
provide their professional engineering employees with adequate opportunity
and resources, to maintain and enhance their professional competence.
