Permit to Practice

No, a professional technologist who engages in the practice of engineering or geoscience in their own name does not require a permit to practice. However, professional technologists working as or for a corporation or other legal entity require an ASET permit to practice which takes responsibility for work performed, even if the member is the only employee.

No, unless the professional technologist is also an active member of APEGA (for example, a professional licensee), the individual cannot be listed as a responsible member under an APEGA permit to practice.

Yes, a professional technologist can work under an APEGA permit to practice if the individual is supervised by a responsible member listed on the APEGA permit to practice.

Yes, a professional technologist can stamp work they perform under an APEGA permit to practice. The professional technologist's personal stamp must be accompanied by the APEGA permit stamp or number.

An organization employing only professional technologists, or an organization wishing to establish its professional technologists as responsible members under a permit to practice for the purpose of supervising work performed, must obtain an ASET permit to practice. In this case, the personal stamp of the professional technologist must be accompanied by the ASET permit stamp or number.

Yes, if a parent company or joint venture group holds a permit to practice, any subsidiary of that company that engages in the practice of engineering or geoscience must also hold a permit if the subsidiary is a separate entity with a different name.