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Who should apply for membership?

 

Any individual who is practicing or intends to practice geoscience in Nova Scotia.
Residents may apply for membership and non-residents may apply for a license to practice.
Professional Geoscientists typically work in consulting firms, government, private companies, universities, the oil and gas and mining industries.

 

Member (P.Geo.)

Applicant Requirements
Process
  • Part 1: Submit Application – Member (P.Geo.) and required components to APGNS Registrar.
  • Part 2: If application package is acceptable, APGNS Registrar will direct applicant to undertake Competency Based Assessment (online)
  • Assessors review CBA results; membership recommendation made to APGNS Council
  • Applicant notified of registration decision (normally within 24 hours of review)

Read the APGNS CBA Guide
Visit the CBA website
Geoscientist taking measurements of fluids to test soil samples

Member in Training (MIT)

Applicant Requirements
  • Complete academic requirements for professional registration
  • Less than 48 months of geoscience work experience
  • Be legal resident of Canada, have good character, be competent with the English language
  • APGNS recommends successful MIT registrants have at least one year of work experience before sitting for the NPPE
Process
  • Submit Application – Member in Training and required components to APGNS Registrar.
  • Completed and acceptable applications packages will be reviewed by APGNS Admissions Board, which makes membership recommendation to APGNS Council
  • Applicant notified of registration decision (normally within 24 hours of review)

Certificate of Authorization for Sole Proprietor & Corporate (more than one employee)

  • Complete Application – Certificate of Authorization form, and pay fees (listed on form)
  • Email completed form and fees payment receipt to Registrar
  • Applicant notified of registration decision (normally within 24 hours of review)
  • Applicant must renew registration annually

License to practice (LTP) & Membership Transfer to APGNS

  • Applicants must be registered as “professional geoscientist” (P.Geo.), and in good standing, with another provincial geoscience association (“home association”) in Canada
  • Complete Application – LTP & Membership Transfer form, and pay fees (listed on form)
  • Email completed form and fees payment receipt to Registrar
  • Applicant notified of registration decision (normally within 24 hours of review)
  • Registration must be renewed annually

Student Membership

  • Complete Application – Student Membership form (no fees payable for students)
  • Email completed form to Registrar
  • Applicant notified of registration status (normally within 24 hours of review)

About Competency Based Assessment (CBA)

APGNS uses the CBA model to evaluate the experience of individuals applying for registration as Member (P.Geo.). This model is used by regulators nationally to improve transparency and fairness for applicants, and ensure protection of the public.

The CBA model assesses whether an applicant has achieved the necessary competencies for professional registration while obtaining the required 48 months’ experience. The process includes a self-assessment by the applicant relative to 29 competencies in four categories, followed by review and assertion of validators (applicant’s work supervisors), and then evaluation by APGNS’s independent assessors.

For Information

APGNS CBA Guide
CBA website

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Geoscientists Canada is the national organization of the provincial and territorial regulatory bodies that govern Canada’s professional geoscientists and geoscientists-in-training. Geoscientists Canada co-ordinates development of high national standards of admissions, competency, practice and mobility to ensure that Canada is served by a skilled, versatile, reputable and accountable geoscience profession.

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Mailing Address: 2 Ralston Avenue, Suite 100 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1H7 Telephone: (902) 229-5434 Email: registrar@geoscientistsns.ca
Stephen Olmstead
Registrar, APGNS
Email: registrar@geoscientistsns.ca

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