If you received your adult education outside Canada , currently live outside Canada , and are planning to move to Ontario Canada , these are the steps to certification through OACETT.

You may apply to become an associate member of OACETT before arriving in Ontario or wait until you arrive to do so.  If you wait, make sure you bring all necessary documents with you before leaving your country and then follow the steps in the Educated outside Canada and living in Canada section.  For those applying from outside of Canada these are the steps below:

1. Submit your application to OACETT. Be sure to include the following required documents:

·      Copy of a detailed job description (current or previous), preferably signed by your supervisor.

·      Copy of a detailed resume.

·      Photocopy of your birth certificate or passport.

·      Names and email addresses of three professional references who can comment on your work.  List them on your application form.  If possible, one should be your current supervisor.

·      Payment of your application fee in Canadian dollars.

2. Arrange for your school to send your official post-secondary transcript by mail directly to OACETT.  If the original transcripts, diplomas, degrees, certificates and/or abstracts are not in English, English translations must be prepared by a certified member of the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO).

3. The Institute of Engineering Technology of Ontario (IETO), OACETT’s certification and registration arm, reviews your application. IETO notifies you by email if you are eligible for membership, and if so, registers you as an associate member and invoices you for the annual membership dues. We will notify you four to six weeks after we receive your application and transcript.

4. As soon as you pay the annual membership dues (in Canadian dollars), we will send your membership card and certificate.  As an associate member, you will now have access to the OACETT members’ area of the website. 

5. When your application is complete and we have received all the other necessary documents:  your resume, job description, transcript(s) and completed references, IETO’s Admissions Committee reviews them to evaluate your academic background and work experience.

To become a certified engineering technologist (C.E.T.) or certified technician (C.Tech.), you must have at least two years of experience in the field or discipline of engineering/applied science technology in which you are seeking registration.  View the Profiles of a Technician or Technologist for further information regarding appropriate experience.

You must be able to demonstrate a facility with the working language and a facility with the standards, codes and practices of the discipline in which certification is being sought.  Normally you demonstrate this by working in Canada for one of the mandatory two years of experience.

The file review determines if you need any more academic requirements and/or work experience to become a certified member of OACETT.  Please note that this review takes approximately 3 to 4 months after we receive all the documentation listed above. 

6. When the review is finished, IETO will send you a report about the review. Each application is different and to become certified, you may need to complete additional courses and work experience. If needed, we will send you a personalized program that outlines any other steps you need to take.

7. To become certified as either a technician or a technologist, associate members must write and pass the Professional Practice Examination (PPE). Writing the PPE enables you to meet the high professional standards set by your association in the area of ethics and responsibility to the public and your employer. You may write the PPE any time after you join as an associate member.  The PPE may be written outside of Canada with a suitable invigilator.

8. To become certified as a C.E.T. you will need to write a Technology Report (TR). The Technology Report assesses your ability to describe and examine in detail an engineering or applied science problem.  You must submit a proposal for approval before submitting the completed report. The report topic should be appropriate to your experience and employment setting.  You may complete this requirement any time after you become an associate member unless you have further technologist-level academics to complete.  If so, the academics should be completed first.

Occasionally the TR is waived based on higher academics or graduation from an IETO-recognized accredited program.  We will notify you if this is the case in the report we issue after your file review.

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These are the requirements that may be met while in your home country and can help speed up completion of your certification upon arriving in Ontario.  To keep your membership active with OACETT you must pay your annual membership dues. 

When you do immigrate, send us a photocopy of your Canadian citizenship or landed status papers or permanent resident card (both sides) and update your profile on our website making sure that we have complete contact information for you.  As soon as you have acquired the one year Canadian experience, contact us so we may initiate an experience review.

When the Canadian experience review has been completed and all other requirements for certification have been met, IETO will inform you in writing of your new status as a certified member.  We will send you your certificate and publish your name in The Ontario Technologist magazine.

You will then be eligible for all benefits reserved for certified members, including the right to use one of the protected titles, C.E.T. or C.Tech. and to purchase a technology ring and membership stamp.

For more information contact cpoliah@oacett.org

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