millerbrun
Geotechnical
Hello everyone,
Thought I might put this question to the community to see if anyone out there has recently completed their competency reporting with APEGBC. The new system (implemented fully in April 2015) is somewhat unclear in my opinion and I am finding it particularly hard to define some competencies with a situational example that is unique, unobvious, and took about a month to resolve. Especially when they define a competency as "knowledge of appropriate use of seal" for an example.
What I would find the most helpful is if someone who has done this could post an example or two of what they successfully entered so I can get the flavour of what I should be striving for. Otherwise I might settle for some general input on how other engineers might tackle a couple of these to get some consensus.
>> Competency: "Demonstrate an understanding of the safeguards required to protect the public and the methods of mitigating adverse impacts"
Indicators: Prepare public safety regulations and advice during design and implementation of a project
Understand potential effects of climate change
Now I'm a geotechnical engineer who works on dams and it seems very obvious to me (and likely to all engineers) that public safety is paramount, thus this would violate the unobvious rule. Any thoughts?
PS. I have also contacted APEGBC for some input but have received comments like "perhaps you should review the law and ethics textbooks to find help"...
Thanks!
Thought I might put this question to the community to see if anyone out there has recently completed their competency reporting with APEGBC. The new system (implemented fully in April 2015) is somewhat unclear in my opinion and I am finding it particularly hard to define some competencies with a situational example that is unique, unobvious, and took about a month to resolve. Especially when they define a competency as "knowledge of appropriate use of seal" for an example.
What I would find the most helpful is if someone who has done this could post an example or two of what they successfully entered so I can get the flavour of what I should be striving for. Otherwise I might settle for some general input on how other engineers might tackle a couple of these to get some consensus.
>> Competency: "Demonstrate an understanding of the safeguards required to protect the public and the methods of mitigating adverse impacts"
Indicators: Prepare public safety regulations and advice during design and implementation of a project
Understand potential effects of climate change
Now I'm a geotechnical engineer who works on dams and it seems very obvious to me (and likely to all engineers) that public safety is paramount, thus this would violate the unobvious rule. Any thoughts?
PS. I have also contacted APEGBC for some input but have received comments like "perhaps you should review the law and ethics textbooks to find help"...
Thanks!
