Geotechnical code of Canada

The first thing that you should do is contact the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario. If you wish to practice engineering in Ontario you must be licensed with the Association of Professional Engineers to do so. They will review your academic credentials and experience. Even if you don't qualify for professional status immediately, your skills may be of value to engineering firms,contractors, or other employers. The professional associations commonly maintain a list of companies looking for professional and technical individuals.
Good luck.

Thanks a lot! SirAI! I know sth about P.E.O, but problem is I have no job yet, I will strat to apply for P.E.O when I get a job, but at first I want to familiar with geotechnical engineering on Norht America. So I want ask you if let you choose some book for me, what's your opinion, thanks.
By the way, I know jobhunting in Canada is so hard, so if anyone can give me some advice on it, I'll really appriciate, thanks!! I want to find a geotechnician position as soon as possible.
Thanks!!

Spend some time in the appropriate library at the University of Toronto, York University, Ryerson University, or (if just outside of Toronto), McMaster University, Queens University, Carlton University.... You will find many text books, journals, magazines, thesis papers. It will be like a child in a candy store!

Alanwangbest

Having a job is not a requirement to become a member of PEO. I would think that having a P.Eng would assist in job hunting. Depending on your background the PEO might require some additional steps to become licensed. If nothing else simply having a foreign degree will take longer than someone having a degree from an university that the PEO is familiar with.

For job-hunting you might want to look at This is a good source of technical jobs. The best way is to look up all the consulting firms that would hire geotechnical engineers do some research about them (what sort of work they do, current and past projects, names of principle firm members etc. )and visit each one, ask for the senior geotechnical engineer by name and hand him your resume directly. Its time consuming but at least you can be sure that your resume will be seen.

Welcome to Canada and Good Luck




Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng

Construction Project Management
From conception to completion

Ok, I will try, thank you!!
I have master degree of engineering, and over 6 years experience in geotechnical engineering, and I graduated from a university CCPE certificated, but I did not have working experience in Canada or South American, I came from China, so, to me, first of all may be find a specity job and get canadian experience, and then I may ask for a PEO interview, is this process right?
Thanks!

Hi
The most frequently reference used in Canada is "Canadian Foundation Engineering Manual" by Canadian Geotechnical Society (1992). Manual is published by Bitech Publishers.
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P24(Geotechnical)

Yes - welcome to Canada; a great country (check out - only for those who like some amusement). As said, you have degree and Chinese experience - none in Canada or US. You will need that for P.Eng. But, firms will hire without the P.Eng. - taking you on for your knowledge and knowing that you would be "on tract" for P.Eng. All starting out engineers in Canada out of university need experience before they can get their P.Eng.

Now with respect to your "codes" - or codes of practice. I started in geotech because there weren't any "codes" really when I started. I loved it. I know many great geotech engineers who would probably have a hard time reeling off any "code" - Canada practice was (hopefully still is as I haven't been there working for 8 years) based on good sound understanding of geotechnical engineering principles and being able to apply them. I think that is what sets geotechs apart from many structural/highway types who rely on codes for doing their thinking (not all, for sure - but at least in many countries, this is true). Knowing Bjerrum, Skempton, Bishop, et al is far more important, in my book, than a set of codes that try to cover everything. In China, they are code happy (as in India). Tnese come in handy, but don't rely on them (there is quite a bit of erroneous information in those codes). Remember to think.

A few thoughts for you - good luck; hope you like hockey!!

You will still need at least one year of North American experience. I would recommend that you get everything lined up with the PEO as soon as possible even before the one-year experience requirement is met.

Having everything in order will make your job hunting easier and avoid any last minute delays if some documents have to come from overseas or be translated.






Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng

Construction Project Management
From conception to completion

Hi, all, thanks very much for your warmly response, that's really make me fill happy and appreciated - the feeling I nerve had since I landed on Canada, , I will try to contact with PEO this week, and special thanks to RDK, I am already prepare all of my documents translated to english such as diplomas, certificates and transcrpts.

The reason I want to know sth about code is really means that I want familiar with the system and environment of geotechnical engineering in Canada, as I know, in China, we also have no national unified 'code' too, we just have some geotechnical-investigation code, but really thanks for you all, because I know now I can do three things:

1. Contact PEO and get some help from them;
2. Finding and familiar Canadian Fundation Engineering Handbook immediately;
3. Start job-hunting right now and get Candian experience as soon as possible.

So thanks again.

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