APEGA competencies · Category 2

APEGA competency 2.1: Oral Communication in English

Self-ratings are your own assessment; only APEGA's Board of Examiners assesses competencies.

01 What this competency covers

In our own words, the things APEGA’s indicators look for:

02 The rating levels

Each competency is rated from 0 to 5. A short reading of each level for a non-technical competency, in our words:

0
No exposure to this competency yet.
1
Knows what is expected; has shown it in a few simple situations.
2
Shows it in routine situations with some support.
3
Shows it consistently and independently in day-to-day work.
4
Shows it in demanding situations and helps others do the same.
5
Sets the example and improves how the team or organization does it.

03 How to document it

Write one example in three parts. Situation: the project, your role and what was at stake, in two or three sentences. Actions: what you did yourself, in the first person, the decisions you made and why; this is the part where the competency has to show. Outcome: what happened because of your actions, and what you learned or would do differently.

Choose a position from your experience record where you carried the work yourself, not one where you watched others do it. As one of the eight Canadian work environment competencies, this example is where you show how you work within Canadian practice, so read the indicators in the CBAT before you choose it. Assign the example to a validator who knew that work directly: someone who supervised you in that period or held technical responsibility for it. For work done in Canada, that means a P.Eng. or P.Geo. registered during the period. Relatives are not accepted, and APEGA's Board of Examiners decides whether a validator is acceptable.

Keep the evidence while it is still easy to find: a drawing or report number, a meeting note, the email that records a decision. It helps you write accurately months later and helps your validator recall the work. Store it with the example rather than in a folder you will forget, and leave out anything confidential to your employer or client.

04 Other competencies in Communication

Document it as you go

PaceTracker’s Competency Log keeps your positions, your self-ratings and one Situation, Actions and Outcome example per competency in one private record, ready to paste into APEGA’s CBAT when you apply. It never sends anything to APEGA.

See how the Competency Log works

How the whole assessment fits together: The APEGA P.Eng. application: how the competency-based assessment works. All 22 competencies: the competency index.