Enhancing Your Professional Career

Enhance your professional career through activities with CSA Group

Professional associations, licensing and regulating bodies, or certification bodies often require their members to complete continuing professional development (CPD) activities or complete continuing education credits (CECs) to maintain the status of their qualifications.

Participation in activities with CSA Group’s Standards organization — such as contributing to a technical committee or participating in an educational or training program — can qualify you to earn Continuing Education Credits (CECs). Many professional organizations, like the Professional Engineers of Ontario and others, recognize these activities as professional development and count them towards CECs depending on the circumstances. There are a range of activities that can qualify, including participation in technical discussions (e.g., committee meetings), reading CSA standards and publications, conference attendance, serving on advisory panels, or completing educational training. We recommend tracking your involvement in CSA Group activities and confirming eligibility with the relevant professional association or college.

The following professional associations, recognize activities with CSA Group’s Standards organization as professional development and count them towards CECs, depending on the circumstances. This list is not exhaustive, so even if your organization isn’t mentioned, we encourage you to check with them for eligibility.

  1. Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
  2. Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS)
  3. Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
  4. Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL)
  5. Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick (APEGNB)
  6. Engineers Yukon
  7. Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG)