OACETT PPE Exam
What does OACETT stand for? - answer Ontario Associated of Certified Engineering
Technicians and Technologists
What organization is OACETT formed under? - answer Association of Professional
Engineers of Ontario
What year was OACETT formed? - answer1961
What year did the OACETT Act become law in Ontario? - answer1984
What kind of law is the OACETT Act? - answer Statute Law
What is the OACETT Act legislated under? - answer Statute Law of Ontario of 1998
Under what bill does the OACETT Act operate? - answer Bill pr25
Name 2 characteristics of OACETT – answer Non-profit, self governing
How many members make up OACETT? - answer25,000
What is the main objective of OACETT? - answerTo establish and maintain high
professional standards
What 6 documents govern OACETT? - answerOACETT Act, Corporations Act,
OACETT By-Law, OACETT Policies, OACETT Boards, Administrative Guidelines
What is the purpose of the OACETT by-law? - answerWritten rules that put the
OACETT Act into practice
What is the registration board that OACETT certifications go through? - answerInstitute
of Engineering Technology of Ontario (IETO)
Is OACETT allowed to discipline engineers? - answerNo
What does the OACETT Administration Board (OAB) do? - answerAct on behalf of the
council, manage finances, help direct CEO
What does the IETO do? - answerManage member certifications
What does the Professional Affairs and Services Board (PASB) do? - answerPromote
professional recognition of OACETT members with employees
,What are chapters? How many are in Ontario? - answerDivisions in which members are
organized, 27
What is a licensure? - answerThe process of granting licenses to qualified applicants
What are the 2 national councils and what provinces belong to each? -
answerTechnology Professionals Canada (TPC) includes ON, SK, AB, BC. Canadian
Council of Technicians and Technologists includes all other provinces excluding QC.
Describe the design of the Technology Ring and the meaning behind it - answerMade
up of 5 raised gears and 1 maple leaf. The gears symbolize the tradesperson,
technician, technologist, engineer and scientist.
When can a member start using their designation? - answerWhen they pass exam and
receive confirmation from registrar
What document draws out the day-to-day functioning of the IETO? - answerIETO Terms
of Reference
Define: Certified member - answerCertified and registered member
Define: Associate member - answerAn applicant who is training to write exam
Define: Fellow OACETT member - answerCertified member in good standing
Define: Life member - answerCertified member recognized by Council as having made
an exceptional contribution to the association
Define: Non-resident member - answerCertified member who has moved outside of
Ontario
Which membership is not administered by the IETO? What does it mean? -
answerHonorary member. A non-certified person who has made an exceptional
contribution to the association
Which 3 titles are used for working in road construction? - answerJunior Inspector,
Senior Inspector, Contract Administrator
When did OACETT become incorporated? - answer1962
What 4 requirements are there to be a certified member? - answerBe of good character,
be 18 or older, be a resident of Ontario, meet criteria of OACETT and IETO
, What is the Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) process? -
answerApplicants with more than 10 years experience but no academic experience can
do this to meet their education criteria
Briefly describe the appeals process (4 steps) for membership certification -
answerAppeal must be filed in writing within 30 days with the appropriate fee. The
appeal must be heard by the IETO within 90 days
What is the Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act
(FARPACTA)? - answerAn Act that regulates registration processes so they are fair and
not full of unnecessary hurdles
Who is responsible for the implementation of the FARPACTA? - answerOffice of the
Fairness Commissioner
What 3 things can members be censured for? - answerProfessional misconduct,
incompetence, a breach of ethics
What is the difference between a rule and a law? - answerA rule is a guideline followed
by society and a law is a written rule that is enforced by the government
What does the Rule of Law mean? - answerIt means that the law applies to everyone
equally
What are 3 reasons that societies may put laws into place? - answerControl, fairness,
social policy
What 2 laws is Canadian law divided into? What do they mean? - answerSubstantive
Law: sets out the rights and obligations of members of a society
Procedural Law: prescribes the procedures by which these rights and duties are
enforced
What is a right and what is a duty? Give an example of each - answerA right is
something that is owed to us, like the freedom of association. A duty is something we
have to do, like pay taxes.
What 2 laws can substantive law be divided into? - answerPublic law and private law
What 3 sources does Canadian law originate? - answerCommon Law and Equity,
Statute Law, Administrative Law
Define: Common law - answerPrecedents used to determine the outcome of a decision
Define: Equity - answerWhen there is no precedent, so the parties apply directly to the
monarch for resolution of the dispute
What does OACETT stand for? - answer Ontario Associated of Certified Engineering
Technicians and Technologists
What organization is OACETT formed under? - answer Association of Professional
Engineers of Ontario
What year was OACETT formed? - answer1961
What year did the OACETT Act become law in Ontario? - answer1984
What kind of law is the OACETT Act? - answer Statute Law
What is the OACETT Act legislated under? - answer Statute Law of Ontario of 1998
Under what bill does the OACETT Act operate? - answer Bill pr25
Name 2 characteristics of OACETT – answer Non-profit, self governing
How many members make up OACETT? - answer25,000
What is the main objective of OACETT? - answerTo establish and maintain high
professional standards
What 6 documents govern OACETT? - answerOACETT Act, Corporations Act,
OACETT By-Law, OACETT Policies, OACETT Boards, Administrative Guidelines
What is the purpose of the OACETT by-law? - answerWritten rules that put the
OACETT Act into practice
What is the registration board that OACETT certifications go through? - answerInstitute
of Engineering Technology of Ontario (IETO)
Is OACETT allowed to discipline engineers? - answerNo
What does the OACETT Administration Board (OAB) do? - answerAct on behalf of the
council, manage finances, help direct CEO
What does the IETO do? - answerManage member certifications
What does the Professional Affairs and Services Board (PASB) do? - answerPromote
professional recognition of OACETT members with employees
,What are chapters? How many are in Ontario? - answerDivisions in which members are
organized, 27
What is a licensure? - answerThe process of granting licenses to qualified applicants
What are the 2 national councils and what provinces belong to each? -
answerTechnology Professionals Canada (TPC) includes ON, SK, AB, BC. Canadian
Council of Technicians and Technologists includes all other provinces excluding QC.
Describe the design of the Technology Ring and the meaning behind it - answerMade
up of 5 raised gears and 1 maple leaf. The gears symbolize the tradesperson,
technician, technologist, engineer and scientist.
When can a member start using their designation? - answerWhen they pass exam and
receive confirmation from registrar
What document draws out the day-to-day functioning of the IETO? - answerIETO Terms
of Reference
Define: Certified member - answerCertified and registered member
Define: Associate member - answerAn applicant who is training to write exam
Define: Fellow OACETT member - answerCertified member in good standing
Define: Life member - answerCertified member recognized by Council as having made
an exceptional contribution to the association
Define: Non-resident member - answerCertified member who has moved outside of
Ontario
Which membership is not administered by the IETO? What does it mean? -
answerHonorary member. A non-certified person who has made an exceptional
contribution to the association
Which 3 titles are used for working in road construction? - answerJunior Inspector,
Senior Inspector, Contract Administrator
When did OACETT become incorporated? - answer1962
What 4 requirements are there to be a certified member? - answerBe of good character,
be 18 or older, be a resident of Ontario, meet criteria of OACETT and IETO
, What is the Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) process? -
answerApplicants with more than 10 years experience but no academic experience can
do this to meet their education criteria
Briefly describe the appeals process (4 steps) for membership certification -
answerAppeal must be filed in writing within 30 days with the appropriate fee. The
appeal must be heard by the IETO within 90 days
What is the Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act
(FARPACTA)? - answerAn Act that regulates registration processes so they are fair and
not full of unnecessary hurdles
Who is responsible for the implementation of the FARPACTA? - answerOffice of the
Fairness Commissioner
What 3 things can members be censured for? - answerProfessional misconduct,
incompetence, a breach of ethics
What is the difference between a rule and a law? - answerA rule is a guideline followed
by society and a law is a written rule that is enforced by the government
What does the Rule of Law mean? - answerIt means that the law applies to everyone
equally
What are 3 reasons that societies may put laws into place? - answerControl, fairness,
social policy
What 2 laws is Canadian law divided into? What do they mean? - answerSubstantive
Law: sets out the rights and obligations of members of a society
Procedural Law: prescribes the procedures by which these rights and duties are
enforced
What is a right and what is a duty? Give an example of each - answerA right is
something that is owed to us, like the freedom of association. A duty is something we
have to do, like pay taxes.
What 2 laws can substantive law be divided into? - answerPublic law and private law
What 3 sources does Canadian law originate? - answerCommon Law and Equity,
Statute Law, Administrative Law
Define: Common law - answerPrecedents used to determine the outcome of a decision
Define: Equity - answerWhen there is no precedent, so the parties apply directly to the
monarch for resolution of the dispute
