Annual Report 2024-25

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Proactive Regulation

2024–2025 Annual Report

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AS OF JUNE 30 DEADLINE

June 30 marked the close of the 2024– 2025 Annual Reporting and Continuing Education (CE) cycle, during which some registrants were required to report up to 60 hours of CE activities to satisfy their three-year rolling period requirement. For the third consecutive year, over 90% of registrants met and reported their Annual Reporting and CE requirements by the deadline.

91% 92%

92% 92%

90% 93%

82%

72%

2021-2022

2022-2023

2023-2024

2024-2025

Annual Reporting Compliance Rate

Continuing Education Program Compliance Rate

THE FIRM AUDIT PROGRAM Since its inception in 2022, the Firm Audit team has conducted over 1,000 audits, representing approximately 20% of actively registered firms. Feedback from participating firms has been overwhelmingly positive:

To support firms in addressing these recurring challenges, the audit team is leveraging insights from audit data to inform the development of educational resources tailored to registrants’ needs. This includes the recently launched guidance webinar: “Achieving Compliance with Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s Applicable Regulatory Requirements–A Guide for ISO 9001 Registered Firms.” The team continues to explore data analytics to inform process improvements and enhance audit effectiveness. • Lack of documented risk assessments in line with the Standard of Independent Review of High-Risk Professional Activities or Work . • Inconsistencies in maintaining records of documented checking across the firm. • Inadequate procedures that support registrants in meeting continuing education requirements. These audits have revealed that while firms generally adhere to compliance processes, recurring issues include:

We take a proactive approach to regulation by guiding registrants through continuing education and audit programs, and by welcoming new, qualified professionals into the engineering and geoscience communities. PROACTIVE REGULATION

89% rated their audit experience 4 out of 5

98% rated assessor performance 4 out of 5