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How to avoid findings

Here are some tips to avoid these common findings in either an audit or practice review of your firm: • Know the requirements, which should be in your Professional Practice Management Plan. • Check out the guides and free webinars in the Knowledge Center. Watch all the webinars and claim the Continuing Education credits. • Be aware of amendments to the BC Building Code, specifically the March 8, 2024, revision to the schedules. • If unclear on how a requirement applies to your practice, contact an Engineers and Geoscientists BC Practice Advisor at practiceadvisor@egbc.ca. • Review the Regulation of Firms Permit to Practice Manual on the website: egbc.ca/Firms/Firm Practice/Firm-Practice-Overview.

International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) The registrant firm audits are processed by a team of auditors, who are accredited by the IRCA. Collectively, the set of regulatory requirements that registrant firms must meet in accordance with Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s Bylaws has formally been accepted by IRCA as an acceptable alternative standard to ISO 9001:2015, Quality Management Systems (QMS) – Requirements.

registrant is cooperative or for concerns related to the standard or quality of the registrant’s professional work. 4. Notifying the Investigation Committee (IC): applied when there is a concern related to professional misconduct, conduct unbecoming or incompetence, and to protect the public. 5. Disclosure of audit records to the IC: applied when the registrant is providing false information to the APRC, or to report a risk of significant harm to the environment or to the health and safety of the public.

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