Who can validate your CBA.
What APEGA's guide says.
APEGA's guide: "A validator is an individual who assesses your competencies and confirms that your work descriptions are accurate and describes the work you completed." It says a validator needs direct knowledge of your work and must have supervised it during the time they validate. They can be a supervisor, manager, mentor, client or colleague, but not a family member. Applications with fewer than three validators are declined. Other regulators set their own rules: check your regulator's guide.
What a validator does
"A validator is an individual who assesses your competencies and confirms that your work descriptions are accurate and describes the work you completed." (p. 15)
Who can be one
"Your validator must have direct knowledge of your work and must have provided appropriate professional supervision during the period they are validating. They may be a supervisor, manager, mentor, client, or colleague, but must have reviewed and be familiar with the details of your work." (p. 15)
"Family members and relatives are not acceptable as validators." (p. 16)
"If your Category 1 competencies were demonstrated in Canada, they must be validated by a professional engineer registered in Canada." (p. 15) The guide lists some exceptions.
How many
"Applications submitted with fewer than three validators will be declined, and you will need to reapply." (p. 20)
Other provinces
Each regulator sets its own rules for validators, and Gusset hasn't found another one published in words it can quote here. Read your regulator's own guide, or ask them.
Checked against the regulators' own pages on Oct 15, 2026. Checked weekly against every regulator's official guidelines. Always confirm with yours.
Sources: APEGA Competency-Based Assessment Guide, July 18, 2026. Your regulator's current guide is the authority.
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