Graduate Grade

Applicants for Graduate grade of membership will:

• Hold the IFE's Graduateship examination

or

• Have successfully completed a course or courses which has/have been accredited by IFE as being equivalent to the Graduateship examination.

or

• Hold a Higher National Certificate or Diploma, or equivalent in relevant subjects.

or

• Has qualified by examination for membership at an appropriate level of a professional body approved for this purpose by IFE.

Applicants will also have three years of acceptable training and responsible experience in Fire Engineering.

Click here to download the application form. Please do not send any payment with your application. Membership fees will be requested on successful application.

Further details of information to be submitted with an application can be found in the guidance document Membership Rules for Graduate

Mail Application to:

The Institution of Fire Engineers Canada Branch

15-75 Bayly Street West, Suite 193

Ajax, Ontario, L1S 7K7

Mature Candidate Route:

Fire engineers without the formal academic qualifications necessary for the grade of Graduate may submit an application via the Mature Candidate Route. Applicants will be required to demonstrate 12 years of increasing responsibility in fire engineering and, by submitting a technical paper, that they have achieved a standard of competence comparable to contemporaries who have achieved the Graduate grade by academic achievement. Click here for more information.

How long will it take before my application is accepted?

The Applications Panel in Canada sits approximately every four to six weeks. We will review your application and if complete, will forward it on to the UK.  Their Applications Panel also sits approximately every four to six weeks.  When we receive your application, within this period, will affect how quickly it will be reviewed by the Panels and therefore, how soon you will hear from us.