IFE

Applicants for Technician grade of membership will:

Hold the IFE's Intermediate exam

Hold an equivalent qualification as approved for this purpose.

Applicants will also have met the relevant Initial Professional Development (IPD) criteria in:

Knowledge and understanding of engineering technology.
Contribution to the design, development, manufacture, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of products, equipment, processes, systems and services.
The acceptance and exercise of personal responsibility, use of effective communication and interpersonal skills and to have made a personal commitment to adhere to the code of professional conduct.

Details on these criteria, and the information to be submitted in the form of an IPD (Professional Review) Report with an application for Technician grade can be found here.
Please note that without an IPD (Professional Review) Report, we will be unable to proceed with your application.

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

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 Technician 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 Technician grade by academic achievement. Click here for more information.

Further information about the membership application process is available from the guidance document Membership Rules for Technician

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.