Registration
Categories of Membership
There are nine categories of membership within the Association of Saskatchewan Forestry Professionals:
Regulated:
Registered Professional Forester (RPF)
Registered Professional Forest Technologist (RPFT)
Professional Forester-in-Training (FIT)
Professional Forest Technologist-in-Training (FTIT)
Restricted Member
Non-Regulated:
Retired Member
Student Member
Honourary Member
Life Member
Access the "Becoming a Member" page for further information on becoming a member of the Association.
The membership list is updated annually. Between annual updates, the most current list can be obtained by contacting the Registrar.
For the eligibility requirements of each of these nine categories, see Section 7 (Eligibility) of the ASFP Bylaws.
Prohibited Practice
No person shall engage in the professional practice of forestry unless the person is a practising member who:
(a) is registered with the association as a professional forest technologist;
(b) is registered with the association as a professional forester; or
(c) is registered with the association as a restricted member
Unless:
(a) any individual, including a forest technologist-in-training or a forester-in-training, who engages in the professional practice of forestry under the supervision of a professional forest technologist, a professional forester or a restricted member;
(b) a member of the Canadian Forces performing his or her duties in the Forces;
(c) a person responding to a present or imminent situation or condition that requires prompt action to prevent or limit:
(i) loss of life; or
(ii) harm or damage to the safety, health or welfare of people;
(d) a person practising as an agrologist within the meaning of The Agrologists Act, 1994;
(e) a person practising as a Saskatchewan Land Surveyor within the meaning of The Land Surveyors and Professional Surveyors Act or a Canada Lands Surveyor;
(f) a person practising as a professional engineer or a professional geoscientist within the meaning of The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act; or
(g) a prospector engaging in activities that are normally associated with the business of prospecting, regardless of whether the prospector is prospecting on his or her own behalf or for others.