Becoming a Member

In order to practice forestry in the province of Saskatchewan, you must be a member of the Association of Saskatchewan Forestry Professionals. (For detailed information, please see Section 23.01 of The Forestry Professions Act. For applicants who were educated in Canada at an accredited forestry program and are not applying as either a Transferring Professional or a Restricted Member, please submit the application package online or email all documents to registrar@asfp. ca. Your completed application package must consist of:

• • the application form, 

  • transcripts sent directly from all post-secondary institutions to ASFP (registrar@asfp.ca), 

  • a current resume, 

  • two completed sponsorship forms, and

  • the application fee. 

Once the complete package is received, the Admissions Committee will review your application. Only complete packages will be considered.

Accredited Forestry Programs at Canadian Universities for Foresters

The Canadian Forestry Accreditation Board (CFAB) accredits Canadian forestry programs at the baccalaureate level (bachelor’s degree) or higher. This ensures that accredited programs meet or exceed common educational standards for registration as a professional forester in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. A list of accredited Canadian forestry programs at Canadian Universities is found here.

Foresters Technologists

ASFP, in conjunction with the Forest Professional Regulators of Canada (FPRC), is working towards implementing new national professional forest technologist competency standards and the accreditation of forest technologist postsecondary programs. During the transition, ASFP will be reviewing each application individually to determine eligibility for registration.

A separate process exists for assessing the credentials of people applying to be registered as a Professional Forester or forest Technologist who have graduated from a non-accredited forestry program. These applicants may be foreign-trained or they may have graduated from a university program in Canada that is not accredited by the Canadian Forestry Accreditation Board (CFAB).

FORESTERS: The process is applied consistently across Canada by each provincial association that belongs to The Forest Professional Regulators of Canada (FPRC). It involves the assessment of an applicant’s current education, training, and experience to determine the extent to which the competencies of the Certification Standards have been met.

Please review the detailed credential assessment process handbook that outlines the requirements and the application procedure to follow.

Under this application process, the applicant first contacts the professional association in the province where they wish to practice professional forestry. Once admitted into the process, assessment of a candidate’s credentials is undertaken by an independent panel of assessors in accordance with a national credential assessment process (described in the applicant handbook). The panel provides an assessment report to the provincial association, which then makes a decision about the membership application.

FOREST TECHNOLOGISTS: Applicants are reviewed at the provincial level. It involves the assessment of an applicant’s current education, training, and experience to determine the extent to which the competencies of the Professional Standards have been met.

If you are currently a member of a professional regulatory organizations in another province and will be working in Saskatchewan you may apply for registration in another province in Canada with relative ease because of common interprovincial standards for education and competencies. *

Applicants applying for registration in Saskatchewan must be registered with the professional regulatory organization in one of the seven other provinces in Canada that regulate the applicable forestry professions and belong to FPRC. 

For labour mobility applicants, the application for membership must be completed and submitted through the link provided below and all other required documents emailed to registrar@asfp. ca. The application package must consist of: 

• • the application form,

  • a current resume, 

  • emailed directly from any home jurisdiction professional regulatory organization of which you are currently registered to ASFP:

    • evidence of registration demonstrating of good standing,

    • information on any imposed practice restriction(s), limitation(s), or condition(s),

    • evidence of good character (including information from registering bodies on complaints, investigations, disciplinary proceedings or criminal proceedings that are ongoing or completed, if any), and 

  • the application fee. 

Once the complete application is received, the Admissions Committee will review the application for membership. Only complete applications will be considered.

Timeline:

Applicants can expect up to 20 days from the time a complete application is received to obtain a decision on their application for registration.

Fees:

• The fees are the same as new applicants and the fee schedule can be accessed here.

• Once an application is approved, the registration fee is due before the membership is active.

Once you are accepted as a member with ASFP, you may immediately practice forestry: there is no training period for professionals from other provinces. 

Transferring professionals must write and pass the Saskatchewan jurisprudence registration exam within six months of becoming a member of ASFP. 

• This is in line with a Mutual Recognition Agreement signed by the provincial professional foresters associations that belong to the The Forest Professional Regulators of Canada (FPRC), Canada’s Free Trade Agreement and the Saskatchewan Labour Mobility and Fair Registration Practices Act.

If you are currently a regulated member of a professional forestry regulatory organization in another province and will be working temporarily in Saskatchewan you may apply for to practice temporarily with relative ease because of common interprovincial standards for education and competencies. 

Applicants applying for temporary membership in Saskatchewan must be registered with the professional regulatory organization in one of the seven other provinces in Canada that regulate the applicable forestry profession and belong to FPRC. 

Applications must be submitted prior to the project being started.

A application for temporary membership must be completed and submitted through the link provided below and all other required documents emailed to registrar@asfp. ca. The application package must consist of: 

• • the application form,

  • a current resume, 

  • emailed directly from any home jurisdiction professional regulatory organization of which you are currently registered to ASFP:

    • evidence of registration demonstrating of good standing,

    • information on any imposed practice restriction(s), limitation(s), or condition(s),

    • evidence of good character (including information from registering bodies on complaints, investigations, disciplinary proceedings or criminal proceedings that are ongoing or completed, if any), and 

  • the application fee. 

Once the complete application is received, the Admissions Committee will review the application for membership. Only complete applications will be considered.

Timeline:

Applicants can expect up to 20 days from the time a complete application is received to obtain a decision on their application for registration.

Fees:

• The fees are the same as new applicants and the fee schedule can be accessed here and payable by the quarter.

• Once an application is approved, the registration fee is due before the membership is active.

Once you are accepted as a member with ASFP, you may immediately practice forestry: there is no training period for professionals from other provinces. 

Transferring professionals must write and pass the Saskatchewan jurisprudence registration exam within six months of becoming a member of ASFP. 

*This is in line with a Mutual Recognition Agreement signed by the provincial professional foresters associations that belong to the The Forest Professional Regulators of Canada (FPRC), Canada’s Free Trade Agreement and the Saskatchewan Labour Mobility and Fair Registration Practices Act.

Restricted members do not fully meet the educational and employment requirements needed to become a Registered Professional Forester or Registered Professional Forest Technologist and have not successfully completed the ASFP registration exam. They may have expertise in specific aspects of forestry or an allied science. Restricted members are entitled to practice forestry in accordance with conditions set on the scope of their practice and length of time they may practice. They also have the right to use the title “Restricted member” and to sign and seal professional documents. 

Restricted applicants include those that are working temporarily in the province of Saskatchewan.

For a restricted professional application package, please submit the application form online and email all other required documents to registrar@asfp. ca. Your completed application package must consist of: 

• • the application form, 

  • transcripts sent directly from all post-secondary institutions to ASFP (registrar@asfp.ca), 

  • a current resume, 

  • two completed sponsorship forms, and

  • the application fee.

Once the complete package is received, the Admissions Committee will review your application. Only complete packages will be considered.