[1] The Ordre des Technologues Professionnels du Quebec confers the post-nominal designation of P.Tech, which is called "professional technologist" or "technologue professionel" to engineering technologists who meet the standard for certification.
[2] Members are governed by the "Code des professions du Québec"[3] and the "Code de déontologie des technologues professionnels",[4] and perform according to accepted norms and standards in the industry.
AETTNL confers the post-nominal designation of P.Tech to engineering technologists who meet the standard for certification.
Unlike every other association or society of engineering technicians and technologists in Canada, except Island Technology Professionals, AETTNL operates as a corporation.
This represents the status as a certified engineering technologist who has met a standard agreed upon across Canada.
In addition to that designation, ASET and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta together maintain a P.Tech.(Eng.)
[6] This professional technologist designation is written into the provincial act regarding professional engineering, the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act of Alberta[7] Specifically, “professional technologist” means an individual who is issued a certificate of registration by the ASET Registrar in accordance with this Act to engage in the practice of engineering or geo-science within the scope of practice specified by the Joint Board of Examiners.
The association is mandated and empowered by the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians Act of British Columbia.