These professional designations are recognized across Canada by provincial applied science and engineering technology regulating associations, and many employers.
[citation needed] The association is mandated and empowered by the "Saskatchewan Applied Science Technologists and Technicians Act".
The Society of Engineering Technicians and Technologists of Saskatchewan (SETTS), was established in 1965.
[citation needed] It changed its name to Saskatchewan Applied Science Technologists and Technicians,[when?]
[3] Certified Applied Science Technologists are bound by a specific code of ethics and rules of professional conduct.