One good definition of a professional is someone who holds to a code of ethics.
On PEI, our members agree to a code of ethics in their work practice.
http://www.techpei.ca/pdfs/ITP_Code_of_Ethics.pdf
Are we saying that people who are not certified are not ethical? No, not at all.
What we are saying is that hiring a professional that holds one of our designations (CET, AScT, or C.Tech) means that as a professional certifying body that we have verified that they have officially agreed to a specific code of ethics and we have not received any complaints from the public stating that the code has been violated.
If the person has been found to have violated the code, we reserve the right to revoke the right to use the designations and to be able to legally claim to be certified.
If a person is not certified, the only thing we can say is that if they are a graduate of a CTAB accredited program that they have received a good education and have been told what our code is. The designation shows that they have agreed to them.
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