ASTTBC Registrar Attends OACETT AGM and COR in Toronto

July, 2011
ASTTBC Registrar Attends OACETT AGM and COR in Toronto
(left to right) Sam DiGiandomenico, Registrar for The Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians
&Technologists (OACETT); Rod MacLeod, C.E.T., OACETT's new President and John Shortreid, AScT, CLS,
Registrar, ASTTBC. The Picture was taken at their 2011 Annual General Meeting on June 11th in Toronto.
10767 – 148th Street, Surrey, BC V3R 0S4 | TEL: 604.585.2788 | FAX: 604.585.2790 | EMAIL: techinfo@asttbc.org
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OACETT offices (Toronto) hosting Registrars and guests to the Council of Registrars (COR) meeting that was
held there over the 13th & 14th of June. From left to right: Ken Brown, PTech, Registrar NBSCETT; Greg
Purdue, C.E.T. (guest); Barbara Chappell, Deputy Registrar OACETT; Joe Simms, C.E.T., Registrar TechNova;
Donna Parsons, PTech, Registrar AETTNL; John Shortreid, AScT, CLS, Registrar, ASTTBC, Chair of COR;
Frank Veresh, C.E.T. (guest); in front - Jaime Briltz, Executive Director & Registrar SASTT; in back - Perry
Nelson, R.E.T., R.P.T.(Eng), Registrar ASET; Sam DiGiandomenico, Registrar OACETT and finally Robert
Chochinov, C.E.T., Registrar of CTTAM.
The primary focus of the meeting was to review possible amendments to the National Technology Benchmark
(NTB) outcome competency standards and to make recommendations to the National Technology Benchmarks
Committee for approval for the January 1, 2012 NTB updated release. The NTBs are used by all provinces as the
standard for certification/registration of applicants and accreditation standards for technology program training.
10767 – 148th Street, Surrey, BC V3R 0S4 | TEL: 604.585.2788 | FAX: 604.585.2790 | EMAIL: techinfo@asttbc.org
WEB: www.asttbc.org
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