hey guys welcome back to my channel my name is Ashley i'm an Intern Architect in Ontario
and i just wanted to take a moment to say a big thank you to everyone that has subscribed to
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just wanted to say thank you so much for everyone and for all the support that i've been receiving
and in today's video we're going to be talking about how to become an intern architect and
getting started in the internship program along with the latest updates made to the internship
program which affect current intern architects and future intern architects so stay tuned
so before getting started with the internship program and becoming an intern architect
you must have your education so you must have and obtain an accreditation certification from
the cacb in order to apply to become an intern architect so step number two to becoming an
intern architect is you need to complete an application and pay your annual fees so once
you've completed your education requirements you can now apply to become an intern architect
and to do so you need to apply through your local authority so for example i work in live in Ontario
i just log in onto the OAA website and i fill out the form and submit it and pay the annual
fee which on Ontario the annual fee is a hundred and seventy two now if you're an intern architect
for more than five years that fee jumps to 903.50 which is a bit of a jump now to apply to become
an intern architect you don't need to be employed now of course to log in your hours you need to be
employed because those hours are counting as experience but to become an intern architect you
do not need to be employed if you're not employed yet you could apply to become an intern architect
so once you apply and you paid your annual fees the next step is finding a mentor and
a supervising architect and you'll need both in order to begin your internship program and
they will be signing off on your hours now it's important to check with your local jurisdiction
for the requirements for your internship program in some provinces a mentor is not required
however for myself because i live in Ontario a mentor and a supervising architect were required
now both need to be a licensed architect and in some provinces your mentor can be a retired
architect as well so make sure to check your local authority now your mentor needs to be outside of
your workplace so they're going to be unbiased and they're going to help you and guide you through
and mentorship you through your internship program now your supervising architect they would be
within your company and they're going to be on a daily basis directing you and supervising you
throughout your internship program so you'll be meeting with your mentor and your supervising
architect every 900 to 1000 hours so you'll meet with them and review your progress
and they will of course give you some advice sign off your hours so once you have your mentor and
supervising architect you can begin the Canadian experience record book the CERB you can start
recording your hours and start chipping away at the 3720 hours required now effective January
1st of this year 2021 there's been some updates to the program the internship program and there are
some new categories added and some hours have been shuffled around in the internship program so now
let's review those updates and compare them with the old program so on the left here you have the
new internship program that's effective of this year and on the right you have the old program
so the categories still remain the overall categories still remain the same so you still
have category A design and construction documents on both old and new programs
and you still have category B construction administration for both programs and you still
have category C management for both programs now where you start to see some changes is under each
category so so for example one of the updates in the new program is site and environmental analysis
which used to be site analysis the total hour still remains the same the other
change is under schematic design there's been an increase in hours so what used to be 120 hours
is now 240 hours required there's also been an increase under engineering systems and integration
where it used to be 120 hours it's now 140 hours and also under building cost analysis
and code research still remains the same a new area added into category a is envelope detailing
which requires 80 hours so the old program did not have envelope detailing and part of the
new program design development still remains the same and there is a slight change to construction
documents so where you used to need a thousand and eighty hours you now only need 760 hours
so some of the hours that used to be in construction documents got reshuffled
into envelope detailing specifications and material research still remains the same
at 120. document checking and coordination is now 100 hours versus the 80 hours in the old program
energy literacy and sustainability is a new category at 80 hours which gives you a total
under category a of 2200 and so now you'll notice that the new program there's a bit more focus on
sustainability and envelope detailing i think it's great that we're shifting toward more of a focus
on sustainability and i believe it's great that we now have a category dedicated to energy literacy
and sustainability so category B construction administration there's been some slight changes
as well under category B so area 13 which used to be bidding and contract negotiation
is now procurement and contract award and you need a total of 120 hours versus the 80 hours
so area 14 construction phase office has increased the hours from 120 to 200 hours and area 15
construction phase site used to be 120 hours and it's now 200 hours so category B is a total of 520
hours and it used to be 560 and it used to be 560 hours category C there's a few changes as well in
category C management so what used to be project management is now management of the project is
now management of the project and the total amount of hours it still remains the same at 120. there's
been also an update to office management and it's now business practice management
at 120 hours for a total under category C 240 hours so in total category is A, B and C
we're looking at 2,960 hours versus the 3,640 hours and the remaining hours required are 760
hours needed versus 80 before now those remaining hours could be done of course under between 1 to
17 and those can be broken up to there so there's been a reshuffle of hours you'll notice that
you need slightly more under management for a minimum which used to be 200 it's now 240
and what used to be that you need an additional 280 hours under either management of the project
or office management you now don't have that extra requirement that's been added toward the end of
the chart under remaining hours under categories 1 to 17 which i think is a positive thing
so something else to note is that if you're in the syllabus program you're able to log in a
maximum of 760 hours of work experience toward your internship program another update that was
done was recognized students could also record up to 760 haven't completed all of your hours
in the old program then you have until June 30, 2022 to complete those hours so for example right
now i have 90 of my hours approved and completed i still have the other 10 percent and so if i'm
not able to get that 10 done by June 30 of next year then i would fall under the new program and i
would need to complete the new category so energy literacy and sustainability and envelope detailing
and any other hours that are added to the new program i would have to complete those
now you could choose if you still have a long way to go and you're still working in the old
program you could choose and opt to be recording your hours under the new program so that might
be an option for you if you're still early on in the process and you see that you're not able to
complete it by next year and of course if you're a new intern architect then you would follow under
the new program so there you have it guys that's how you become an intern architect and that's how
you get started in the internship program now if you haven't subscribed yet make sure to subscribe
like and comment down below if you're still in the old program or if you're a new intern architect
let me know your thoughts on the new updates to the internship program until next time bye guys