Join us in shaping Canada’s environmental workforce
Become a Career & Competency Profile Validator
Help ensure Canada’s environmental career resources reflect real-world skills, knowledge, and professional practice.
Earn Rewards for Your Expertise
$100 Competency Profile
$50 Career Profile
5 PD Credits
National Impact
Why Participate?
ECO Canada has a vast library of free career resources available to help individuals choose their path in the environmental sector. You can help ensure our career resources reflect the real-world skills, knowledge and expertise that drive Canada’s green economy forward. Get rewarded for your expertise: $100 per competency profile and $50 per Career profile.
- Share your expertise
- Earn honoraria
- Receive EP PD credits
- Support future environmental professionals
Make an Impact
Influence the development of training programs, education curricula, and career resources used across Canada.
Share Your Expertise
Your feedback ensures that these resources are rooted in professional practice, accurate, relevant, and practical.
Support the Next Generation of Environmental Workers
Help support youth, jobseekers, and career changers to understand the variety of environmental work available to them.
Get Awarded
Receive an honorarium in recognition of your time and feedback and stay tuned for future validation opportunities.
Gain Professional Development credits towards your EP® designation
If you are one of our valued EP® or EPt certified members, you will earn 5 PD credits for each contribution you make towards Standard Development.
What We Need from You
We need your help to build the world’s leading environmental workforce right here in Canada. We are exploring environmental roles across Canada’s green economy to:
- understand workforce needs,
- understand the skills and knowledge that employers prioritize the most,
- help shape training programs to prepare job seekers and transitioners,
- help guide career pathways and decisions.
We are looking for experts currently working, supervising, or recently employed in Canada in job titles similar to the ones below to provide feedback on our Career and/or Competency Profiles.
Environmental Protection
- Emissions Technician
- Emissions Specialist
- Reclamation Engineer
- Hazardous Waste
- Technician
- Solid Waste Management
- Engineer
- Landfill Manager
- Waste Auditor
- Industrial Hygienist
- Fire Protection Engineer
Resource Management
- Energy Advisor
- Energy Modeller
- Agrology Technician
- Environmental Geologist
- Land Use Planner
- Environmental Planner
- Wldlife Biologist
- Ecologist
- Mining Engineer
- Habitat Restoration
- Technician
- Energy from Waste (EfW)
- Plant Operator
- Landfill Gas Plant Operator
Environmental Sustainability
- Environmental Compliance Specialist
- Environmental Policy Analyst
- Environmental Auditor
- Decarbonization Specialist
- Urban Planner
- Transportation Planner
- Materials Engineer
- Construction Inspector
- Construction Manager
- Utilities Manager
Environmental Management
- Environmental Manager
- Environmental Consultant
Impact Assessment
- Impact Assessment Practitioner
- Impact Assessment Reviewer
How It Works
Apply
Complete our short application and tells us about your experience and areas of expertise.
Review
We’ll match you with the Career or Competency Profiles that align with your background.
Provide Feedback
Work with our Research Analysts to review the profile(s) and share your insights.
What You'll Help Validate
Our validators review and provide feedback on draft Career and Competency profiles, paying particular attention to:
Core responsibilities
and tasks of the role.
Required skills and competencies.
Knowledge areas of practice.
Work context and environment.
Education requirements and experience levels.
Career pathways and occupational outlook.
Resources
For more information about our career resources, and how your feedback will be used, please consult our Resources below!
Your expertise. Your Impact.
By volunteering to be one of our validators, you are actively contributing to the development of professionally grounded and future-focused career resources for Canada’s environmental workforce. These resources will be published in late 2026 on our website and continuously updated as new profiles become developed and validated. Get rewarded for your expertise – $100.00 per Competency Profile and $50.00 per Career Profile – and make a tangible contribution to Canada’s growing green economy.
Be a part of building Canada’s leading environmental workforce – your feedback matters!
Frequently Asked Questions
How much time will the validation process take?
Generally, the validation process takes two hours in total, but this is dependent on the format you choose. There are two formats to choose from: asynchronous online review or synchronous live review. In the asynchronous online review format, one of our Research Analysts sends you the profile in Word format, and you leave tracked changes and comments in the file for the Analyst to review and integrate into the profile. For the synchronous online review format, our Research Analysts will work with you to find a date and time to meet via Microsoft Teams and conduct a live validation session. Whichever format you choose, the process is run efficiently and with the objective of making the most use of your time.
Who reviews my feedback?
Your feedback is reviewed by our Research Analysts who are employees of ECO Canada’s Research department. The Research Department is responsible for developing National Occupational Standards, NOS, for the environmental workforce, one element of which is our Career Resources.
How will my feedback be reflected in the profiles?
Your feedback will be reflected in the content of the profile itself. For example, if you provide feedback on a Competency Profile, you will see different wording choices and language in the competency description, titles, or performance statements. For a Career Profile, you will see changes in the language included in the Role Overview, Job Duties, and Skills sections. The validation process mostly consists of wordsmithing, ensuring that the language of the profiles reflects the realities of the job.
Who is eligible to become a validator?
To become a validator, you must reside in Canada and have at least one to two years of experience performing or supervising the work of the specific role you are reviewing. Preference is given to those with more experience in the role, with the hopes of acquiring feedback from those with lengthier industry experience. Our application form will ask you a series of questions regarding your industry and career experience, and one of our Analysts will take it from there.
Why does my feedback matter?
Your feedback matters because without it, our Career Profiles would be very hypothetical. The validation process is a crucial component in developing our Career and Competency Profiles because it ensures that these profiles are grounded in professional practice, useful tools, and relevant to industry and job seekers. Validation acts as a form of “peer review” by professionals and industry specialists working in the occupation who know the day-to-day realities of the job. Validation helps ensure that ECO’s National Occupational Standards are practical, grounded, and realistic.
I have reviewed one or more of your profiles. When should I expect to receive my honorarium?
Thank you! The honorarium process usually takes between 3-5 business days as one of our Analysts has to coordinate with ECO’s secretary and the appropriate project manager to distribute the funds in gift card format. Please be patient as this process is completed, but in general, it is a relatively quick and easy process. Please check your email inbox regularly for a message from ECO Canada.
