Hours Based Reporting

Intern members, who reported to ARIDO that they would continue to use the hours-based reporting path prior to January 1st, 2022 (versus the IDER reporting method), can continue on the hours-based path and should ensure they use the Direct Supervised Work Experience Reporting Form

Your Supervised Work Experience hours are worth their full value (100%) when the hours are completed under one of the following individuals:

• Registered Member of ARIDO or another provincial regulatory body
• Designer (passed the NCIDQ exam/meets ARIDO requirements)
• Licenced Architect

75% of the total Supervised Work Experience hours may be claimed under someone who is a Designer but is not NCIDQ Certified nor is licensed/registered with another provincial body. The remaining 25% must be under the supervision of one of the individuals listed above.

Interns must track all work experience which meets the supervised work experience requirements. You are advised to track this experience throughout the years that you are completing it.

If, during this period of time, you have successfully completed the required work experience through multiple jobs under multiple Supervisors or Mentors, you will need to separately report and obtain a signature from each of these Supervisors or Mentors. For example, if over the course of three years you have obtained work experience through two separate jobs with two separate firms, you will need to report the accumulated experience separately. This will mean obtaining signatures from both Supervisors to whom you reported.

Once you have obtained the required amount of supervised work experience, make sure that your reporting is complete and that all qualified Supervisors or Mentors have signed off. Your reporting can be completed by filling in the appropriate documentation for the path you are following.

Who qualifies as a Supervisor or Mentor?

For both IDER and the hours-based path, a direct Supervisor is the individual within the firm where the Intern is employed and who supervises their daily work. A current or former direct Supervisor may sign off on experience of which they supervised.

A work experience Mentor is not the Intern’s direct employment supervisor who meets the above qualifications and volunteers their time to review, give feedback, and sign off on the Intern’s work.

Once all your supervised work experience hours are completed, submit your form(s) directly to ARIDO: snoble@arido.ca and then register with CIDQ

Experience completed through the hours path will qualify Interns to write the exam alternative (EAP) to qualify for Registered membership