As a member, what can you do to protect yourself against a complaint? Here are some helpful tips.

Maintain Your Competence
Our Continuing Competency Program provides excellent tools to help you maintain your competence in your area of practice and prepare a professional development plan for continuous improvement. [more]

Ask for Advice
If you have questions about professional practice or conduct, turn to the Practice Advisory Service for help. [more]

Learn from the Mistakes of Others
Learn from the mistakes of others by reviewing the Discipline Case Digests and Notices to the Profession that we publish as a result of complaints against members. [more]

Understand Your Rights & Obligations
As a forest professional, you need to understand your rights and obligations under the Foresters Act, the association bylaws (in particular the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Practice) and policies and guidelines, and abide by them.

Foresters Act
ABCFP Bylaws
Code of Ethics
Standards of Professional Practice
ABCFP Policies & Guidelines

Additional Resources
BC Forest Professional article: What is the Duty to Report?

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