Membership Information
Membership and registration qualifications and procedures are established by the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists Provincial Council under authority of The Agrologists Act of Manitoba. The Council prescribes the education and other qualifications for registration.
There are two categories of membership in the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists: practising, and non-practising.
Practising:
Professional Agrologist (P.Ag.):
An agrologist gives professional advice about agriculture and bio-resources in Manitoba. Professional Agrologists have formal training in natural sciences and economics. With the P.Ag. (Professional Agrologist) designation, Agrologists are hired for their expertise in processing and marketing agricultural products, crops, and livestock.
Agrology is a regulated profession in Manitoba. You must be approved to work as an agrologist by the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists.
To practise agrology in Manitoba and to get the P.Ag. designation you must:
- Have completed a four-year university or college degree equivalent to a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Manitoba (120 credits)
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Complete the Agrologist-in-Training Program requirements
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Be registered and accepted as a member of the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists
Technical Agrologist (Tech.Ag.):
A technical agrologist has specific training and gives professional advice about producing, using, processing and marketing agricultural products, crops and livestock. Technical agrologists learn their skills in approved two-year diploma programs. The Tech.Ag designation and licence to practise can only be used in Manitoba and might not be recognized in other Canadian provinces.
Technical agrology is a regulated profession in Manitoba. You must be approved to work as a technical agrologist by the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists.
To practise technical agrology in Manitoba and to get the Tech. Ag designation you must:
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Have completed an approved two-year university or college diploma program in Agriculture from the University of Manitoba or its equivalent from other college or university or have completed one of the following programs from the Assiniboine Community College. These are: Agribusiness and Environmental Technologies that includes Land and Water Management and Geographic Information Systems Technologies
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Complete the Technical Agrologist-in-Training Program requirements
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Be registered and accepted as a member of the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists
Other requirements and information:
- All new accepted applicants are registered as Agrologist in Training. MIA has a number of requirements following initial acceptance that must be met before full status and a professional designation are conferred. Other requirements include profession development activity, and completion of a Professionalism and Ethics workshop.
*Applicants with advanced degrees may be given credit for Canadian work experience during their post-graduate studies at the discretion of the MIA. Determinations will be made on the basis of the relevancy of the work to the intended career path in the practise of agrology in Canada.
** The following Assiniboine Community College Diploma programs meet initial education qualification standards for registration as an Agrologist in Training, leading to the Technical Agrologist desigation:
- - Agribusiness
- - To August 31, 2010
- - Environmental Technologies: Land and Water Management
- - After September 1, 2010: Environmental Technologies: (1) Land and Water; and (2) GIS specializations.
Non-practising:
Affiliate:
For those who are eligible for a practising designation, but do not wish to practise agrology at the current time.
Associate:
For those who do not meet the educational requirements for membership, but still wish to be associated with MIA.
Revised November 2010