Status: Consultation Closed & Fee Changes Announced

Final Decision

Following the General Fee Consultation, Technical Safety BC’s Board met on September 12, 2023 and approved the following for the 2024 – 2025 Fee Changes:


Fee Increase / Reduction

Fee Change

Details

Reduction

Paper exam fee $199

Remote digital exam fee $169

In person digital exam fee $179

Examination Fees

Increase

General fees

2024 7%*

2025 4%*

*some exceptions

All certification fee changes

All fee removals

Credit card payment limit

Electrical permit fee changes

Standardized hourly rates

New fee5% fee of the balance owed + 1% of each full month past the due date
*effective date TBD		Late fees.
We currently charge a flat fee for late charges. These late fees are to encourage timely payments and help recover the costs of unpaid invoices.

Most fee changes will come into effect January 1, 2024


These fee changes have been made after taking client feedback into consideration to minimize impact to clients. As a self-funded, not-for-profit safety regulator, we have used multiple levers to keep fee increases at a minimum for our clients. We have closed underused offices, reduced operating budgets, deferred hiring new roles and eliminated multiple roles within the organization. The new fee structure is in place to offset growing costs and maintain safety oversight in BC.


As the economic landscape in BC continues to change, many of us have been faced with difficult decisions to offset growing operating costs and inflation. At Technical Safety BC, we have done everything possible to keep fee increases at a minimum for our clients, including closing underused offices, reducing operating budgets, and eliminating multiple roles. However, to allow us to continue advancing the safety system and maintain essential staffing levels, we are proposing to increase general fees by 7% in 2024 and 4% in 2025.

This consultation closed as of Friday, June 16, 2023. We thank everyone who took the time to participate. We invite you to read the report below to learn what we heard during the consultation and the next steps before we make our final decision on our 2024-2025 fees.

Technical Safety BC is a self-funded, not-for-profit safety regulator. Fees are set to recover costs related to safety oversight, including educational programs; public safety campaigns such as recalls, hazard awareness, and safety alerts; investigating incidents; assessing equipment and systems; and finding ways to innovate and improve programs and services for our safety partners and clients. Read more about our recent service improvements, what we’ve done to reduce our costs, and how your fees help us strengthen our safety system.

Proposals: General Proposed ChangesProposals: Certification and ExamsProposals: Electrical PermitsProposals: Hourly RatesProposals: Design Registration

Information: Why We're Changing Our Fees

Proposals and details

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