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Provincial Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation in Canada operates on the principle of the "Internal Responsibility System" (IRS). This system dictates that workplace safety is a shared responsibility among all parties involved—employers, supervisors, and workers—rather than relying solely on government inspectors or management alone. Under the OHS Act, every individual worker has strict, legally binding duties. They must take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety, as well as the health and safety of other workers who may be affected by their actions or omissions on the job site (Option A). Furthermore, workers have a statutory duty to actively cooperate with their employer in matters of health and safety, which includes following safety procedures, wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE), and participating in training (Option B). Therefore, ASET members must both act safely themselves and cooperate with their employers' safety programs, making "A and B" the correct and comprehensive answer.

The ASET Code of Ethics requires members to "undertake and accept responsibility for professional assignments only when qualified by training and experience." However, professional practice is not completely rigid; technologists are allowed to expand their scope of practice or transition into new disciplines provided they acquire the necessary competence through further education, mentorship, and progressive experience. Because this member has actively taken petroleum courses and gained related experience, they are not strictly barred from applying for a petroleum-centric role. Rejecting the invitation outright (Option B) is unnecessary if they feel they are approaching competency. The ethical imperative here is transparency and honesty. The member should accept the invitation to apply, but they must fully and honestly disclose their mechanical academic background and the specific extent of their petroleum training during the interview process. This allows the prospective employer to make a fully informed hiring decision regarding the member's qualifications and required onboarding support.

Immanuel Kant's theory of Formalism (also known as duty ethics or Deontology) postulates that ethical actions are based strictly on absolute, universal rules or duties, regardless of the consequences. According to Kant, an act is only good if it follows a principle that could be universally applied to everyone at all times (the Categorical Imperative). For example, "never lie" is a universal rule in Kantian ethics. The primary criticism and the point where conflict arises in Formalism is when rigidly following a universal principle causes obvious, preventable harm. If a murderer asks for the location of their intended victim, the universal rule "never lie" conflicts with the basic human intuition to protect life. Therefore, a strict Kantian would face a severe moral conflict because adhering strictly to the duty (telling the truth) directly results in catastrophic harm. This inflexibility in the face of competing duties or harmful outcomes is the central challenge when applying pure formalism to complex real-world engineering or societal dilemmas.

The Practice Review Board (PRB) is a critical statutory committee established under the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act (EGPA) to maintain the overall quality and standards of the profession. Unlike the Investigative or Discipline Committees, which deal with specific complaints of misconduct against individual members, the PRB has a broader, more systemic mandate. One of its primary legal functions is to continuously evaluate, develop, and maintain the desirable standards of competence for all regulated members. The PRB conducts general reviews of practice trends, manages the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program, and can proactively audit the practices of members to ensure they are keeping their skills current and adhering to the latest technical and ethical standards. It acts as a proactive quality-assurance mechanism for the profession. It does not examine non-regulated individuals, nor does it broadly assess the entire engineering practice in Alberta (which is APEGA's domain), but rather focuses specifically on evaluating and enforcing the standards of competence for ASET's own regulated membership.