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Log-on-Line

The amount of experience you are required to log depends on your academic credentials and work history. The minimum is 24 months. Planning work you performed before you earned an undergraduate degree cannot be included. As soon as you graduate and start working as a planner, you must apply for Provisional membership if you want to start logging your work experience.

You must submit your log using Log-on-Line. Before submitting the log, your supervisor and your sponsor must review the log and sign the sign-off sheet. Once you submitted your log(s), please fax or email your sign-off sheet to the OPPI office to the attention of the Membership Coordinator. The sign-off sheet is available for printing below.

Information on what constitutes relevant planning experience, and how the Membership Committee reviews logs: click here

The following sample logs are available to help you:

Sample Log #1

Sample Log #2

Sample Log #3

Sample Log #4

Print out a copy of the sign-off sheet for your log

Log-on-Line allows you to submit logs online as well as check the status of your previous work logs. To use this feature, click here (Provisional members only)

Log-on-Line FAQs

  1. Can I submit my logs by mail, fax, or e-mail?
  2. How do I get started?
  3. What if I need to write more than 35,000 characters?
  4. Can I change my log after I have submitted it?
  5. I tried to submit my log, but it wasn’t accepted and I didn’t get a log number. Why?
  6. How will I know when my log was reviewed?
  7. Can I submit a log if I don’t have a sponsor?

Q: Can I submit my logs by mail, fax, or e-mail?
A: No. OPPI no longer accepts logs submitted by mail, fax, or e-mail. You must use the Log-on-Line feature. It offers an interactive, 24/7, confidential, secure, web-based way for you to submit your logs to OPPI for committee review.
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Q: How do I get started?
A: Here is the procedure.

  1. Assemble all the information you will need, including the name and contact information for your sponsor and your supervisor (if different from your sponsor).
  2. Write your log in word processing software, making sure to avoid any special formatting (bullets, bold face, italics, indents).
  3. Do a character count: the limit is 35,000 characters (not words) for each log.
  4. When you are ready, click on “Log-on-Line” - it will open a page called “Submit a New Log” and you will have 15 minutes to enter the information.
  5. Type in your name and the names of your sponsor and supervisor, and the dates covered by the log.
  6. Copy and paste your log into the space shown.
  7. Click on “Submit log.”
  8. Log-on-Line will send you a unique confirmation number once you submit your log.
  9. Make a note of the confirmation number.

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Q: What if I need to write more than 35,000 characters?
A: Arrange your log in two separate submissions and indicate “Part 1” and “Part 2” at the beginning of each part.
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Q: Can I change my log after I have submitted it?
A: You cannot edit a log after you have submitted it. If you need to change something, you will have to resubmit a revised log, using the same procedure. Log-on-Line will assign you a new confirmation number. You must then send an email to admin@ontarioplanners.on.ca and request that your previous log not be sent for review.
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Q: I tried to submit my log, but it wasn’t accepted and I didn’t get a log number. Why?
A: There are three common reasons for this to happen.

  1. You entered more than 35,000 characters in the space for “Experience Description.”
  2. You did not correctly enter the dates in the format required: Month/Day/Year (the year must be shown in four digits, not two).
  3. The system timed out: you must complete the submission within 15 minutes.

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Q: How will I know when my log was reviewed?
A: The confirmation number allows you to check the status of your log over time. Once your log has been reviewed by the Membership Committee, Log-on-Line lets you view the committee’s comments.
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Q: Can I submit a log if I don’t have a sponsor?
A: . The sponsor must read your log and sign the sign-off sheet before you submit a log. When submitting your log using the Log-on-Line feature, please fax your sign-off sheet to the attention of the Membership Coordinator at 416.483.7830 or email it to admin@ontarioplanners.on.ca.
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For information on OPPI log requirements, or for other assistance, contact the OPPI office. Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) 234 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 201, Toronto, ON, M4P 1K5 Tel: 416.483.1873 or 1.800.668.1448 ext. 228; Fax 416.483.7830; e-mail: admin@ontarioplanners.on.ca.