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This page outlines what you need to know about Writing National Assessment Exams.
An Examination Fee of $300 is payable for each examination requested.
The National Examinations are held in Spring and Fall and are written simultaneously at all centres across Canada. Examinations are offered over a five-day period.
The Spring Examination Session is held in May. The registration deadline to write during this session is either February 1 for Geoscientists or February 28 for Engineers.
The Fall Examination Session is usually held during the last week of October for Geoscientists and mid-December for Engineers. The registration deadline to write during the Fall Session is August 1 for Geoscientists and August 27 for Engineers.
All Engineers Canada (CEQB) Engineering Syllabus Exams are available at the National Spring and Fall Examination Sittings.
All Association of the Professional Engineers Geoscientists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) Geoscientist Technical Examinations are available at the Spring and Fall Sittings.
Note: Engineering applicants planning to write the National examinations in May or December from any of the following Engineering branches are asked to give advance notice to Claudia Shymko, Examination Co-ordinator, at the APEGM office as soon as possible by telephone, fax, mail, or e-mail.
| AGRICULTURAL | CHEMICAL | COMPUTER | GEOLOGICAL |
| INDUSTRIAL | METALLURGICAL | MINERAL |
These examinations are not frequently requested and therefore exam papers are not prepared unless an applicant requests them. An exam fee is not required at the time of advanced notification. The Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), where the National engineering examinations are set and marked, simply wishes to ensure that the persons who prepare the exams can be contacted in sufficient time to prepare the paper(s).
MAY EXAMINATION SESSION
The application and Examination Fee for the May Examination Session are due in the APEGM office
by 4:30 p.m. on February 1, for Geoscience exams, and
by 4:30 p.m. on February 28, for Engineering exams.
Applications will be received after those dates but there is no guarantee that the examination requested will be available.
The National Examination Office will accept late comers to write exams provided the request complies with its finalized timetable.
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER EXAMINATION SESSION
The application and Examination Fee for the October/November (Geoscience) and December (Engineering) Examination Sessions are
due in the APEGM office by 4:30 p.m. on August 1 for Geoscience exams, and
August 27 for Engineering exams. Applications will be received after those dates but
there is no guarantee that the examination requested will be available. Again, the National Examination Office will accept
late comers to write exams provided the request complies with its finalized timetable.
NOTE: for deadlines which occur on weekends, the application and fee are due in the APEGM office on the last working day prior to the deadline.
Time limits for completion of examinations are provided to all candidates with the results of their assessments.
Any person who has been assigned examinations must notify APEGM, within six months of the date of notification of assessment, of his or her intention to proceed with the assigned examinations.
Failure to notify APEGM within this time will normally be considered as an indication of intent not to proceed with the examinations, and the applicant's file will be closed.
At least one examination must be taken during the first available examination session following the six-month notification period, regardless of the type(s) of examination(s) assigned.
Failure to complete the prescribed examination(s) within the prescribed time limits will normally be considered as failure of the examination program, and will result in the closing of the applicant's file.
Candidates must be Canadian residents in order to apply to write examinations in Manitoba or other Canadian provinces. Applications to write examinations will not be accepted from assessment applicants residing in other countries.
Candidates, who did not receive their academic education (either their undergraduate degree or graduate degree) in English, must demonstrate that they have achieved a Canadian Level Benchmark 8 (Reading and Writing) before applying to write the Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board (CEQB) examinations assigned by the Academic Review Committee.
A free English language assessment is available to you. Contact Winnipeg English Language Assessment and Referral Centre, 4th Floor, 275 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2B3. Call (204) 943-5387 for an appointment. They can answer questions about how long the assessment will take, and what documents you should bring with you. If your benchmark levels are one to two levels below the required benchmark you should access ESP (English for Specific Purposes) training before proceeding with the examinations.
Applicants may, upon the prior approval of the Academic Review Committee, take University of Manitoba or University of Brandon courses in lieu of assigned examinations. Permission to substitute courses must be requested, in writing, from the Academic Review Committee.
The Academic Review Committee maintains a listing of acceptable University of Manitoba course substitutions. Information regarding the list of substitute courses is available from the APEGM office.
A mark of "C" or better is required in each substitute university course.
Examinations shall normally be written at a designated site in Winnipeg.
Candidates may, subject to the approval of the Registrar, write their examinations at locations other than the APEGM office, i.e. Brandon, Flin Flon, Thompson, and The Pas, under the supervision of Professional Engineers or Professional Geoscientists.
Examinations, written in rural Manitoba, must be written concurrently with those held in Winnipeg and in accordance with the Alberta and Ontario timetables. Any expense incurred with respect to the invigilation of those examinations will be the candidate's responsibility.
Format 1
No calculator permitted. This is usually a Closed-Book examination.
Format 2
There are two calculator models permitted for this format: either a Casio or Sharp model. The exam may be Closed- or Open-Book.
Note, any alpha letters that immediately follows the calculator model number is fine, except for the letter "s" which means
the calculator is programmable. If the letter "s" is in combination with another alpha letter then the calculator is
acceptable i.e. "ms". (Please note that "None" in the Exam Format and Aids Permitted list, under "Aids/Instructions to
the Candidates" means there are no further instructions for that examination.)
Format 3
Any non-communicating calculator will be permitted. The examination will be an Open-Book examination. Candidates will identify
the calculator used on the inside left-hand sheet of the exam work book, i.e., name and model designation.
Closed-Book
Only pen, pencils, and drawing instruments may be brought into the room. No dictionary allowed. If Format 2 is selected, candidates
are permitted to bring any Casio or the Sharp approved calculator into the room.
Open-Book
Any notes, textbooks, materials etc. may be brought into the examination. No laptop computers. Where an examiner has specified
only certain material can be used, this is noted under "Aids/Instructions to the Candidates".
Closed-Book With Specified Aids
In some exams, a single, precisely identified aid is allowed and this is identified in the "Aids/Instructions to the Candidates".
Note: The Examination Format and Aids Permitted List for the National Technical Sessions will be sent to each candidate together with the examination timetable approximately a month before the examinations are to be written.
Candidates unfamiliar with a Casio or Sharp calculator may wish to purchase one of them in advance in the event that Exam Format 2 is selected by PEO's examiners.
The Professional Engineers Ontario provides this Association with a list of suggested study material for each engineering examination, for the benefit of applicants seeking general information in certain subject areas. The actual textbooks upon which the examinations will be based, however, will be prescribed by the examiners assigned to set the examinations and may be updated from year to year. The list is only a suggested list and is not intended to limit the candidate from using other relevant textbooks.
Alternative texts of the candidate's choice may be used provided the text adequately covers the Canadian Engineering Qualification Board (CEQB) Syllabus material.
Examination questions are based on the description in the CEQB syllabus, not the suggested text.
Textbooks are listed in order of importance and should cover at least 75-80% of what the syllabus asks for. If the first text does that then you only need the first book. However, you might find that you need the second book, or all three to cover 75-80% of the materials outlined in the description in the syllabus. Therefore you must make that decision based on the suggested textbooks listed.
Candidates are urged to follow the description in the CEQB syllabus. The text books are just a means to prepare for the exams. It is the candidate's responsibility as to how he/she prepares for the exams.
The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta provides textbook information in its syllabus of examinations for the geoscience examinations.
Past examination papers are available from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia website at (APEGBC).
The answers to the questions are not available. The reprints are not to be used as a method to study as the formats of the sample exams may differ from those used for future exams.
A limited amount of past examinations are available for the gesocience examinations. These are usually available from APEGGA once an examination has been ordered.
Past Exam papers are also available on the APEGM Site.
Any candidate who fails to appear to write an examination without previously notifying the Association shall be considered as having failed that examination and shall not be entitled to a refund of the examination fee.
Any candidate who notifies the Association prior to the examination that he or she will not be writing shall be entitled to write the examination during the next examination session, but shall normally forfeit the examination fee.
Candidates who decide not to write the examinations should forward something in writing for their files.
A candidate may cancel an examination he or she has applied to write, and not incur any penalty, as long as the examination is cancelled at least two months before the examination is due to be written. In this case the examination fee will be transferred to the next Examination Session. An examination fee can only be transferred once.
A candidate, who appears in the examination room and then decides not to write the examination, must place the signed exam book in the envelope provided, sign the outside of the envelope, and hand it to the invigilator. Any such candidate is given a mark of Zero for the examination.
Examination results will be mailed within 45 working days (9 weeks) after the last examination has been written. No results will be communicated by telephone or in person.
If a candidate disagrees with an examination mark, he/she may request a re-read. There is a non-refundable fee of $250.00 per exam for this service. The cheque should be made payable to Professional Engineers Ontario. There is no guarantee that a re-read will result in the favour of the candidate. The re-read decision could take eight weeks or longer and the re-read mark will be the final mark.
Examination papers will not be returned to the candidate, nor are the answers available. The passing mark is 50% (if not otherwise specified). A candidate may, within 30 days of notification of results, request a viewing of the marked examination paper.
If no viewing has been requested during the specified period, examination booklets will be destroyed 30 days after the notification date.
Confirmatory Examinations, or equivalent U of M courses, may only be attempted once.
Proficiency Examinations, or equivalent U of M courses, may be attempted three times.
If a candidate fails only one Confirmatory exam the Committee may, at its discretion and depending on the mark obtained, request that the candidate re-write the failed examination. However, if a candidate fails more than one confirmatory examination then more examinations are likely to be assigned.
If a candidate has failed a Proficiency examination three times, he or she will be removed from the program, and advised that eligibility for a new assessment will require the successful completion of an approved university course in the same subject area as the failed examination.
As evidence of a candidate's competence in carrying out an engineering/geoscience analysis, a report may be required. The candidate must provide a report topic and outline for the Academic Review Committee's approval before proceeding with the report.
Information sheets regarding the APEGM Engineering / Geoscience report requirements are available from the APEGM office upon request.
When a candidate has either, passed all of the assigned examinations, or completed the allowable number of attempts, his or her examination results will be presented to the Academic Review Committee for re-evaluation. The Academic Review Committee also reviews files on a random basis to see how candidates are progressing.
Written: November 21, 2005
Modified: November 25, 2006
Modified: February 7, 2007
Modified: January 4, 2008
Modified: June 19, 2008