You may be aware there are some who hold both Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) and Professional Geoscientist (P. Geo.) designations. The conventional way of doing this is to hold an engineering degree with overlap with a geoscience and a masters degree or a double major. But if you have just a geoscience or engineering bachelors …
When you have completed your technical exams (and PEO report if assigned), you are eligible for The Iron Ring ceremony. The Iron Ring ceremony, also known as The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer, is administered by a body called “The Corporation of the Seven Wardens”. This organization is independent of any particular engineering …
The right choice of technical exam will depend on your specific circumstances. This article discusses the various options you may have and the factors surrounding those options.
What is a technical exam? A technical exam is a tool used to assess a candidate’s ability to apply the concepts and principles of engineering. The technical examinations have been part of professional engineering in Canada since the first regulations in 1920. In fact, the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), has audited CEAB accredited programs …
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Earning your P. Eng. by passing technical exams has many benefits. including career advancement and increased earning potential, improving the financial stability and security of your family.
Self-study for technical exams requires effective study habits, time management, and the right textbooks and past exam papers to succeed.
There are subtle differences in the requirements and process to qualifying as a Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) in Canada depending on the provincial regulator you qualify with. This article is intended to summarize some of these differences, especially with respect to technical exams. Why You Need to Know About Inter-Provincial Mobility The provincial regulator that …
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Here are Your Options: Option 1 – Give Up You may be considering giving up. I get it. I was assigned 19 technical examinations. It was very difficult in the beginning to see a path to completing all those exams while working fulltime and a growing family at home. Many people never complete their assigned …
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A few things one might want to know about the FE Exam – This article will briefly discuss each. Why Write the FE Exam? You may have the option to write the FE exam instead of number of technical exams. The first thing to understand about the FE exam is that it has ~65% pass …
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For some engineers, the choice of calculator can be a deeply personal one. For others, just a tool. And for some other engineers a source of analysis-paralysis. If engineers were more like Jedi, we would construct our calculators as Jedi construct their lightsabers. Some engineers could do just that but the exam invigilators probably wouldn’t …
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