The Professional Practice Examination (PPE), is a three-hour, closed-book exam on ethics, professional practice, engineering law and liability. Applicants may write this exam at any time. To reduce the time to licensure, applicants are encouraged to write the PPE early in the licensing process.

Attention Accredited Engineering Canadian Graduates

The PPE is held three times a year, in the Spring, the Summer and the Fall. Once you submit a Licence Application to PEO you will be informed of the dates of these sittings.

You must submit an application to PEO and obtain a PEO file number before you can write the PPE.

Attention Internationally Engineering Trained Graduates

Applicants assigned a technical exam program cannot write the PPE until they write and pass all technical exams. These applicants are not required to fill out the initial PEO application form. These candidates have already completed the initial application for licence and have a PEO file number. Applicants must submit their initial application to PEO in order to be eligible to write the PPE.

Questions regarding the PPE? Email exams@peo.on.ca.

PLEASE NOTE TEXTBOOKS CANNOT BE PURCHASED AT PEO. PLEASE CALL THE PUBLISHER AS PROVIDED BELOW, or YOUR LOCAL UNIVERSITY.

Suggested texts:

PPE SYLLABUS FOR:

PART A - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND ETHICS
Definitions and interpretations of professional status; obligations that accompany the privileges of professional status; unregulated, state regulated, and self regulated practice; powers of the PEO in the self regulated profession of engineering in Ontario; reserved practice and reserved titles; disciplinary consequences of violation of the Regulations including the Code of Ethics, as distinct from the legal liability; the independent practitioner and the employee engineer acting as a representative or agent; supervision of unregistered persons by a professional engineer; responsibilities of holders of Limited Licences; ethical considerations related to standards of practice.

Suggested Text:
Gordon C. Andrews, "Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics”, Fourth Edition, 2009, published by Nelson Education Ltd.
ISBN: 0-17-644134-4

PART B - ENGINEERING LAW AND PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
Legal concepts and basics relevant to professional engineers including: the basic structure of the Canadian legal system, basics of business organizations; application of tort law principles in determining liability for negligence; limitation periods; essential elements and principles of contract law including grounds upon which a contract may be impeached; tendering issues, interpretation, discharge and breach of contracts; contracts limiting liability; engineering and other specific types of contracts; the Professional Engineers Act regulatory aspects; construction lien legislation; Competition Act issues of relevance to engineers; industrial property protection; employment laws; Human Rights Code Prohibitions against Discrimination and Sexual Harassment.

Suggested Text:
D.L. Marston, “Law for Professional Engineers, Canadian and Global Insights”, 4th Edition, 2008, McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
ISBN: 978-0070985216
Tel: (905)430-5000 and 1-800-565-5758 (from outside Toronto)
Fax: (905)430-5203, 1-800-463-5855 (http://www.mcgrawhill.ca)

Please note that you will receive the following items: 1) Professional Engineers Act, Regulation 941/90, and by-Law No. 1; 2) a previous PPE paper; and 3) the Professional Engineer’s Duty To Report in the mail two months prior to your first opportunity to write the PPE. If you want you may download the information from PEO’s website, www.peo.on.ca under "Publications". All this information (including the two textbooks) are required to be reviewed to successfully pass the PPE.

Additional information on Textbooks

• Click HERE to see an old Professional Practice Examination. Answers are not provided.

Applicants requiring assistance preparing for their Professional Practice Exam (PPE) and Technical Exams may seek additional resources on the Internet using their preferred search engine.

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Please be advised that PEO is not associated with and does not endorse any of the professional practice exam and technical exam prepatory service providers.

Questions regarding the exam process? Email exams@peo.on.ca.