Knowledge Centre

PEO publishes a variety of resources to assist licence holders in their roles and responsibilities, as well as guidance for applicants going through the licensure process.

Resources

Ontario professional engineers are part of a community of more than 87,500 PEO licence and certificate holders committed to enhancing the quality of life, safety and well-being in the province.


As Ontario’s engineering regulator, PEO relies heavily on its volunteers. More than 1,000 professional engineers, engineering interns and non-engineers volunteer their time each year on behalf of the association through their participation.


PEO's mandate, as described in the Professional Engineers Act, is to ensure that the public is protected and that individuals and companies providing engineering services uphold a strict code of professional ethics and conduct.


Online Learning Modules

PEO’s Online Learning Modules provide licence holders, volunteers, staff and applicants with various learning and development opportunities.

Practice Advice Resources and Guidelines

PEO offers a variety of practice advice resources to assist licence holders in providing professional and ethical engineering services.

Frequently Asked Questions

Read about the NPPE syllabus

Three textbooks and several free resources are recommended as study materials to prepare for the NPPE:

 

Read about recommended study materials

Several practice tests are available to help you prepare for the NPPE. Practice test questions are ones used on previous NPPE exams.

The practice test site also sells an NPPE preparation package:

Order practice tests

Order an NPPE preparation package

The NPPE is a 2.5 hour, closed-book, on-line exam on ethics, professional practice, engineering law and professional liability. The exam has 110 multiple-choice questions based on 6 subject areas.

Please monitor the ‘Documents Received’ section under ‘Programs’ in the portal. This section will update from “No” to “Yes” when the required document is received. 

How candidates choose to prepare for technical exams (i.e., self-study, take a course or find a tutor) is their decision to make. Candidates may refer to the Recommended Textbooks by Discipline.  

Yes. Technical exams are written online. Candidates may write technical exams outside of Canada, as long as they have high-speed internet and a webcam.

No, you cannot declare the completion of the professional practice module as a CPD activity because the module is a separate mandatory element of the PEAK program.

If you also complete CPD activities for another regulator or your employer, you can add those activities to your CPD Report if they meet PEO’s CPD admissibility criteria.

No, the program will not allow you to complete CPD activities this year and carry forward any portion to a future year. That’s because you will be engaging in CPD every year on a continuous basis.

Possibly; the program will allow you to report CPD activities you completed last year only if you still have a CPD reporting balance for last year. Once you have met last year’s CPD requirements and have no overdue balance for last year, you will not be able to report more CPD activities from last year.

If you want to adjust your CPD Report, click on the entry’s “edit” button to edit the item. You cannot edit a CPD Report after December 31.