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PEO’ s Engineering Internship (EIT) Program Ottawa Chapter February, 2015
PEO’s Engineering
Internship (EIT) Program
Ottawa Chapter
February, 2015
Objectives
• Role of PEO
• Licensing Requirements
• Licensing Process
• Engineering Experience
• References
• Engineering Intern Program
• Licensure Assistance Program
www.peo.on.ca
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Organization that regulates the practice of engineering
in Ontario
80,000+ P.Eng.
www.peo.on.ca
40 Sheppard Ave W, Toronto, Ontario
PEO – Professional Engineers Ontario
PEO’s Role & Function
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• Who - self regulating body for P. Engs.
• What - regulate and set standards
• Where - across the province of Ontario
• When - 1922 right to title; 1932 right to practice
• Why - Public safety and welfare
• How - Admissions, discipline and enforcement
Licence Types
• Professional Engineer, P.Eng.
• Temporary – for non-Ontario licensed engineers to
practise in Ontario on engineering projects. (New
application required if project is longer than one year)
• Limited - issued to an individual who, as a result of at
least 13 years of specialized experience, has developed
competence in a certain area of professional engineering
• Provisional - Available to applicants who have
completed all requirements for licensing except 12 months
of Canadian experience
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Licensing Requirements
• Acceptable engineering education
• Professional Practice Examination
• Good character (i.e. no criminal record)
• References (all supervisors & a minimum of one
P.Eng.)
• 48 months acceptable engineering experience
(12 months must be within a Canadian
jurisdiction)
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Academic Qualification
• Non CEAB Applicants are assigned examination program to confirm adequate engineering education or to bridge the educational gap
Interview to waive examinations if you have:
5 years of engineering experience for Confirmatory examinations 10 years of engineering experience for Specific examination
program
Confirmatory examinations
Discipline Specific - have the choice of exams
Total of 4 Examinations (3 Technical plus one complementary
studies)
PEO Licensure Flow Diagram
CEAB Applicant
Academic Assessment
imbedded in the program
Non- CEAB Applicant
Academic Assessment
By PEO required in the ACT
Does not meet Requirements File Closed P.Eng License
conferred
Write Technical Exams
Exempt from
Technical Exams
Assigned Technical
Exams
Optional
ERC Interview
Experience Assessment
After completion of a minimum
of 48 months of work experience
Professional Practice Exam
Mandatory for all
Applicants – no exceptions
Optional
Staff Referral
Interview
or
Exams waived
Failure
To
attempt
PPE
Within
Time
limit
Or pass
PPE
within 3
attempts
Fail
More
Experience
Required
Acceptable
Experience
Pass Not waived
2 year
limit to
attempt PPE
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PEO Licensure Flow Diagram
CEAB Applicant
Academic Assessment
imbedded in the program
Experience Assessment
After completion of a minimum
of 48 months of work experience
Optional
Staff Referral
Interview
More
Experience
Required
P.Eng License
conferred
Acceptable
Experience
Does not meet Requirements File Closed
Failure
To
attempt
PPE
Within
Time
limit
Or pass
PPE
within 3
attempts
Professional Practice Exam
Mandatory for all
Applicants – no exceptions
2 year
limit to
attempt PPE
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PEO Licensure Flow Diagram
Non- CEAB Applicant
Academic Assessment
By PEO required in the ACT
Assigned Technical
Exams
Optional
ERC Interview
Exams waived
Fail
Write Technical Exams
or Pass Not waived
Does not meet Requirements File Closed
Failure
To
attempt
PPE
Within
Time
limit
Or pass
PPE
within 3
attempts
P.Eng License
conferred
Exempt from
Technical Exams
Experience Assessment
After completion of a minimum
of 48 months of work experience
Professional Practice Exam
Mandatory for all
Applicants – no exceptions
Optional
Staff Referral
Interview
More
Experience
Required
Acceptable
Experience
2 year
limit to
attempt PPE
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Professional Practice Examination
• 3 hours total - Part A (Ethics), Part B (Law)
• 4 essay-style questions per section, similar
structure each time
• April, August & December sittings + Pilot
• Locations throughout Ontario & embassies
around the world
• Exam samples available for purchase from PEO
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Experience – Quantitative Requirements
• Minimum of 48 months of acceptable
engineering experience of which at least 12
months must be acquired in a Canadian
jurisdiction supervised by a person legally
authorized to practice in that jurisdiction. (ie.
professional engineer)
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Pre-Graduation Experience
• Reg. 941 33. (1) 3.
• Eligible for up to 12 months credit
• After completing 50% of course work
• Not eligible for the required 12 months of
Canadian jurisdictional experience
• PEO Policy
• Related to course and career
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Engineering Master’s or PhD
• PEO Policy
• Completed degrees - 12 months experience
• Same discipline or closely related to your
bachelor of engineering degree
• Only one degree applies
• Not eligible for the required 12 months of
Canadian jurisdictional experience
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Acceptable Engineering Experience
5 Required Elements:
Application of Theory
Practical Experience
Management of Engineering
Communication Skills
Social Implications of Engineering
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Application of Theory
• Do I need my engineering studies to do my job?
If so, how?
• Link your work to your academics; refer to
specific engineering principles.
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Application of Theory • Analysis: scope, operating conditions, performance
assessments, safety & environmental issues, technology
assessment, reliability analysis, economic assessment
• Design: functionality, product specification, component
selection, integration of components into larger system
• Testing Methods: devising testing methodology,
techniques, verifying specification, new
product/technology commissioning
• Implementation Methods: applying technology,
engineering cost studies, optimization techniques,
cost/benefit analysis, process flow and time studies
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Application of Theory
• What options are available to you?
• What important parameters did you consider?
• How did you make your decision?
• Why is the selected method appropriate under
the circumstances?
• Who did you consult and how much assistance
did you need?
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Practical Experience
• Function of Components as Part of a Larger System: merits of reliability, role of computer software, relationship of end product to equipment and control systems
• Limitations of Practical Engineering: production methods, manufacturing tolerances, operating and maintenance philosophies
• Significance of Time: workflow, scheduling, corrosion rates, replacement scheduling
• Codes, Standards, Regulations, Laws
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Practical Experience
• What considerations did you have to make due to real world conditions?
• What codes and standards did you use as part of your engineering work?
• Why was it necessary to refer to these – what is the basis for these?
• How did limitations of time, material, personnel, etc. affect your engineering work?
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Management of Engineering
• Planning: identifying requirements, developing concepts, evaluating alternative methods, required resources
• Scheduling: establishing interactions and constraints, activity schedules, impact of delays, interaction with other projects
• Budgeting: conceptual and detailed budgets, identifying labour, materials, overhead, cost escalation
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Management of Engineering
• Supervision: leadership and professional conduct, human resources, motivating teams
• Project Control: coordinating phases of project work, monitoring expenditures and schedules and taking corrective action
• Risk Assessment: operating equipment and system performance, technological risk, product performance, social and environmental impacts
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Management of Engineering
• How do these concepts fit into the engineering work that you do?
• Are you responsible for controlling any of these that affect other members of the team?
• Have your responsibilities increased in this area? How?
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Communication Skills
• Written Work: correspondence design briefs, major
reports
• Making Oral Reports: coworkers, supervisors, senior
management, clients, regulatory authorities
• Making Presentations to the Public
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Communication Skills
• How do you report your work?
• Any written reports? Who receives these?
• Opportunities for presentations?
• Participation in meetings?
• Any examples of having to promote your
engineering ideas through a reporting
mechanism? What was the result?
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Social Implications of Engineering
• Value or Benefit to the Public
• Safeguards in Place
• Relationship between Engineering and the
Public
• Role of Regulatory Agencies
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Social Implications of Engineering
• What are the potential effects, both positive and
negative, of the engineering project?
• How are negative effects mitigated?
• Who are the end users of the engineering work?
Were they consulted on the project? How?
• What involvement have you had in the process?
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Describing Your Work
• Focus on what you did as it relates to the 5
criteria
• Structure your description to include:
▫ WHAT you did
▫ HOW you did it
▫ WHY you did it
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▫ I calculated the total heat load
on the reactor
▫ Using the theoretical heat of
reaction
▫ In order to size the heat
exchanger
Describing Your Work
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WHAT HOW WHY
Experience Assessment Tools
Required:
• Summary of experience provided by the candidate (may also include earlier EIT reviews/guidance and subsequent response by candidate)
• Referees’ evaluations covering all reported time periods (may also include follow-up discussions with referees)
Optional:
• ERC and/or Staff referral interviews (if items 1 or 2 above are not satisfactory or complete)
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Engineering Experience Record
• Reverse chronological order
• Include start date (mm/yr) and end date (mm/yr) of each job
• Include all employers’ names and addresses (including country) for each period assessed
• Not a Resume
• Include specific engineering work that you performed
• Explain the nature of problems you solved
• Identify design/analysis factors you considered
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Referee Requirements
• Need your direct supervisor from each employer (job) covering the time of employment.
• Minimum legal requirement: one P. Eng. supervisor for one year
• Ideal goal: one direct P. Eng. supervisor plus another P. Eng. familiar with your work, per place of employment, over the entire 48 months.
• Supervisors must be sufficiently familiar with the details of the candidate’s work
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References
• Request that your Admissions Representative send out the questionnaires to your referees when:
◦ Changing roles within company
◦ Leaving a company
◦ Supervisor/referee leaving role/company
◦ Reaching end of interning phase (>48 months)
• Please contact your referees to ensure that they have mailed the forms back to PEO
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EIT Program
• Use of EIT title (serious about licensing)
• Inclusion in PEO members directory
• Review of work experience
• Participate in PEO’s Licensure Assistance Program
• Individual guidance
• Engineering Dimensions
• Participate in local Chapters
• Eligible to join OSPE and take advantage of their Career Centre & other member services (insurance and investment plans)
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Financial Credit Program (FCP)
• CEAB graduates – FCP documentation to be received
by PEO within six months of date of degree from an
engineering program
• IEG applicants – FCP documentation to be received by
PEO within six months of landing date in Canada
• PEO will waive Licence Application fee: value of $300 +
13% HST
• FREE EIT Membership – First Year: value of $75 + 13%
HST
• www.peo.on.ca/FCP/FCP1.html
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PEO Contacts
• Admissions Representative: file status, address
changes, etc.
• Exam Centre: PPE & technical exams
• EIT Unit: quality of experience requirements,
annual experience reviews & template, general
questions
• Finance: fees
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Manoj Choudhary, M.Eng., P.Eng.
EIT Manager
Tracey Caruana, P.Eng.
EIT Coordinator
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Professional Engineers Ontario
Licensure Assistance Program (LAP)
Program Overview
• Program Purpose: Licensure
▫ Links P.Eng. mentor with EIT mentee
• Program resources:
▫ Guide & Intern Handbooks
▫ LAP software
▫ Event funding – Provided by PEO
▫ Webinar training available (remote/group
mentoring)
▫ Chapter support from Head Office
• Program Expectations and Limitations ▫ 6 month relationship
▫ Meet minimum 2 hours per month
▫ Confidentiality
• Help mentees get a job
• Promote the mentee for
jobs/assignments
• Supervise work assignments
Confidentiality related to
employer’s sensitive/
proprietary information
Mentors can provide: Mentors are not expected to:
Program Benefits • EITs
▫ gain access to a professional engineer
▫ acquire knowledge and professional skills
▫ receive one-on-one feedback
▫ assistance with the licensure process
• P.Eng. members
▫ Increase their guidance/mentoring skills
▫ volunteer opportunity – satisfaction from development of
individuals
▫ Mentor/guide future engineers
• Chapter
▫ provide additional support to Chapter membership
▫ potential to attract participants to other Chapter events
LAP Program Events • Training Session
▫ Conducted by EIT Coordinator
▫ Participants receive guide/intern guidebooks
▫ Exercises and tips on developing relationship
• Guide’s Exchange or Mid-Point Event (optional) ▫ Session for participants to get together and share
experiences
• Appreciation Event ▫ At conclusion of 6 month relationship
▫ Recognizes mentors
• Next steps ▫ Start the next 6 month mentoring relationships
LAP Program Contact
• Have any questions?
• Contacts
Tracey Caruana, P.Eng., EIT Coordinator
▫ 416-840-1107 / 1-800-339-3716 ext. 1107
