NPPE Exam Preparation Course
Program Description:
As a prerequisite for registration in Engineers and Geoscientists of BC, engineering, geology, geophysics graduates and applicants are required to successfully complete the National Professional Practice Exam (NPPE) and the additional essay.
Program Type Description
Instruction, facilitation, brainstorming
Learning Objectives of the Program
- After this course, students will be able to pass the professional practice exam by EGBC
- Students will think systemically to solve ethical dilemmas as engineer or geoscientist
- Students will identify illegal practices from legal practices in their workplace
- Students will make appropriate recommendations to avoid misconduct as a professional
Weeks of Instruction
Hours of Instruction
18 hours
Admission Requirement
Minimum bachelor degree in engineering or geoscience
Equipment and Facilities
Projector and screen
Course Materials
- Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics: Fifth
Edition (2014) – Gordon C. Andrews - Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering, and Geoscience, Third Canadian
Edition (2015) – Brian M. Samuels and Doug R. Sanders - Industry Canada Booklet – A Guide to Patents
- Industry Canada Booklet – A Guide to Trade-Marks
- Industry Canada Booklet – A Guide to Industrial Designs
- Industry Canada Booklet – A Guide to Copyrights
- Engineers and Geoscientists Act, Bylaws and Code of Ethics
Language of Instruction
English
Course Outline
- Exam Preparation: How to study and how to write the exam
- Regulating a Profession
- APEGA’s Act
- APEGA’s Regulations and Bylaws
- Disciplinary procedures
- Updating your knowledge
- Ethical Theories and Code of Ethics
- Ethics for three different groups of Professionals: Managers, Employees, and Private Sector
- Specific issues in Ethics: Environmental Ethics, Computer Ethics, Ethics
- Canadian Legal System
- Business Organizational Structures
- Professional implications: Tort Law, Contract Law, and “Product Liability”
- Contract Classifications: Choosing project participants
- Contract Classifications: Delivering Methods: Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, etc.
- Risk assessment
- Contract Classifications: Compensation Methods: Fixed Price, Cost Plus, etc.
- Life Cycle of a Contract: Awarding, Executing and Terminating
- Sustainability
- Specific issues in contracts: Breaches, Disputes and Delays
- Important Clauses in Construction Contracts
- Specific types of Contracts: Insurance and Bond
- Other types of law for Professionals: Intellectual Property Law, Labour Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, and OH&S Law
- Multiple choice questions practice and review
- How to write the essay and the practice
Method of Evaluation
- Mock Exam (Law & Ethics)
- Write an Essay
Requirement to Complete the Program
- Being an Engineer
- No absent during the term