Results of Practice of Professional Engineering Examination May 2008

 

Application to Sit for Practice of Professional Engineering Examination

An engineer applying for registration as a professional engineer to the Professional Engineers Board is required to hold an approved degree or qualification listed in the Professional Engineers (Approved Qualifications) Notification or have other proper and recognised academic qualifications in engineering and satisfies such conditions as the Board may determine, acquired not less than 4 years’ of relevant practical experience and sat and passed examinations prescribed by the Board. In addition, PEB would require the applicant to attend an interview.

A person may apply to sit for the Practice of Professional Engineering Examination after he has —

(a) completed 4 years of practical experience relevant to the branch of engineering that he seeks to be registered in; and

(b) sat for and passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination.

The practical experience the engineer obtained shall be in such professional engineering work and at such level of responsibility as to be sufficiently competent for registration as a professional engineer.

The type of relevant practical experience should be as follows:

  a) where the person seeks to be registered in the civil engineering discipline, the practical experience shall be obtained:
    i) during a period of not less than 12 months in a design office whilst under the supervision of a registered professional engineer who has in force a practising certificate; and
    ii) during a period of at least 12 months in supervisory work at a project site or engineering investigation work whilst under the supervision of a registered professional engineer who has in force a practising certificate.
  b) where the person seeks to be registered in the electrical or mechanical engineering discipline, the practical experience shall be practical experience in electrical or mechanical engineering work, as the case may be, obtained during a period of not less than 2 years whilst under the supervision of a registered professional engineer who has in force a practising certificate.
  c) where the person is engaged in full-time teaching or research work, such relevant practical experience as may be acceptable to the Board obtained during a period of not less than two years whilst under the supervision of a registered professional engineer who has in force a practising certificate.

An application to sit for the Practice of Professional Engineering Examination shall be accompanied by a fee of $450. Where an applicant is unable to sit for the examination the Board may refund all or part of the fees. 

Practice of Professional Engineering Examination 2009

The next Practice of Professional Engineering Examination would be held in May 09 and information for applicants would be available in Dec 08/Jan 09.

 

RESULTS OF PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING EXAMINATION MAY 08    

The Practice Of Professional Engineering Examination 08 was conducted on 7 May 08 for Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. A total of 135 candidates sat for the examination. A summary of the results is as shown in the following table.

Branch of Engineering

No of Candidates

 

No of Passes

 

Passed Rate

 

Civil Engineering

65 44 67.7%
Electrical Engineering

46 38 82.6%
Mechanical Engineering

24 15 62.5%
Overall

135 97 71.9%
 

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