Professional Engineers Ontario Code Of Ethics:

 

 

Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO):

Professional Engineers Ontario is a licensing authority. It bears the responsibility of the regulation of the practice of professional engineering and governance of its members to serve and protect the public interest by making sure that all professional engineers satisfy rigorous qualifications to attain engineering license. This is because only qualified and licensed engineers practice engineering in the province. 

For this, PEO also sets up, maintains, and develops:

·      Standard of knowledge and skill

·      Standards of practice for the profession

·      standards of professional ethics

It also promotes public awareness of its role.

 

Code of Ethics:

Engineers Ontario’s Code of Ethics is a guide for engineers to let them know professional conduct. It imposes some duties on them, concerning society, employers, colleagues, clients (including employees and subordinates), the engineering profession, and them or themself.

Using the Code of Ethics, the professional engineer has a clear duty to society, which is to regard the duty to public welfare as paramount, above their duties to employers and clients. The engineer’s duty to employers includes working as a faithful agent or trustee, concerning client information as confidential, and avoiding or disclosing interest conflicts.

The engineer’s duty to clients means that the engineer has to immediately disclose any direct or indirect interest that could prejudice (or appear to prejudice) their professional judgment.

It is stated in the code that it’s the practitioner’s duty to the public, employer, clients and, other licensed engineers of the practitioner’s profession, and to the practitioner to work at all times with,

Fairness and faithfulness to the practitioner’s employers, associates, subordinates, employees, and clients

Fidelity to public requirements

Dedication to high ideals of personal honor and professional integrity

Capability in the performance of any professional engineering services that are undertaken

Knowledge of developments in the professional engineering domain related to any services that are taken on

Requirements for Professional Engineers Ontario’s license:

The following are the requirements to become a P.Eng:

1.    Your age has to be at least 18.

2.    You need to have good character.

3.    You must satisfy the academic requirements.

4.    You need to fulfill the experience requirements. 

5.    You have to pass the National Practice Exam.

P.Eng application process:

PEO Professional Engineers Ontario’s application process consists of four sequential stages. The order of the stages is fulfilling the academic requirement, passing the NPPE (National Professional Practice Exam, fulfilling the experience requirements, and the license review and approval.

In the application process, the applicant will be given deadlines to fulfill PEO’s requirements and submit extra information if needed. In case, if the deadlines are not fulfilled, the application will be closed. If the application is closed and the applicant is registered in the Engineering Intern (EIT) Program, their EIT membership will be terminated.

Professional Engineers Ontario academic requirements: CEAB vs non-CEAB program graduates:

The P.Eng application process is dictated by whether the applicant has fulfilled PEO’s academic requirement.

The applicant has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from a Canadian university program accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board, also called CEAB, will fulfill the academic needs.

The applicant has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from a program not accredited by CEAB or is a non-CEAB program will have their academic evaluated against the Canadian Engineering Qualification Board criteria to dictate whether the applicant fulfills PEO’s academic requirements under their engineering program.