Registration FAQ

If you are already registered as a professional in another province or territory, apply for Professional Licensure as a Transfer Applicant 

To apply for first time Professional Licensure, you must have acceptable academics (undergraduate degree in engineering or geoscience), and at least 4 years of experience. You will need to demonstrate your experience through the completion of a competency-based assessment. 

If you have the required academic qualifications for professional licensure but do not yet have enough experience, you should apply as an engineer-in-training or a geoscientist-in-training and maintain that category until you have the required experience.

If you do not meet the requirements for professional licensure, you may be eligible for a limited license.

• Use of the E.I.T. or G.I.T. designation – titles protected under the Act & Regulations
• Access to PEGNL’s Learning Management Platform – including resources on professional ethics
• Use of PEGNL’s PD Portal – with an opportunity to build 2 years’ worth of professional development hours for carryover
• Access to the Competency Assessment online system – work on your competency self-assessment throughout your in-training period
• Networking opportunities – collaborate with professionals and your peers
• Access to the 2023 Pilot Mentorship Program, to help you meet your professional goals and succeed in 2023
• PEGNL membership provides access to a variety of Engineers Canada sponsored benefits and partnerships such as:

• Major Car Rental Discounts (for all the explorers out there)
• Home and Auto Insurance (great savings opportunity for new grads)
• Health, Life, and Dental Insurance (especially attractive for all the entrepreneurs in the community)
• Pet Insurance (because who doesn’t love their pet!)
• And much much more…

PLUS if you apply in the year of your graduation (convocation), we waive the application fees, so when you apply for your professional license in the future you don’t have to pay any application fee!

You will need a completed application form, a non-expired copy of government issued photo ID, and provision of your academic transcripts as per PEGNL’S Registration Policy. The application forms contain a checklist of the required documentation. 

Transfer applicants do not need to provide proof of academics, but are required to supply a copy of their photo ID.

Geoscience applicants (applying for G.I.T. or first-time P. Geo.) must also supply course descriptions for any courses not taken at Memorial University.

For a physical stamp, allow up to 3 weeks for delivery.  

For a digital stamp, allow 3 to 5 business days for processing.

Please refer to our fees schedule.

If the proposed Member(s) in Responsible Charge is (are) already licensed with PEGNL, you should receive either the permit or an update within 20 business days.

If the proposed Member(s) in Responsible Charge is (are) NOT licensed with PEGNL, their individual application must be approved before the permit to practice application can be processed.

No. NPPE is a pre-requisite to Professional Licensure. You may have your application approved subject to successful completion of the NPPE, but you cannot be licensed until it has been successfully completed.

PEGNL no longer has a time-based Canadian experience requirement. It has been replaced with a competency based evaluation. A subset of the engineering and geoscience competencies have been designated as Canadian competencies. The examples used for these must have been completed in Canada. If the examples were not completed in Canada, you must describe how the situation is equivalent to the Canadian environment. For example, if a competency required you to demonstrate knowledge of regulations, codes and standards, you could use an international example stating the regulations/codes/standards you used. To demonstrate equivalency, you could state what Canadian regulations/codes/standards you would have used if this work had occurred in Canada. More information is available on the Competency Assessment page.

Your transcripts or WES report should be sent DIRECTLY to PEGNL by your university or WES. PEGNL cannot accept transcripts or WES reports (sealed or not) from an applicant.

 If this is not possible PEGNL may accept a Certified True Copy, notarized by a Canadian Notary Public or a Commissioner for Oaths. PEGNL has a Commissioner for Oaths who can provide this service upon pre-scheduled appointment only. Contact PEGNL for more information!

If the registration FAQs on this page not answered your questions, PEGNL staff are available to meet with applicants (or potential applicants) by appointment only. Please Contact PEGNL to arrange an appointment!

Please refer to the Technical Examinations page.

And no you cannot appeal. As stated in Section 27 of the Regulations, 2011, an applicant shall have no right to request review if an application has been deferred.

However, if an applicant wishes to challenge a deficiency examination assignment, they should refer to the Engineers Canada examination syllabus for that examination and provide justification (through course descriptions or similar evidence of the details of the applicant’s academic credentials) for why they feel they are not deficient in this area.

No. However, optional online practice tests are available here for purchase.

To learn more about the content and study materials, we recommend you to visit the NPPE website. 

The registration form is available HERE.

Questions regarding your booking should be directed to Meazure Learning at testingsupport@getyardstick.com. PEGNL cannot contact Meazure Learning on your behalf.

If you do not receive a confirmation email from Meazure Learning, first check your junk email folder to ensure the email is not accidentally filed there. Should you not receive an email with this confirmation information at least three weeks prior to the examination date, you should contact Meazure Learning immediately and request that an exam granted email be resent to you: testingsupport@getyardstick.com

If you will be offering services or working on a project in Newfoundland and Labrador, a PEGNL Permit to Practice (like a Certificate of Authorization) is required. Section 8(2) of the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, 2008 requires that any entity that provides the services of a professional member to the public must have a Permit to Practice issued by PEGNL.

Permit to practice fees are based on the number of license holders registered with PEGNL. Please refer to our fees schedule.

Members-in-Training are NOT included in the license holder count. Only license holders (P. Eng., P. Geo., Eng. L., and Geo. L.) are included.

Information on insurance requirements is contained in PEGNL’s Professional Liability Insurance By-Law).

Sample insurance certificates are available here.