Preparation Course for NPPE - Professional Practice Exam
Venue: Calgary
Event Date/Time: Sep 15, 2012 | End Date/Time: Sep 15, 2012 |
Description
This one day seminar prepares NPPE applicants by covering the primary literature required by APEGA.
Slides on exam material, including guidelines of ethical and lawful practice, and the Occupational Health & Safety Act will be reviewed in the morning.
In the afternoon, there will be a review of sample multiple choice questions.
After this one-day seminar your learning will be facilitated and accelerated in order for you to pass the exam.
A complete set of Progress Seminars course materials are included. The APEGA study guides are not included in this course.
- A set of 100 (educational) multiple choice questions is included in the course materials.
- This seminar is not a replacement for your study.
- This seminar is not affiliated with APEGA.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for Engineering, Geology, and Geophysics graduates who need to obtain their APEGA licences.
Course Outline
1. Regulating a profession
2. APEGA’s Act
3. APEGA’s regulations and bylaws
4. Disciplinary procedures
5. Exam preparation: How to study, How to write the exam
6. Ethical theories and Code of ethics
7. Ethics for three different group of professionals: Managers, Employees, and private sector
8. Canadian Legal System
9. Business organization structures
10. Professional implications: Tort Law, Contract law, and “product liabilityâ€
11. Tort law
12. Contract Law
13. Choosing Project participants: Bidding process
14. Delivering Methods: Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, etc.
15. Compensation Methods: Fixed price, Cost plus, etc.
16. Life cycle of a contract: Awarding contract, Executing contract, and terminating contract
17. Specific issues in contracts: Breaches, Disputes and Delays
18. Important clauses in construction contracts
19. Subcontractor contracts
20. Specific type of contracts: Insurance and Bond
21. Other types of law for professionals: Property law, Employment law, Environmental law
22. Intellectual Property Law: different types of intellectual properties
23. Practice on Multiple choice questions