PEO Criteria For Acceptable Engineering Experience

Do you desire to be licensed as a P.Eng. licence holder with PEO? If yes, then you must know there are some criteria for work experience that you need to satisfy.

Here, in this article, we will tell you about two out of the five criteria that PEO takes into account when assessing the work experience of candidates for a P.Eng. licence. So, read the whole article before you prepare your application.

Acceptable engineering experience criteria:

One should find the experience a very important component in forming the engineering graduate on their way to attaining licensing as a professional engineer. The responsibility of offering the appropriate environment, opportunity, range and progression of activities to fulfill the experience criteria is the responsibility of the firms providing the working environment and the individuals offering supervision in the internship period.

Two compulsory components of acceptable engineering experience are the application of theory and practical experience. They both must be shown over a substantial part (but necessarily all) of the internship period. There are required to be supplemented by exposure to, or experience in, the wide areas of management of engineering, communication skills and the social implications of engineering. If not having at least some appropriate exposure to each of these other components, an applicant can’t be eligible for licensing.

1.   Application of theory:

The application of theory with skills is the symbol of quality engineering work. Therefore, the experience needs to include meaningful participation in a minimum of one aspect of the following applications of theory:

·        Analysis, compromising scope and operating conditions, performance evaluation, safety and environmental issues, technology evaluation, economic assessment and reliability analysis;

·        Synthesis and design, including functionality or product specification, component selection, integration of parts and sub-systems into larger systems, maintenance factors, reliability, environmental and societal implications of the product or process and quality improvements;

·        Testing methods, which include devising testing methodology and techniques, verifying functional specifications, new product or technology commissioning and evaluation;

·        Implementation methods, which include using technology, engineering cost studies, optimization techniques, process flow and time studies, benefit/cost analysis, safety and environmental issues and recommendations and maintenance and replacement assessment.

 

2.   Practical experience:

By means of practical experience, an applicant has an appreciation of the fundamental roles of function, reliability, cost, time, reparability, safety and environmental impact in their work. Practical experience needs to include such components as:

·        The function of components as a part of the larger system, including, for instance, opportunities to experience the merits of reliability, the computer software role or the relationship of the end product to the equipment and the equipment control systems;

·        Opportunities to get an idea and understand the limits of practical engineering and related human systems in reaching desired goals, including, for instance, limits of production methods, manufacturing tolerances, operating and maintenance philosophies and ergonomics;

·        Opportunities to experience the time value in the engineering process, including issues of workflow, scheduling, equipment wearing out, corrosion rates and replacement schedule;

·        Opportunities to attain knowledge and have an idea of codes, standards, laws and regulations governing applicable engineering activities.

 

Here, we told you about the two components out of five that Professional Engineers Ontario takes into account when assessing the work experience of a candidate for a professional licence. To know about the rest, you should hire a PEO expert so that you can make your application flawless and convincing.