What Are The Conditions For A PEO Provisional Licence

A PEO provisional licence may be granted to an applicant for a professional engineer (P.Eng.) licence who has fulfilled all the licensing requirements besides the minimum 12 months of verifiable and acceptable engineering experience in a Canadian jurisdiction, under the supervision of a professional engineer who has been licensed in the jurisdiction in which the work was taken on.

Eligibility criteria:

To be eligible for a provisional licence, a P. Eng. licence applicant will have:

·        Passed PEO’s National Professional Practice Examination;

·        Fulfilled PEO’s academic requirements for licensing; and

·        Showed to PEO’s satisfaction a minimum of 36 months of acceptable and verifiable engineering experience outside of Canada.

 

Provisional licence conditions:

As per section 44.1(2) of Regulation 941/1990: the below-listed conditions apply to every provisional licence:

The provisional licence has validity for 12 months from the issuance date. This licence can be renewed once for up to 12 months if the Registrar is of the opinion that renewal is necessary to allow the applicant to attain the experience necessary by paragraph 3 of subsection 33 (1).

The provisional licence holder has the right to practice professional engineering only under the professional engineer’s supervision, and the holder shall not issue a final drawing, plan, specification, report or other documents unless the supervising professional engineer also signs, dates and affixes their seal to it.

A provisional licence provides the holder with the authority to practice professional engineering in Ontario only under the supervision of a professional engineer who is licensed in the Ontario province.

How to attain a PEO provisional licence?

If you fulfill the eligibility requirements for a provisional licence and want to get one, you need to request it by writing to PEO. Your written request needs to include your full name, your PEO file number and your signature.

You bear the responsibility for making sure that PEO has your current experience record on file and your referee response forms. If Professional Engineers Ontario doesn’t have a current and complete detailed engineering experience record, provide one with your request for a provisional licence.

PEO may need you to attend an Experience Requirements Committee interview before providing you with a provisional licence.

When you have been approved for a provisional licence, the authority will invoice you the provisional licence registration fee of $339 ($300.00 + HST).

The authority may issue a provisional licence to applicants who have fulfilled all the requirements for licensing as a professional engineer besides the 12 months of acceptable engineering experience in a Canadian jurisdiction under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer. This licence is valid for 12 months from the issuance date, and it may be renewed for an extra 12 months only under special circumstances as determined by the Registrar. 

To be kept in mind:

The provisional licence will no longer be provided as of May 15, 2023. Due to upcoming changes to PEO’s P.Eng. licensing process, including the removal of the Canadian engineering experience requirement, the provisional licence will no longer be provided from May 15, 2023.

An existing holder of a provisional licence will be deemed to have fulfilled the P.Eng. licensing requirements and will be provided with a P.Eng. licence.