COURSE INFORMATION
Preparation Course for NPPE - Professional Practice Exam
Location:
Calgary, Alberta
Type:
Training Course
Length:
1 Days
CEU:
0.8
PDH:
8
Fee:
$200 CAD
5% GST will be added to course fees upon registration.
Date:
Saturday, September 15, 2012
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Course 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.
Please note that a meal is not included with this course.
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 liability”
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
Instructor
Mohammad Toghraei MSc. P.Eng.Mohammad Toghraei has over 19 years experience in the field of Process engineering and industrial water treatment. His main expertise is in the treatment of wastewater from oil and petrochemical complexes. For the past eight years he has taken on different technical roles in water treatment areas of SAGD projects. He is now working as an independent consultant.
Mohammad also has a passion for helping new Engineers and new immigrants with their career development and to obtain their APEGGA licenses by explaining the main topics of Ethics and Law, and how these issues affect the Engineering, Geology and Geophysics professions.
Mohammad has received a BSc. degree in Chemical engineering and an MSc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Tehran, and is a member of APEGGA.
After immigrating from his native Iran in 2003, Mohammad now lives in Calgary with his beautiful wife and daughter.
Venue
Downtown Venue To Be AnnouncedCalgary - Downtown Core
Recommended Accommodations
The International HotelThe Westin Calgary
