Professional Practice Online Seminar FAQs

Passing the professional practice examination proves that you have reviewed the study material and can answer questions on it. The study material for the Professional Practice Examinations gives a general overview of engineering and geoscience law and ethics as they apply to engineering and geoscience practice in Canada. The online seminar provides the opportunity to explore, with experts in the field, current issues of concern to registrants in the profession, as well as to gain insight into legislation that affects all practising registrants.

Applicants and trainees who have completed the previous version of the online seminar (Version 2) prior to October 5, 2026, when the Professional Practice Online Seminar was released, should take note of the following transition provisions that have been approved by the Board:

• The Professional Engineering and Geoscience Practice in BC Online Seminar (Version 2) will be accepted as meeting the seminar requirement for registration as a professional registrant until October 1, 2027. Applicants and trainees who completed Version 2 of the online seminar and are not granted registration as a professional registrant before October 1, 2027, will be required to complete the Professional Practice Online Seminar prior to registration being granted. 
• The new version of the Professional Practice Online Seminar will be added to your Knowledge Centre account at no additional cost on October 5, 2026. This only applies if you are a trainee or applicant who has purchased a past version of the seminar before October 5, 2026. 

There will be no exemptions granted to applicants for registration, except to those registrants who are transferring their licence from another Canadian jurisdiction under the Inter Association Mobility Agreement and who have already passed the Professional Practice Examination in that jurisdiction, or been a registrant of another association for more than 5 years.

Applicants who have taken another association/ordre's seminar will normally have completed their professional practice examination.

The legal and ethical issues addressed affect all practising registrants. While some of the examples used may be from the more traditional fields in engineering and geoscience, the content of the online seminar applies to all fields in the two professions. Opportunity is given to program attendees to explore application to their own areas of practice.

The seminar is not an examination preparation session and is independent of the examination. Examination candidates need to review and understand the study materials recommended in order to pass the Professional Practice Examination.

Registered registrants can attend the online seminar on a voluntary basis. Continuing Education (CE) hours are awarded to all those attending the seminar.

The amount of time it takes to complete the Professional Practice Online Seminar will vary for each person given their learning style, but it is estimated that it should take approximately 4–6 hours to complete.

Once you have logged into your account on the Engineers and Geoscientists BC website, navigate to “Registrants,” “Knowledge Centre,” and then “My Collection.”

No, your 9 Continuing Education (CE) hours will be uploaded automatically following successful completion of the course.

Yes, you will have access to the online seminar following its completion.

Yes, the seminar is compatible with: Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome (mobile and desktop), Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer 11, Safari (mobile and Mac), IE Edge, Opera, Vivaldi. The online seminar is intended to be available on any device such as desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile.

1. Make sure Javascript is enabled on the browser that is being used.
2. Enable cookies.
3. Make sure anti-virus programs are not preventing videos from running.

If people are completing this course on a work computer, some videos may be unable to be viewed due to departmental/IT programming. Solution: check if the cause is anti-virus software and either allow permissions personally or consult your office IT department; if not, try another device not linked to an office network. If further problems persist, please contact us.

The updated online seminar cost can be viewed on the Fees page. 

You may complete the online seminar at any time. To successfully complete the seminar, you are required to score 100% in all module knowledge checks.

If you are having technical issues with the online seminar, please contact [email protected].

For any other issues relating to the online seminar, please contact [email protected].