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elementor-element elementor-element-b606999 hero_inner_pages_cont\" data-id=\"b606999\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8338141 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8338141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">National professional practice examination<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38d8d3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38d8d3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The NPPE is prepared under the supervision of the National Professional Practice Exam Advisory Committee (NPPEAC). The exam is administered by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Alberta (APEGA). The content of the exam has been developed by the NPPEAC, which includes representatives appointed by APGNS. The NPPE is a computer-based exam, set for APGNS candidates, and consists of 110 multiple choice questions with two and one half hours allotted for completion.<\/p><p>By passing the NPPE you ensure that you have access to full mobility in Canadian jurisdictions. Many other countries follow Canadian requirements and thus allow Canadian licensed professional geoscientists to practice in their jurisdictions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d9d6f7\" data-id=\"9d9d6f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-422b4ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"422b4ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcc3fe1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcc3fe1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7b06f4\" data-id=\"b7b06f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf23dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf23dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1483\" height=\"1112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/001.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4866\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/001.png 1483w, https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/001-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/001-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/001-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/001-600x450.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1483px) 100vw, 1483px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0282aa\" data-id=\"e0282aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dae212a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dae212a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #b89478; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #b89478;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-National-Professional-Practice-Examination-NPPE-Application-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3446 alignleft\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PDF.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"26\" height=\"34\" \/>Download Introduction Document and Fee Schedule; www.nppexam.com<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a48d06e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a48d06e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction to the NPPE<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffae181 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffae181\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The NPPE is a requirement of membership in the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Nova Scotia (APGNS). All members of the Association from September 2001 onward must write and pass the exam. Only applicants in the category of License to Practice (LTP) do not require a pass on the NPPE. This requirement is waived because LTP applicants are already registered in another jurisdiction in Canada and have been required to write and pass the NPPE.<\/p><p>Further information including the Exam Scope &amp; Syllabus, Example Questions, and the Application to Write the NPPE are available as a package on our <a style=\"color: #b89478;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/for-members\/forms\/\">Forms page<\/a>.<\/p><p>The application form must be accompanied by proof of payment of the applicable fee. Candidates should make cheques or money orders payable to \u201cAPGNS\u201d, or alternatively, payment may be made using the secure e-payment system available on our <a style=\"color: #b89478;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/payments\/\">Payments page<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fecaabc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fecaabc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dee9ce\" data-id=\"2dee9ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a72a73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a72a73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NPPE preparation workshop<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dd95a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2dd95a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Engineers Nova Scotia offers a workshop to help prepare candidates to write the NPPE. This one day workshop covers the topics which are applicable to engineering and\/or geoscience, including law, professional practice, business and professional ethics. These are the same subjects that are tested in the NPPE. APGNS\u2019s recommends that candidates attend the workshop.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Candidates must apply, and pay the applicable fees to attend the workshop, directly to Engineers Nova Scotia. Information is available on the Engineers Nova Scotia website (<a style=\"color: #b89478;\" href=\"https:\/\/engineersnovascotia.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.engineersnovascotia.ca<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17ca113 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17ca113\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Study materials<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb468ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb468ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere are several reference texts available for exam preparation. These study materials are available directly from the publishers, at prices which are applicable to APGNS candidates.\n<br><Br>\nThe recommended texts are:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice &amp; Ethics, Sixth Edition (2014 Gordon C. Andrews; Nelson Education, ISBN 13: 978-0-17-650990-3); and<\/li>\n<br>\n \t<li>Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering, and Geoscience, Second Canadian Edition (2011 Samuels &amp; Sanders; ISBN 13: 978-0-13-700408-9).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n<br>\nPlease visit the <a style=\"color: #b89478;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geoscientistsns.ca\/sandbox\/for-members\/forms\/\">Forms page <\/a>to download the files you will need in order to study, prepare for, and take the NPPE.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38880e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38880e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb85fab\" data-id=\"eb85fab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c35cbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9c35cbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Become a Geoscientist In N.S. 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