BEM's 2017 Professional Competency Examination for Mechanical, Civil and Electrical

BEM's Professional Competency Examination

Calling all Professional Engineers (Without Practicing Certificate), BEM will be having its 2017 Professional Competency Examination (PCE) on 29-30 November 2017. Fees are at RM1,000 + RM100 processing fee.

It's a PASS or FAIL oriented examination. If you FAIL and wish to have your results reviewed, you need to apply within 2 weeks after obtaining the results with a RM400 payment. So far, the disciplines of engineering offered are Civil, Mechanical and Electrical.

As of 12 July 2017, I called BEM to confirm on this matter. BEM informed that the application form to sit for the PCE will only be published by September. Even the MORE INFO link is not active and would be available around September 2017. 

If anybody knows where to obtain the sample questions (I think they had a dry run a few years back to assess the PCE) or if there are any workshop, do share in the comments section.

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All the information below is excerpted from http://www.bem.org.my/web/guest/competency-examination. Please click it for the latest information

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In line with the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 (Revised 2015), only registered Professional Engineers with a Practising Certificate can submit engineering plans to Local Authorities. In order to apply for a Practising Certificate, Professional Engineers must sit and pass the Professional Competency Examination (PCE) in their relevant branch of practice.

Presently, the PCE for the following branches of practice for the construction industry are in place:

• Civil engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering

Candidates who want to sit for other branches of practice need to write to the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) to prepare PCE for these other branches of practice. On passing the Professional Competency Examination, the candidate may apply to be registered as a Professional Engineer with a Practising Certificate.
This document is issued by the Board of Engineers Malaysia as information for Professional Engineers to prepare for the Professional Competency Examination.

Aims of the Professional Competency Examination

The Professional Competency Examination will test the candidates within the limits of “professional engineering services” as defined in the Registration of Engineers Act 1967.

The examination will also test the candidate’s knowledge, experience and application of:

1. Regulations and rules of engineering practice by BEM
2. Statutory laws, codes, regulations
3. Standards of professionalism and ethical behaviour imposed by BEM

The Professional Competency Examination

The Professional Competency Examination is conducted by the Board of Engineers Malaysia pursuant to Section 38A of the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 (Revised 2015).

The Board shall appoint an Examination Panel, consisting of such members from amongst the registered Professional Engineers to assist in conducting the Examination.

Eligibility to sit for the examination

Professional Engineers wishing to sit for the Professional Competency Examination (PCE) shall apply to the Board of Engineers Malaysia by completing the Form PCE.

Eligible candidates for the examination must be Professional Engineers registered with the Board in the appropriate disciplines.

On approval of the candidate’s application by the Board, the candidate is allowed to sit for the examination.

Fee to sit for the examination

The fee for an application to sit for the Professional Competency Examination for one sitting is RM1,000.00 with an additional RM100.00 (non-refundable) as processing fee.

Date of examination

Date of PCE will be confirmed by the Board.

Examination venue

The examination centre will be in Kuala Lumpur. Candidates whose application have been approved will be duly informed of the final location not later than two (2) weeks before the examination.

Application form

Application forms are obtainable from the office of the Board or may be downloaded from the Board’s website at http://www.bem.org.my. All applications are to be submitted to the Board with the application fees and documents, at least 2 months in advance of the examination. The closing date for application is 29th September 2016. Applicants would be informed of the status of his/her application by post one month after the application date.

Final results and notification

Candidates for the examination will be notified of their results four months from the examination date. Examination results will be given to candidates on a Pass/Fail basis by post. No examination scores or marks will be given to the candidates.

Examination appeals

A candidate who fails the examination may submit a written appeal to review his/her performance together with a payment of RM400.00. The appeal is to be made within two (2) weeks after the receipt of the results. Late appeals will not be entertained. The result of the appeal will be sent by written mail to the appeal candidate. The findings of the appeal by the BEM will be final. No further appeal will allowed.

Courses for the examination

The Board does not endorse any course conducted or provide material as study aids for the examination.

Refund of examination Fees

When the applicant has been accepted but is unable to sit for the examination subsequently, the Board may, at its discretion, refund RM500.00 to the applicant if the applicant informs the Board at least two weeks before the examination or submit a medical certificate within two weeks after the examination.

There will be no refund if the applicant informs the Board less than two weeks before the examination date.

No show by the candidates for the examination

Candidates who do not attend the examination sitting for whatever reasons will be marked as “No Show”. Their examination fees will be forfeited and no refund or credit will be transferred for the next sitting.

Identification of the candidates at the examination centre

Candidates sitting for the examination must bring along identification documents for inspection at the examination centre. The identification documents for local candidates shall be their identity cards while for foreign candidates, it shall be their passports.