# CertNova

> CertNova helps Canadian engineering applicants get licensed as Professional Engineers (P.Eng). We support the full journey: passing the NPPE, writing the Competency-Based Assessment (CBA), reviewing and fixing CBAs, consulting, and career growth. CertNova helps you understand the requirements, structure your examples, identify gaps, review your draft, and improve clarity ethically.

## Resources

- [Approved PEO CBA Example (free download)](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/resources/free-peo-cba-example): A real approved PEO CBA example for educational use, showing Situation-Action-Outcome structure, personal responsibility, engineering judgment, and competency alignment. Educational use only, do not copy or submit. Machine-readable summary: https://competencybasedassessment.ca/cba-peng-example.md
- [Free rejected CBA sample with assessor comments](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/free-cba-rejected-assessors-comments): A real, anonymised returned P.Eng CBA with the assessor's comment on each of seven competencies, a reviewer's notes and suggested rewrites. Educational use only.
- [Free NPPE Practice Test](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/resources/free-nppe-practice-test): Free NPPE-style practice questions with explanations.
- [Free CBA webinar for engineering societies](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/resources/webinars): CertNova presents a free Competency-Based Assessment session for the members of engineering societies and associations. Includes a recap of the session hosted by the Regina Engineering Society on September 23, 2026.
- [All resources](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/resources): Guides for the Canadian P.Eng journey.

## Products

- [CBA Pro](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/cbapro): P.Eng CBA software that interviews you about your own work, asking what your association looks for, and turns your CV and your answers into a formatted draft of each competency for you to review and improve. It is personalized to your association's framework, character limits and assessor expectations, and backed by data from real CBA reviews. It does not create or embellish examples: anything you have not confirmed becomes a placeholder you fill, and no regulator endorses it. One competency free, then $97 to $297 CAD one-time. The app itself is at https://certnova.cbapro.ca.
- [NPPE Pro](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/pricing?path=nppe-pro): NPPE exam preparation.
- [CBA Draft Review](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/peng-cba-review): A licensed P.Eng reads the CBA competencies you have written, line by line, before you submit, and ranks what to fix first. $297, $597 or $797 CAD by competency band (1 to 10, 11 to 22, 23 to 34), before tax. One competency reviewed free first.
- [What to do if your P.Eng CBA is rejected or returned](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/peng-cba-rejected): What a returned or rejected CBA means at PEO, APEGA, APEGS, EGBC and EGM, with each association's response window and source; the patterns real assessor comments point to; and CBA Rejection Support, a licensed P.Eng's line-by-line read of the returned competencies. Starts with a free 15-minute review of the comments. Reviewed 12 October 2026.
- [CBA Rejection Support prices](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/peng-cba-rejected-service): $297, $597 or $797 CAD by competency band, before tax, including a complimentary 30-minute session with the P.Eng.
- [Free 10-minute consultation call](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/free-consultation): Book a free 10-minute phone call with the CertNova team about your CBA, a returned CBA, the NPPE or your next licensing step. Booked online through Calendly; no payment details needed.
- [CBA Writing Consulting](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/peng-cba-consulting): 1-on-1 video sessions with a P.Eng license holder while you write your CBA. $147 CAD per hour, before tax.

## Compare

Dated, sourced comparisons (facts and prices checked 26 September 2026).

- [Every way to get P.Eng CBA help, compared](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/cbapro/compare): ChatGPT, a colleague, free samples, courses, P.Eng review services, workshops and full-service writing, compared on what you get, who writes it and what it costs.
- [CBA Pro vs ChatGPT](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/cbapro/compare/chatgpt): CBA Pro is not a chatbot: it is backed by data from real CBA reviews (164 reviewer comments and each competency's rejection risks), personalized to your association, and held by a harness that never invents a fact.
- [CBA Pro vs advice from a colleague](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/cbapro/compare/colleague-advice): On-demand guidance for every competency, and why a colleague who will validate your work should not co-write it.
- [CBA Pro vs free CBA samples](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/cbapro/compare/free-cba-samples): Samples teach structure but cannot be copied; CBA Pro builds each competency from your own experience.
- [CBA Pro vs Practice PPE Exams](https://competencybasedassessment.ca/cbapro/compare/practice-ppe-exams): A guided interview workspace compared with a course whose AI scores drafts you paste in.