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You have the experience but are stuck on how to structure your CBA and pick examples.
Who this is forCBA Writing Consulting
P.Eng CBA Consulting: 1-on-1 Guidance From Canadian P.Eng License Holders
Work through your CBA with a P.Eng license holder in a 1-hour video session: which example fits each competency, and where your draft is still too thin. You write every word.
You likely have the experience already. Each session works on explaining it the way an assessor evaluates it.
Guided by Canadian P.Eng license holdersBuilt around your own projectsDraft feedback includedYou write every wordFor PEO, APEGA, APEGS, EGBC, EGM, and moreGuided by Canadian P.Eng license holdersBuilt around your own projectsDraft feedback includedYou write every wordFor PEO, APEGA, APEGS, EGBC, EGM, and more
From $97 CAD for 30 minutes, $147 for an hour, before tax. No ghostwriting, and nobody can promise approval; your regulator decides. You stay the author of your own CBA.
What your consulting session covers
- Which examples to use for each competency
- How to show engineering judgment clearly
- How to turn duties into what, why, and how
- Where your draft is unclear or too thin
- A revision plan you can follow on your own
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Who CBA consulting is for
You might have the experience, the projects, and the technical depth, but still feel stuck. You're not alone.
You started but aren't sure it's strong enough
You've drafted some competencies but worry they read like a job description.
Who this is forYou want structure and accountability
You want direct guidance, deadlines, and someone to keep you moving toward submission.
Who this is forYou have strong experience that's hard to explain
Your work is solid, but showing personal responsibility and judgment in writing is the hard part.
Who this is forYour engineering experience is from outside Canada
You need help presenting global experience the way Canadian assessors evaluate it.
Who this is forYou're busy and want a direct answer
You would rather have a P.Eng point you to the right example than keep rewriting the same competency.
Who this is forWhat assessors expect, in simple terms
For every competency, assessors want to clearly understand three things. Consulting makes sure all three show up in your writing.
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What you did
Your personal actions, not your team, your company, or your job title.
2
Why you did it
Your engineering reasoning: why this approach, why this solution, why this decision.
3
How you did it
The process you followed, the constraints you considered, and the trade-offs you evaluated.
How CBA consulting works
Clear, guided, and built around your own experience.
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Share your situation
Tell us your stage, your regulator, and whether you have a draft or assessor comments.
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Map your experience to competencies
We help you identify which projects best demonstrate each competency and its indicators.
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Work through what, why, and how
We help you surface your personal actions, engineering judgment, decisions, and outcomes.
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Write with guidance
You write, and the consultant shows you where the structure, clarity or evidence is still thin.
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Review and accountability
Optional follow-up sessions and draft review keep you moving toward a confident submission.
What you leave with
- A clear structure for your competency examples
- Help choosing the right experience for each competency
- Guidance turning duties into engineering judgment (what, why, and how)
- Feedback on clarity, evidence, and outcomes
- A practical plan you can follow between sessions
- A follow-up email summary after the session
- Direction on next steps: CBA Pro, CBA Draft Review, or more consulting
Why work with CertNova consultants
Sessions are run by a P.Eng license holder and built around the projects you have actually worked on. The feedback covers the same things assessor comments do.
- A P.Eng license holder runs the session, on your own projects
- Feedback on what assessors comment on: your own role, the requirement you met, and whether an example fits its competency
- Help choosing which project fits which competency
- Engineering judgment shown in writing: what you did, why and how
- You stay the author: we point to the gap, you write the fix
- A follow-up email summary, so the plan outlasts the call
What P.Eng applicants say
5.0 on Google · 22+ reviews“I had a great experience working with the CertNova team. They helped and guided me through the process of preparing my PEO CBA application in a very professional and detailed way. Their team is kind, patient, knowledgeable, and detail-oriented. They clearly know what needs to be done and how to guide applicants properly. I really appreciated their support, clear feedback, and professional approach throughout the process. I highly recommend CertNova to anyone looking for reliable and professional help with their PEO CBA application.”
“I used CertNova's services to help with my Competency-Based Assessment (CBA) for my P.Eng. application, and I'm really happy with how it went. Their support saved me a lot of time and effort. The team was really knowledgeable, and easy to understand and work with. They made the whole process a lot less stressful. I'd definitely recommend CertNova to anyone working through the CBA or on the path to getting their P.Eng. license.”
“I used CertNova to help prepare my Competency-Based Assessment (CBA) for my P.Eng. application, and I couldn't be more satisfied. Their support saved me a significant amount of time and effort, especially when it came to organizing and articulating my experience in line with regulatory expectations. The team was knowledgeable, efficient, and easy to work with. I highly recommend CertNova to anyone navigating the CBA process.”
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CBA consulting options
30 minutes for one question, or an hour or two for more: the longer sessions save $47 and $91 against booking 30 minutes at a time. Prices in CAD, before tax.
CBA Writing Consulting
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One-on-one guidance from a P.Eng, built around your own experience and your CBA.
- 1-hour video call
- Custom CBA strategy
- Draft review
- Follow-up email summary
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- The first payment today, then one every 2 weeks
- The same session, booked as soon as you pay
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I'd rather write it myself with a tool
CBA Pro interviews you about your own projects and turns your answers into a draft of each competency.
Start CBA ProI just want a quick draft check
Run a free preliminary CBA assessment to spot gaps before deciding.
Get Free CBA AssessmentI have a finished draft to review
A licensed P.Eng reads your competencies line by line before you submit.
See CBA Draft ReviewMy CBA was rejected or returned
Send your assessor comments for a free 15-minute review, then a revision plan.
What to do after a rejectionI also need to prepare for NPPE
Use NPPE Pro for exam-style National Professional Practice Examination prep.
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What is CBA consulting for P.Eng?
CBA consulting is 1-on-1 guidance that helps Canadian P.Eng applicants write and improve their Competency-Based Assessment. A CertNova consultant helps you choose the right experience examples, show engineering judgment, and explain what you did, why you did it, and how, so your competencies are clear and assessor-ready.
Does CertNova write my CBA for me?
Not in consulting. CBA Writing Consulting does not ghostwrite or fabricate your experience: a consultant helps you structure your own examples and clarify your personal actions and judgment, and you remain the author of your CBA. If you want software that interviews you and turns your own answers into drafts, that is CBA Pro, and you stay responsible for what you submit.
Who provides the consulting sessions?
CertNova's CBA Writing Consulting is delivered with guidance from Canadian P.Eng license holders who understand what engineering associations look for and the common reasons CBAs get low scores or revisions.
Should I use CBA consulting or CBA Pro?
Use CBA Pro if you want software that interviews you about your own projects and turns your answers into a draft of each competency. Use CBA Writing Consulting if you want hands-on, 1-on-1 help from a P.Eng license holder choosing examples, showing engineering judgment, and improving your responses. You can use both.
How is consulting different from CBA Review and CBA Rejection Support?
CBA Draft Review is a licensed P.Eng's line-by-line read of a completed draft before submission. CBA Rejection Support is the same read after you receive comments, low scores, or a rejection. CBA Writing Consulting is broader 1-on-1 guidance while you write or improve your CBA at any stage, at $147 CAD an hour.
Your CBA must remain based on your own engineering experience. CertNova helps you understand expectations, choose stronger examples and structure your responses, and you write every word. We do not ghostwrite your experience, and nobody can promise approval; your regulator decides.
CertNova is not an engineering regulator. The final assessment decision belongs to your association.
CBA consulting FAQ
CBA Writing Consulting is 1-on-1 guidance for Canadian P.Eng applicants who want hands-on help writing or improving their Competency-Based Assessment. CertNova helps you choose examples, structure your responses, and show engineering judgment clearly while keeping your submission based on your own experience.
Sessions are guided by Canadian P.Eng license holders who understand what engineering associations want to see, what engineering judgment looks like in writing, and the common reasons CBAs score low or get revisions.
No. Consulting does not ghostwrite your experience or invent projects. We help you improve structure, clarity, and evidence while you stay the author, which keeps your submission honest and defensible. CBA Pro, our software, interviews you, formats only your own answers and is built never to invent a project.
We review your situation and examples, help you map experience to the right competencies, and work through what you did, why you did it, and how. You leave knowing exactly what to add, remove, or restructure.
No. Each session works on your own projects and your association's competency framework, so the feedback is about your examples and the evidence they still need.
Use CBA Pro if you want software that interviews you about your own projects and turns your answers into a draft of each competency. Use CBA Writing Consulting if you want direct, 1-on-1 help from a P.Eng license holder. You can combine the two: CBA Pro for the drafts, consulting to talk the examples through.
CBA Writing Consulting is 1-on-1 guidance while you write or improve your CBA, at $147 CAD an hour. CBA Draft Review is a licensed P.Eng's line-by-line read of a completed draft before submission, priced by competency band. CBA Rejection Support is the same kind of read for applicants who already received comments, low scores, or a rejection.
Yes. We help you select examples that match each competency's intent and indicators, and show you how to structure them around your decisions, constraints, and outcomes so they are assessor-readable.
Yes. In many cases you do not need to start over. We identify what to keep, what to reframe, and what needs a stronger why and how explanation.
No. If your regulator uses Competency-Based Assessment, the same core expectations apply. CertNova supports applicants across PEO, APEGA, APEGS, EGBC, EGM, and other Canadian engineering regulators.
Yes. Internationally trained P.Eng applicants in Canada can use consulting to present their global experience the way Canadian assessors evaluate it: clearly, specifically, and aligned with competency expectations.
$97 CAD for 30 minutes, $147 for an hour (save $47) or $297 for two hours (save $91), before tax. The hour is a video session with a P.Eng license holder and includes a custom CBA strategy, draft feedback, Q&A and a follow-up email summary. A free 15-minute consultation is available first.
After payment you book two back-to-back 30-minute slots on the calendar you are sent, for example 10:00 and 10:30, and they run as one continuous 1-hour session.
No. CertNova is not an engineering regulator, and nobody can promise approval; your regulator decides. CertNova helps you improve clarity, structure, evidence, and alignment.
If your CBA was rejected or returned with comments, start with CBA Rejection Support, which is focused on understanding assessor feedback and building a revision plan. You can continue with consulting for deeper, ongoing support.
Consulting can cover a single difficult competency or your full set, depending on the option you choose. Ongoing CBA Consulting is best if you want guidance across multiple competencies with accountability to submission.
Summary: CBA Writing Consulting
CertNova's CBA Writing Consulting provides 1-on-1 guidance from Canadian P.Eng license holders to help P.Eng applicants write and improve their Competency-Based Assessment. Sessions are $97 CAD for 30 minutes, $147 for an hour or $297 for two hours, before tax. The 1-hour video call comes with draft feedback, Q&A and a follow-up email summary. It helps applicants choose stronger examples, show engineering judgment, and explain what they did, why, and how, while the applicant stays the author. CertNova also offers CBA Pro, Free CBA Assessment, CBA Draft Review, CBA Rejection Support, and NPPE Pro. CertNova is not a regulator. Nobody can promise approval; your regulator decides.
Work through your CBA with a P.Eng beside you
Book 30 minutes for $97, an hour for $147 or two hours for $297 CAD, or start with a free 15-minute consultation and we will tell you which next step fits.
No ghostwriting. Nobody can promise approval; your regulator decides. You stay the author of your own CBA.