Certification and Exams

Based on the remote digital exam fees above, you can compare what a certificate applicant would pay with the proposed evaluation of qualification and exam fees.

Travel fee for offsite exam invigilation. We propose customized travel fees for Technical Safety BC employees who invigilate exams outside Technical Safety BC offices, instead of our current education exam invigilation fees. These fees are intended to recover costs for employee travel from one of our offices, and are charged in addition to core invigilation fees.

Removed: Re-examination fee. We propose charging the same fees for exams and re-taking exams, and no longer require a separate fee.

Removed: Exam re-booking fee. We will no longer charge exam re-booking fees. Now that certificate exams can be booked through our new Online Services for certification, this fee is no longer relevant.

Replacement certificate fee (administrative services). We propose charging the same fee for all technologies when issuing a replacement or duplicate wallet card (under the administrative services hourly rate).

Removed: Welder performance qualification tests fee. We no longer charge a fee to sign logbooks for welder performance qualification tests. Under the pressure welder certification program introduced in 2019, pressure welders pay these fees directly to the recognized test administrator, and the recognized test administrator signs the logbook. We will remove this fee from the boilers, pressure vessels, and refrigeration fee schedule.

Removed: API and National Board exam fee. We propose removing these fees from the published fee schedules. Although our boiler safety officers will continue to invigilate exams as requested by the American Petroleum Institute and the National Board, we do not offer these services publicly.

Removed: Greenhouse boiler operator exam fee. We no longer offer the greenhouse boiler operator exam and certificate.