Régie du bâtiment du Québec

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Examinations

Preparation for examinations

For the exam, remember…

To carefully read the instructions on the Examinations: instructions and resultspage before showing up at your exam.

General information sheets

To understand the RBQ’s system of professional qualifications and to prepare yourself adequately for the examinations, take the time to read the following:

Construction site safety management

The examination of knowledge in construction site safety management is intended for potential contractors and owner-builders. 

Any individual who passes the examination can act as safety guarantor for all construction work in all subclasses.

Information sheet and competency profile

Documents available at the examination

Recommended readings

Project and site management

The examination of knowledge in project and site management is intended for potential contractors, both general and specialized, and for general owner-builders. 

Any individual who passes the examination can act as project and site management guarantor for all construction work in all subclasses.

Information sheet and competency profile 

Documents available at the examination

Recommended readings

Carrying out of construction work

The examinations in the carrying out of construction work are intended for potential specialized contractors and owner-builders.

There are as many different examinations as there are licence subclasses. Any individual who passes an examination in the carrying out of construction work can act as guarantor for all construction work covered by the subclasses.

Information sheet and competency profile for the carrying out of construction work for each subclass

Subclass contemplatedInformation SheetCompetency Profile
1.1.1 - Contractor - new residential buildings covered by a guarantee plan, Class ISheet 1.1.1 [Fr] – PDF (53 KB)Profile 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2 and 1.3 – PDF (762 KB)
1.1.2 - Contractor - new residential buildings covered by a guarantee plan, Class IISheet 1.1.2 [Fr] – PDF (53 KB)Profile 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2 and 1.3 – PDF (762 KB)
1.2 - Contractor - small buildingsSheet 1.2 [Fr] – PDF (53 KB)Profile 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2 and 1.3 – PDF (762 KB)
1.3 - Contractor - all buildingsSheet 1.3 [Fr] – PDF (53 KB)Profile 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2 and 1.3 – PDF (762 KB)
1.4 - Contractor - roads and mainsSheet 1.4 [Fr] – PDF (218 KB)Profile 1.4[Fr] – PDF (499 KB)
1.5 - Contractor - civil engineering structuresSheet 1.5 [Fr] – PDF (520 KB)Profile 1.5 [Fr] – PDF (615 KB)
1.6 - Contractor - underwater civil engineeringSheet 1.6 [Fr] – PDF (517 KB)Profile 1.6 [Fr] – PDF (967 KB)
1.7 - Contractor - telecommunications, transmission, transformation and distribution of electric powerSheet 1.7 Fr] – PDF (471 KB)Profile 1.7 [Fr] – PDF (459 KB)
1.8 - Contractor - petroleum equipment installationSheet 1.8 [Fr] – PDF (412 KB)Profile 1.8 [Fr] – PDF (502 KB)
1.9 - Contractor - building mechanicalsSheet 1.9 [Fr] – PDF (61 KB)Profile 1.9 [Fr] – PDF (522 KB)
1.10 - Contractor - mechanical liftsSheet 1.10 [Fr] – PDF (207 KB)Profile 1.10 [Fr] – PDF (502 KB)
2.1 - Contractor - drilled wellsSheet 2.1 [Fr] – PDF (53 KB)Profile 2.1 [Fr] – PDF (480 KB)
2.2 - Contractor - non-drilled water collection structuresSheet 2.2 [Fr] – PDF (53 KB)Profile 2.2 [Fr] – PDF (472 KB)
2.3 - Contractor - underground water pumping systemsSheet 2.3 [Fr] – PDF (53 KB)Profile 2.3 [Fr] – PDF (476 KB)
2.4 - Contractor – private sewerage systemsSheet 2.4 [Fr] – PDF (189 KB)Profile 2.4 [Fr] – PDF (485 KB)
2.6 - Contractor - piles and special foundationsSheet 2.6 [Fr] – PDF (54 KB)Profile 2.6 [Fr] – PDF (534 KB)
2.8 - Contractor - blastingSheet 2.8 [Fr] – PDF (54 KB)Profile 2.8 [Fr] – PDF (517 KB)
3.1 - Contractor - concrete structuresSheet 3.1 [Fr] – PDF (56 KB)Profile 3.1 [Fr] – PDF (512 KB)
4.1 - Contractor – masonry structuresSheet 4.1 [Fr] – PDF (57 KB)Profile 4.1 [Fr] – PDF (508 KB)
5.1 - Contractor - metallic structures and prefabricated concrete elementsSheet 5.1 [Fr] – PDF (54 KB)Profile 5.1 [Fr] – PDF (493 KB)
6.1 - Contractor - wood structuresSheet 6.1 [Fr] – PDF (223 KB)Profile 6.1 [Fr] – PDF (501 KB)
10. - Contractor - solid fuel local heating systemsSheet 10. [Fr] – PDF (55 KB)Profile 10. [Fr] – PDF (506 KB)
11.1 - Contractor – pressurized industrial or institutional pipingSheet 11.1 [Fr] – PDF (56 KB)Profile 11.1 [Fr] – PDF (501 KB)
13.1 - Contractor – lightning protectionSheet 13.1 [Fr] – PDF (204 KB)Profile 13.1 [Fr] – PDF (502 KB)
13.2 - Contractor – fire alarm systemsSheet 13.2 [Fr] – PDF (55 KB)Profile 13.2 [Fr] – PDF (505 KB)
13.3 - Contractor – fire extinguishing systemsSheet 13.3 [Fr] – PDF (56 KB)Profile 13.3 [Fr] – PDF (92 KB)
13.4 - Contractor – local fire extinguishing systemsSheet 13.4 [Fr] – PDF (57 KB)Profile 13.4 [Fr] – PDF (83 KB)
14.1 - Contractor – passenger and freight elevatorsSheet 14.1 [Fr] – PDF (58 KB)Profile 14.1 [Fr] – PDF (512 KB)
14.2 - Contractor – lifts for persons with physical disabilitiesSheet 14.2 [Fr] – PDF (57 KB)Profile 14.2 [Fr] – PDF (498 KB)
14.3 - Contractor - others types of elevatorsSheet 14.3 [Fr] – PDF (222 KB)Not available
15.1 - Owner-builder - warm air heating systemsSheet 15.1 [Fr] – PDF (253 KB)Profile 15.1 [Fr] – PDF (135 KB)
15.2 - Owner-builder - natural gas burnersSheet 15.2 [Fr] – PDF (242 KB)Profile 15.2 [Fr] – PDF (82 KB)
15.3 - Owner-builder - oil burnersSheet 15.3 [Fr] – PDF (215 KB)Profile 15.3 [Fr] – PDF (86 KB)
15.4 - Owner-builder - hot water and steam heating systemsSheet 15.4 [Fr] – PDF (224 KB)Profile 15.4 [Fr] – PDF (125 KB)
15.5 - Owner-builder – plumbingSheet 15.5 [Fr] – PDF (212 KB)Profile 15.5 [Fr] – PDF (97 KB)
15.6 - Contractor - propaneSheet 15.6 [Fr] – PDF (221 KB)Profile 15.6 [Fr] – PDF (952 KB)
15.7 - Contractor – residential ventilationSheet 15.7 [Fr] – PDF (245 KB)Profile 15.7 – PDF (782 KB)
15.8 - Contractor - ventilationSheet 15.8 [Fr] – PDF (253 KB)Profile 15.8 – PDF (962 KB)
15.9 - Contractor - small refrigeration systemsSheet 15.9 [Fr] – PDF (237 KB)Profile 15.9 [Fr] – PDF (126 KB)
15.10 - Contractor - refrigerationSheet 15.10 [Fr] – PDF (247 KB)Profile 15.10 [Fr] – PDF (114 KB)
16. - Owner-builder – electrical Profile 16. [Fr] – PDF (123 KB)
17.1 - Contractor - instrumentation and control systemsSheet 17.1 [Fr] – PDF (219 KB)Profile 17.1 [Fr] – PDF (99 KB)

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