Quebec Electrical Contractor Licence (CMEQ) Exam Prep
Quebec's electrical contractor licence issued through the Corporation des maîtres électriciens du Québec: eligibility, the exams on administration, safety and execution of work, the Quebec Construction Code Chapter V and contractor obligations.
MELC-206 12 lessons · 4 h 12 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Master Electrician and Contractor Exam Prep (Canada)
What you'll learn
- Explain how the Building Act, the Master Electricians Act, the CMEQ, the RBQ, the CCQ, the CNESST and Hydro-Québec fit together for an electrical contractor in Quebec.
- Identify licence subcategory 16 and the four qualification domains, and explain the role of répondants.
- Determine how a company and its répondants become eligible, including the routes for proving competence and the five-year validity of exam results.
- Prepare a licence or répondant file and plan exam sessions around the 30-day retake window and the six-month wait after a second failure.
- Describe the five CMEQ exams, their durations and the documents provided, and build a pacing plan for each.
- Explain how Chapter V of the Construction Code incorporates the Canadian Electrical Code and apply the 2026 update and its transition.
- Describe declarations of work, RBQ inspections and correction notices, and Hydro-Québec seal removal and power supply requests.
- Carry out the continuing duties of a licence holder and its répondants, including supervision, quality control and reporting changes.
- Explain the licence bond, insurance and contract bonds, and the extra requirements of public contracts.
- Apply Civil Code contract principles and the deadlines for denouncing, publishing and enforcing a construction legal hypothec, and describe the public-contract prompt payment regime.
- Apply Quebec health and safety law on construction sites, including the principal contractor's duties, site mechanisms by size and the right to refuse.
- Plan continuing education under the CMEQ regulation and use a two-pass strategy across three consecutive exam days.
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 12 min total · final exam
- 1 How electrical licensing works in Quebec 22 min · quiz
- 2 Eligibility for the Electrical Contractor Licence (CMEQ) 20 min · quiz
- 3 Applying, approval and booking the exam 20 min · quiz
- 4 The exam format and the references allowed 20 min · quiz
- 5 The Quebec Construction Code, Chapter V, Electricity 20 min · quiz
- 6 Permits, inspections and the inspection authority 21 min · quiz
- 7 Duties and responsibilities of the Electrical Contractor Licence (CMEQ) holder 21 min · quiz
- 8 Contractor licensing, insurance and bonding 22 min · quiz
- 9 Contracts and legal construction hypothecs in Quebec 20 min · quiz
- 10 Occupational health and safety law for electrical contractors 20 min · quiz
- 11 Renewal and continuing education 19 min · quiz
- 12 Practice exam review and test-day strategy 27 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Quebec's electrical contractor licence issued through the Corporation des maîtres électriciens du Québec: eligibility, the exams on administration, safety and execution of work, the Quebec Construction Code Chapter V and contractor obligations.