The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) releases the room assignments for the July 2024 Master Plumbers Licensure Exam (MPLE) a few days before the examination.

This year’s second Master Plumbers Licensure Exam (MPLE) will be conducted on July 13 & 14, 2024.

The said licensure exam will be conducted in the following testing centers: NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Calapan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Palawan, Rosales and Tacloban.

Room Assignments

Below are room assignments for the July 2024 Master Plumbers Licensure Exam (MPLE):

• Manila
• Baguio
• Butuan
• Cagayan de Oro
• Calapan
• Cebu
• Davao
• Iloilo
• Koronadal
• Legazpi
• Lucena
• Pagadian
• Palawan
• Rosales, Pangasinan
• Tacloban

Examinees shall report before 6:30 in the morning on the said date because latecomers will not be admitted.

Things to Bring Examination day

Here are the things to bring during the examination proper:

• Notice of Admission
• Official Receipt
• One (1) piece of metered-stamped window mailing envelope
• Two (2) or more pencils (No. 2)
• Ball pens (black ink only)
• One (1) piece long brown envelope
• One (1) piece long transparent/plastic envelope (for keeping your valuables and other allowed items)
• Health Forms (Pursuant to Memorandum No. 68, series of 2020)
• Negative RT-PCR Test Results, if applicable, or Certificate of Quarantine (Pursuant to Memorandum No. 68, series of 2020)

Dress Code on Examination Day

Here are the specified dress codes from PRC:

• For male examinees, tucked-in white polo shirt with collar (without any seal, logo, or mark); decent pants or slacks
• For female examinees, tucked-in white blouse or shirt with collar (without any seal, logo, or mark); decent pants or slacks

Prohibited Items Inside the Exam Rooms:

• Books, notes, review materials, and other printed materials containing coded information or formulas
• Calculators which are programmable or with embedded functions, especially CASIO FX991ES and CASIO FX-991ES plus
• Apple, Samsung and other smart watches, cellular phones, ear plugs, transmitters, portable computers, Bluetooth and other electronic devices which may be used for communication purposes;
• Bags of any kind (place your documents inside the transparent/plastic envelope)
• Other examination aides not stated in this program

All personal belongings of the examinees shall be surrendered to the proctor and shall be placed in a secured space within the examination room.

The rules on the conduct of bodily search, an inspection of personal belongings of the examinees, and the seizure/confiscation of prohibited items during the licensure exam (Annex A of PRC Memorandum Order No. 57, s. 2020) shall be strictly observed.

Exam Coverage

• Plumbing Arithmetic (10%)
• Sanitation, Plumbing Design and Installation (40%)
• Plumbing Code (10%)
• Practical Problems (40%)

References

• Program for July 2024 Master Plumbers Licensure Exam (MPLE) from PRC.

Exam Statistics and Passing Rate

PRC Regional Offices Directory