Continuing Education Credits
Continuing Education Credits
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We have many vendors that arrange to come into our office to give presentations. It seems like most presentations offer AIA credits for continuing education. It seems like AIA is on the ball in helping out its membership obtain continuing education credits. More than not there are often no credtits for engineers.
Is there something that we or a professional organization like ASCE, etc. should be doing to help us attain continuing education credits for these presentations. If so, what can be done?
Is there something that we or a professional organization like ASCE, etc. should be doing to help us attain continuing education credits for these presentations. If so, what can be done?






RE: Continuing Education Credits
However, the majority of my credits come from events sponsored by the engineering organizations that are presented locally. Usually worth 6 to 8 hours because they go all day. These are more easily distinguishable engineering topics (precast concrete bridges, ACI 318 review, LRFD review, connection/bolting seminar, self consolidating concrete, etc.)
RE: Continuing Education Credits
RE: Continuing Education Credits
At the office, we've also had trade organizations and product suppliers give presentations that award PDH's.
Both have been inexpensive (the company doesn't pay for seminars and lectures, although it pays for membership in a professional society.)
Also, it could be possible for your firm to offer PDH's. In NY the firm and the "instructors" have to be certified; this is done through an organization call Practicing Institute of Engineering.
Hope this helps.
RE: Continuing Education Credits
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RE: Continuing Education Credits
My expericence with ASCE and the other big organizations is that they are much too expensive for your basic engineer or small company. The local chapter of the ASCE doesn offer PDH opportunites at a reasonable cost, including an annual 2-day conference, though.
RE: Continuing Education Credits
An ironic twist was that one of my PDH's for that year was a local ASE sponsored briefing by the State Board's chief investigator - Subject: Audits.
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RE: Continuing Education Credits
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RE: Continuing Education Credits
You'd have to start with the state rules on that. I think in most cases, the continuing education can be in-house training programs, so it'd probably be a matter of creating a paper trail to go with the presentation, to show (engineering) content, duration, etc. It would have to actually be educational, as opposed to "buy my product for this reason" type stuff.
RE: Continuing Education Credits
RE: Continuing Education Credits
The registration rules out unacceptable CEUs and providers. Please do not misunderstand the importance of learning new products and their applications. I just think some of them offer no engineering value.
I attended Simpson’s strong tie seminars for two days at their facilities in Jacksonville. I thought the seminars were excellent and they were supplemented by nice handouts and hands on testing of their products. They also were educational on applicability of building code to their products.
Frankly, I do not think that listening to vendor’s presentation for one hour should qualify for CEUs!
The intent of CEUs is to learn and stay on top of new technological engineering advancements. I thins code seminars (be it building code, AISC, ACI, ASME, or similar codes) should be considered acceptable. In one state I am licensed in, attending professional organizations such as ASCE grants you PDH hours!
Regards,
Lutfi
RE: Continuing Education Credits
RE: Continuing Education Credits
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RE: Continuing Education Credits
Although our certificates are not approved by an organization like ASCE, I believe they would be useful in showing the Minnesota State Board that the program meets the state's requirements.
The company maintains records of the programs outlines, and attendance. Also records are keep on the program development to show that the presenter has worked with the target group to meet their educational needs.
If nothin else our certificates provide a record of the topic, date and name of the presentor. So if in the future an engineer is required to show that our program meets the state requirements they can contact us for additional information.