Credentials that young EIT's can acquire?
Credentials that young EIT's can acquire?
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I'm coming up on my first year out of school, first year working full time in civil-construction type engineering. Have my EIT.
A senior engineer pointed out that I should look into getting relatively easy certs while I can, but he didn't really specify any. My first thought was something like OSHA 10 hour training, or LEED.
Are there any useful certs that I should be keeping in mind? My field of work in construction engineering, so it's geo-structural in nature.
A senior engineer pointed out that I should look into getting relatively easy certs while I can, but he didn't really specify any. My first thought was something like OSHA 10 hour training, or LEED.
Are there any useful certs that I should be keeping in mind? My field of work in construction engineering, so it's geo-structural in nature.
RE: Credentials that young EIT's can acquire?
There are ACI certified things that could be useful. The field sampling or anchors would be my recommendation but also use your judgement on what meets what you do.
https://www.concrete.org/certification/certificati...
RE: Credentials that young EIT's can acquire?
OSHA 10 has some value, as I recall LEED and PMP are tough to obtain without years of experience.
But I'd argue that in construction engineering, the biggest thing is exposure to different project types and resources. Page through the California FW manual, NAVFAC, ASCE 37 and the rebar cage stability guide. Even if you are tied up on one specific project day-to-day, look through old projects your company has worked on to see how they've detailed this type of brace, or what kinds of jacks they used there. You want to be absorbing information so that you can pull it out of the memory banks when everyone's scratching their heads about a new problem.
And of course, get as much field time as you can.
RE: Credentials that young EIT's can acquire?
RE: Credentials that young EIT's can acquire?
RE: Credentials that young EIT's can acquire?
You'd probably get a better ROI spending your spare time to doing something fun.