PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Lessons Learned Eight Takeaways from the Summit 2015 Professional Development Program
Members had a chance to learn new soft and technical skills, refresh their existing knowledge, and network with colleagues new and old, during the APEGA Summit 2015 Annual General Meeting and Conference, April 23 to 24.
Included in this year’s conference at the TELUS Convention Centre in Calgary were five streams of professional development over a day and a half. We asked eight participants to share some of their learning highlights. Here’s what they had to say. 2 Trevor Sawatzky, P.Eng. Manager, Electrical Engineering Husky Oil Operations Ltd. Stream 3: Highlighting Developments in Electrical Engineering
1 Michael Boire, P.Eng. Consultant IndConEng Consulting “I'm starting a master's degree in history at the University of Alberta, studying the professionalization of engineering in Alberta, and Stream 2: Responsibilities of Self-Regulation
“There are details in design that can burn you if you don’t take the time to do them properly. If you look at switching transients in medium voltage applications, for example, a lot of detail goes into that. You have to take the time to look closely at your systems design. The session was more detailed than I get into in my job. But it’s very much been worth going to as a reminder.”
there's a strong tie in my research to APEGA self-regulation. With APEGA reviewing the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act , this stream is a great fit for me professionally and for my research. My takeaway is a clearer understanding of what self-regulation was in the past, what it is right now, and what we can make it look like in the years to come."
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