PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Start Populating Your 2016 Professional Development Calendar — Now APEGA’s professional development offerings help Members build their careers, meet their continuing education needs — and meet their mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program requirements. Our newly revamped schedule starts in February, delivering value-added programming and tangible learning outcomes you can apply directly to your work
As an engineering or geoscience professional, you have a responsibility to serve the public interest and uphold public safety. One of the ways you do that is by maintaining, improving, and expanding your skills and knowledge. That’s the core reason for APEGA’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program, which mandates career-long learning for Professional Members. With the new year starting, now is a great time to plan your 2016 professional development calendar. A good place to start your search is APEGA’s website. We offer a wide range of sessions to help Professional Engineers, Professional Geoscientists, and Licensees engage in continued learning and meet their CPD requirements. But what if you’re a Member-in-Training (M.I.T.), a Student, an ASAP student member, or an Exam Candidate, and therefore are not required to meet our CPD requirements? Good news — you’re welcome to register for our PD sessions and take advantage of this great way to build new skills and advance your career. As part of APEGA’s efforts to enrich the Member experience, we’ve been revamping our PD offerings over the past year to deliver more value-added pro- gramming. We know that Members and employers want to invest their time and money on PD sessions that offer applied learning.
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With that in mind, we’ve put together a PD schedule that delivers a diverse selection of engaging presenters and relevant topics. Our goal is to provide high-quality sessions that support your professional learning and growth. You’ll leave each session with practical tools and takeaways that you can apply directly to your work. Do you want to stay current on the latest technol- ogy? Learn best practices for supervisors? Develop financial management skills to advance your career? Our sessions, starting in February, cover these topics and many others.
In addition to our year-round PD schedule, Members can take advantage of a variety of offerings at the APEGA Summit 2016 Annual General Meeting and Conference, April 21 to 22. See pages 42 and 43 for more information on the conference PD program. Members can also take part in ongoing PD sessions organized by APEGA Branches across the province. These may include lunch or evening sessions, depending on the Branch. Details are posted regularly at apega.ca and in the e-PEG and Branch News electronic newsletters.
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