PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
APEGA Continuing Professional Development: What You Need to Know to Meet Mandatory Requirements Professional Members of APEGA must take part in APEGA’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program and keep a record of their progress. Professional Engineers, Professional Geoscientists, Licensees, and Professional Licensees — all are subject to CPD program requirements
Six categories of professional development can earn you credits. You must include activities in a least three of them. • Professional Practice. 15 hours of engineering or geoscience work equals one PDH. A maximum of 50 PDHs per year may be claimed in this category. • Formal Activity. Includes professional development programs, courses, and seminars; courses offered by universities, technical institutes, colleges, suppliers, employers, or technical societies; and courses offered in traditional classroom settings, by correspondence or video, or online. One hour of course attendance equals one PDH. One Continuing Education Unit (CEU), for courses offering them, equals 10 PDHs. A maximum of 30 PDHs per year may be claimed in this category. • Informal Activity. Includes self-directed study; attendance at conferences and industry trade shows; attendance at seminars, technical presentations, talks, and workshops; attendance at meetings of technical, professional, or managerial associations or societies; and structured discussions of technical or professional issues with peers. One hour of informal activity equals one PDH. A maximum of 30 PDHs per year may be claimed in this category. • Participation. Includes mentoring a Member-in-Training, a less experienced Professional Member, or a technologist; service on public bodies that draw on professional expertise; service on standing or ad-hoc committees of a technical or professional nature, or on managerial associations and societies; and activities that contribute to the community. One hour of
We take CPD seriously and Members should as well. If APEGA’s Practice Review Board is not satisfied with your CPD efforts, regulations of the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act (the EGP Act) allow APEGA to review your practice. If we send you a notice to produce a detailed annual activity record and you don’t comply within 30 days, your name may be struck from the Member register. And at any time during a review, the Practice Review Board may recommend that APEGA’s Investigative Committee also review your practice — which could ultimately lead to disciplinary action. A successful CPD plan should consider your: • scope of practice and duties • current level of knowledge and skills • short-term needs and objectives • long-range plans You should have a clear purpose aimed at some combination of maintaining, improving, and expanding your skills and knowledge. To meet CPD requirements, you must: 1. complete at least 240 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) over three years 2. maintain a written record of CPD activities. An activity record spreadsheet, available at apega.ca, can help you keep track. You may be required to submit your activity record on request 3. report your CPD hours annually. You can report your hours online using the Member Self-Service Centre. You need to provide the number of PDHs you’ve accumulated over the 12 months prior to your annual membership renewal date
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