PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING YOUR CPD As an engineering or geoscience professional, your responsibilities include serving the public interest and upholding 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 requirements for Professional Members. To meet CPD requirements, Professional Engineers, Professional Geoscientists, and Licensees must complete a minimum 240 professional development hours (PDHs) over three years. This minimum requirement may not be enough to maintain or increase
your competence, however, so it’s up to you to assess your own needs and to plan appropriately. 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 can claim CPD for both formal and informal learning. Choose activities that have a clear purpose and objective — one that will help you maintain, improve, or expand your skills or knowledge. There are some exceptions to meeting your CPD requirements.
• If you’re a Professional Member or Licensee who is not practising engineering or geoscience, you can have your CPD requirements waived for one year by completing a non-practicing form. • If you’re a Professional Member who is not practising full time, you can ask to have your required number of CPD hours reduced by completing a special consideration form. If approved, this is valid for one year. If your situation has not changed when the status expires, you must submit a new request. See related story, APEGA Plans Launch of New Audit System for Continuing Professional Development , page 18.
Nominations open for the Ivan Finlay Leadership Award The Ivan Finlay Leadership Award recipients are chosen for their integrity, volunteer service and leadership skills. If you know an engineering or geoscience university student who has these qualities, nominate them for this award before February 15, 2017 . For more information, visit apega.ca/ivan-finlay-award
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