Action | Develop regulations for a mandatory continuing education requirement for architect, professional engineer, and land surveyor licenses. |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 5/2/2008 |
I have licenses in several states, 2 of which require CEUs or PDHs. The NSPE is pushing for this. I see no benefit. If you are working in a field, you must stay abreast of the new technolgy and processes. Immediately after the NSPE pushed for this and states instituted CEUs, I was swamped with every Tom, Dick, and Harry company offering courses for CEUs - they just came out of the woodwork with a majority of the courses in non-technical areas. I think it has been pushed by people / companies wanting to make money and offer themselves the financial benefit. If a PE is not doing their job properly, then the Board takes action - additonal CEUs is not going to make it better. Bottom line - it is a waste of time and money and only benefits those offering the courses.
Wm Bush, PE