Pennsylvania Continuing Education Requirements for Professional Geologists In Effect for 2011-2013 Renewal Period. This is not my work- but a reposting from the Professional Association- We Need 24 units for the 2011 Renewal Period.
"Governor Rendell signed Act 25 of 2010 into law. Act 25 amends the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law to clarify mandatory continuing education ("CE") requirements. Section 4.5 of Act 25 requires that a licensee complete 24 professional development hour ("PDH") units during the biennial renewal period as a condition for licensure renewal. One PDH equals 50 minutes of instruction or presentation relevant to professional practice (except for practice building or office management). Up to 12 excess PDH units can be carried forward to the next licensure period.
Section 5 of Act 25 requires that a licensee begin to comply with the continuing education requirements during the current (2009-2011) renewal period and provides that the licensing board may begin denying licensure renewals during the 2011-2013 renewal period to any licensee that fails to accumulate the required 24 PDH units.
In an e-newsletter sent to licensees on May 14, 2010, the State Registration Board for Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists initially indicated it did not intend to deny licensure renewals beginning in the 2011-2013 renewal period. However, in a special notice posted to the Board's website on May 28, 2010, the Board reversed its position, advising that the May 14, 2010 information is out of date and should be disregarded. The Board now advises that 24 PDH units will be required, "no ifs, ands or buts," by the September 30, 2011 renewal cycle.
To ease the implementation of mandatory CE requirements for the 2011-2013 renewal cycle, the Board has decided to grant a moratorium from disciplinary action for anyone who has not completed all 24 PDH units by September 30, 2011, provided any and all PDH unit deficiencies are made up by April 1, 2012. The Board also advises that any licensee failing to make up the PDH unit deficiencies by April 1, 2010, will face disciplinary action. Also, deficiency credits will not be double-counted for purposes of meeting the 2011-2013 renewal period CE requirements.
Any CE credits you have earned since October 1, 2009 go towards your 2009-2010 renewal period requirements. If you haven't yet started accumulating your mandatory CE credits, we urge you to start now. Visit PCPG's website at http://www.pcpg.org/ today and check out PCPG's available course offerings. Also, licensees are responsible for maintaining records sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the CE requirements. Keep your course certificates in a safe place.
PCPG plans to offer an additional 12-15 seminar courses between now and September 30, 2011, with most if not all courses qualifying for CEU/PDH requirements. You will begin to see new courses being added to the PCPG Upcoming Courses and Events page on a weekly basis, and registration will open as details are finalized. "
For other Continuing Educational Opportunities - LEED-AP, Green Building, Alternative Energy, and other professional courses offered by Web-Based Training that is accepted by other states go to the following websites.
Engineers, Geologists, and Other Professionals (CEU, PDH- Engineers and other and personal workshop courses in soil science- plus training in soil science, wetlands, environmental management, and well drilling)
http://webdesignpros.redvector.com/ (CEU, PDH)- Multi-State Approved- Engineers, Geologists, Surveyors, AIA, LEED, Green Associate
http://www.bfenvironmental.com Continuing Education - OSHA, HAZWOPER
Other Certification Type Programs
What is the Law
Training for 2011
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Getting the Waters Tested- The Marcellus Shale Factor !
Background Groundwater Quality and Baseline Testing in Northeastern PA – A Different Approach
Cost: $85
Registration Deadline: February 4, 2011
Other Courses:
Land-Based Wastewater and Stormwater Management- Soils and Infiltration Testing
(Covers On-lot Wastewater, Water Reuse, and Stormwater Management- includes an introduction to soil science)- 3/25/2011
Intro to Soil Science and Soil Morphology - 4/1/2011
Advanced Soil Morphology- 4/15/2011
Introduction to Hydric Soils (Wetland Soils) - 5/6/2011
Soil Science and Applied Engineering (Web-Soils Training and Making Decisions Based on Published Soils Data and Learning To Read and Understand a Soil Morphological Description - Designed for Engineers, Architects, and Planners) -5/13/2011
http://www.bfenvironmental.com/workshops.php
http://www.wilkes.edu/pages/1703.asp
Those continuing education are really important as it is one of the tools that professionals can use to make sure that they can get the best training for new and old (or things they did not know about) things that are being used in their jobs - such as technology, equipment, etc
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