Week 6: CEP Seminar

Question 1

What is CE (Continuing Education)?

Answer 1

Any learning activity that helps with:

• maintaining or developing skills to help you as an engineer
• fulfilling your primary duty to protect the public and environment

Question 2

Who must participate in the CE program?

Answer 2

• all registrants with practice rights
• those completing a CE program elsewhere

Question 3

What time of each year is the Annual Reporting period?

Answer 3

May 1 - June 30 (final two months of reporting year)

Question 4

How long is the CE reporting cycle?

Answer 4

It’s a three year rolling period

Question 5

What must a registrant do in every year?

Answer 5

• complete mandatory regulatory learning module
• record 1 CE hour of ethical learning
• complete a CE plan
• submit annual reporting declaration

Question 6

T/F: Designated Structural Engineers can record the same 60 hours for Struct Eng as they do for P. Eng

Answer 6

False - they must record an additional 60 hours related to structural engineering practice

Question 7

What assessment must CE Plans include?

Answer 7

A Practice Risk Assessment

Question 8

If an engineer records 50 hours in year 1, 10 hours in year two, 20 hours in year 3 and 25 hours in year four, are they compliant in years 1 to 3? What about for years 2 to 4?

Answer 8

Compliant for years 1 to 3

Non-compliant for years 2 to 4

Question 9

If registrants pass the June 30 deadline without reporting sufficiently, what occurs?

What occurs if they are late on Oct 1?

What happens if they are still late on Jan 1?

Answer 9

• $200 fee
• registration suspended
• registration cancelled

Question 10

List the four areas of CE learning

Answer 10

• Ethical
• Regulatory
• Technical
• Communication and Leadership

Question 11

List 3 examples of a diverse mix of sources of CE learning

Answer 11

• training offered by employer
• attendance at a conference
• reading technical journals