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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Requirement of CPD

The amendment to the PE Act was promulgated on April 26, 2000.
The PE Act with the latest revisions clearly stipulates that every professional engineer shall have sufficient knowledge about professional ethics and shall continue his/her professional development, after acquiring the P.E.Jp qualification. This is one of his/her obligations, which is to improve his/her competence of the professional skills.
In response to the amended PE Act, IPEJ started implementation of CPD programs and defined the purpose of CPD as follows:

Every P.E.Jp shall continue his/her professional development with emphasis on the following points.

    Awareness of engineering ethics
    Contribution to the advancement of science and technology
    Adaptation to changes in social environments
    Improvement in the ability to make better decisions as professional engineers

Expected CPD hours

It is strongly recommended that every certified P.E.Jp engineer completes at least 50 hours of CPD programs annually, and 150 hours within three years (for APEC engineers, the completion of 250 hours within five years is required). CPD hours are calculated by multiplying the actual hours spent for CPD program with a weight factor specified for each CPD type.

Types of CPD programs for Professional Engineers

Many types of CPD programs are available, and every P.E.Jp should voluntarily choose the programs most suitable for his/her professional development and complete these chosen programs. However, in the case of choosing a CPD program, it is desirable for each P.E.Jp to select such CPD programs, which are recognized by any third party organizations.

The types of CPD programs are categorized as follows:

    Participation in training courses, lectures, technical meetings, symposiums
    Presentation, submission or review of papers
    Participation in internal trainings
    An instructor or a lecturer in training courses, lectures, etc.
    Practical experience in industrial sector (awards and patents)
    Others (self-learning, etc.)

Subjects of CPD programs for Professional Engineers

The subjects of CPD programs are categorized as shown in the following table.

Subjects of CPD Programm
Subject category Subject item
General subjects Ethics
Environment
Safety
Technical trend
Social, industrial and economic trends
Management systems
Contract
International exchange
Others
Technical subjects Latest techniques in each engineering discipline
Trend of science and technology
Applicable laws
Accident case study
Others

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