To assist members in meeting their CPD goals, APEGS has compiled a list of resources organized by industry at apegs.ca under CPD / Professional Development Links. Organizations interested in being listed can email cpd@apegs.ca with a brief description of the PD offered.
The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program requires APEGS members to complete ongoing professional development activities to maintain and improve their competence. It encourages members to engage in lifelong learning to protect public health, safety and welfare.
The program provides tools for members to assess their current skills, knowledge and abilities, determine activities to maintain or enhance them and report completed activities online to APEGS as professional development credits.
For more information, navigate to the CPD tab at apegs.ca.
Professional Development Opportunities
2021 Spring Professional Development Days
Due to the current pandemic, all in-person courses are cancelled for the near future.
Instead, a variety of virtual courses will be offered in March 2021. Stay tuned for more details.
For additional professional development opportunities, please refer to the back cover of this magazine or visit apegs.ca.
Does Your Next Meeting Need an Ethics Topic?
Monthly ethics moments are available to APEGS members for use in meetings.
When an ethics moment is included in the minutes of a meeting, along with the start and end times of the ethics moment discussion, this time can count as part of the member’s annual ethics requirement.
If you would like this month’s ethics moment, please email cpd@apegs.ca
Looking for Ethics Training?
Of the many ways to get your annual ethics credit, here are two free online options that APEGS provides to help members who are working remotely:
- Module 1 – Professionalism and Ethics
- Module 2 – Conflict of Interest
For more information and to access the module, please visit the CPD tab at apegs.ca.
Important Notice – Reporting Deadlines
Members are reminded that they have until December 31, 2020 to earn credits for the 2020 reporting year.
While members can update their APEGS online CPD report at any time, the deadline to have all 2020 CPD information entered online is January 31, 2021.
What Activities Are Eligible for Contribution to Knowledge Credit?
- Contribution to knowledge includes activities that expand or develop the technical knowledge base in the disciplines of engineering and geoscience. Contributions could include:
- development of published codes and standards – 1 credit per hour of committee work
- patents – 15 credits per patent registered
- publication of papers in a peer-reviewed technical journal/textbook chapter – 15 credits per paper published
- publication of articles in non-reviewed journals – 10 credits per article, to a maximum of 10 credits per year
- publication of a technical textbook – 60 credits per book published, to a maximum of 30 credits a year
- reviewing articles for publication – 1 credit per hour of review, to a maximum of 10 credits per year
- editing papers for publication – 1 credit per hour of editing, to a maximum of 10 credits per year.