Continuing Professional Development
Spring 2003 Survey Results
By Clifford I. Roberts, PE
The eagerly awaited results of
the continuing professional development (CPD) survey (Spring 2003 newsletter)
are in! The survey asked the question: Do you support mandatory CPD for Idaho
Professional Engineers? Approximately 12 percent of the membership responded.
There were twenty-five “yes” responses and twenty-five “no” responses. The
respondent's insightful comments are summarized below.
Pro:
It is easy to accomplish, especially for those who already have CPD
requirements for licenses in other states.
Without it, Idaho PEs may not seek out seminars and memberships that enhance
professional development..
It would bring Idaho engineering in line with other professions.
It would help keep PEs current in their discipline.
It would make Idaho consistent with PE requirements in mandatory CPD states.
It would strengthen our parity relationships with mandatory CPD states.
It will elevate and advance our profession.
Con:
It would not enhance protection of the public.
It would not improve PE's competency.
It would not improve the public image of PEs.
It would add additional expense and bureaucracy.
CPD courses / seminars for some disciplines are not readily available.
Available CPD courses / seminars are too expensive.
Many CPD courses are poor quality or worthless.
Competent PEs normally partake in continuing professional development without
mandatory requirements.
The market will favor those who continue their own professional development.
We should wait until NCEES establishes a national model.
The survey responses and comments make it abundantly clear that mandatory CPD
remains a controversial issue. The ISPE Board has considered the survey
responses and decided that, given the strong opinions on both sides, it would be
inappropriate to endorse mandatory CPD for Idaho PEs at this time. ISPE will
re-visit this issue periodically and continue providing general CPD information
on request. Thanks to those of you who responded to this survey! We sincerely
appreciate your input.
ISPE 2003 - 2004 State Officers and Committee
Chairs
President
Karen Doherty
336-0420
E-Mail: kdoherty@dohertyeng.com
President-Elect
David Schiess
522-1244
E-Mail: schiess@datawav.net
Secretary/Treasurer
Joe Canning
343-3381
E-Mail: jcanning@rmci.net
Regional Director
Charlie Bergman
733-4104
E-Mail: cbergman@tf.amalsugar.com
Junior Regional Director
Nestor Fernandez
334-8495
E-Mail: NFernand@itd.state.id.us
Past President
Clifford Roberts
E-Mail: croberts@ai5.net
Annual Meeting
Jim Szatkowski
332-1905
E-Mail: jszatkow@adm.state.id.us
Annual Meeting Program
Andrew Swensen
733-2446
E-Mail: aswensen@riedeseleng.com
Audit Committee
Larry Bennett
345-5865
E-Mail:
Lawrence.J.Bennett@us.mwhglobal.com
Awards Committee
William Ancell
342-6023
EWeek/PR/Media
William Holder
323-9520
E-Mail: whholder@terracon.com
Future Cities Committee
Betsy Roberts
345-5310
E-Mail: eroberts@CH2M.com
Homeland Security Committee
Jim Szatkowski
332-1905
E-Mail: jszatkow@adm.state.id.us
Professional Development
Cliff Roberts
E-Mail: croberts@ai5.net
MATHCOUNTS
Jim Reppell
396-6844
E-Mail: jim_reppell@hp.com
Membership Committee
Steve Loop
334-8267
E-Mail: sloop@itd.state.id.us
Nominations
Cliff Roberts
E-Mail: croberts@ai5.net
QBS
Nestor Fernandez
334-8495
E-Mail: NFernand@itd.state.id.us
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