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The State of Florida requires 18 hours of board-approved Continuing Education each biennium prior to the renewal period.
-Renewal for Engineers occurs February 28th of Every Odd Year. (2/28/17)
The 18 hours of Continuing Education must include:
One (1) hour related to the Laws and Rules of professional engineers.
One (1) hour related to professional ethics and the remaining
Sixteen (16) hours can relate to any topic pertinent to the practice of engineering.
Note: Engineers who design systems or work covered by FL Building Code must complete one hour of Advanced Code.
Our online continuing education classes are approved for Florida engineers in any engineering disipline.
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Florida Engineer "Required Classes" Package
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This
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Classes" mandated for Florida Engineers and includes:
(2) hours of Mandated CE Credits for all Florida Engineers
(1) hour (Advanced Code), required for Engineers designing systems or work covered by FL Building Code:
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"Create Your Own" 18 Hour Continuing Education Package $99
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This package is designed to fulfill the continuing education requirements of Florida Engineers and includes:
(2) hours of Mandated CE Credits -Laws and Rules for Florida Engineers -Profesional Ethics for Engineers (16) hours of General CE Credits (After enrollment you may choose any (16) of the following classes applicable to your discipline.)
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Florida
Professional Engineer Continuing Education Requirements
Listed below is a summary of Florida State requirements:
| Hours Required: | 18 PDH Biennially |
| Renewal Deadline: | February 28th odd years |
| Max Online Hours Allowed: | 18 |
| PDH/CE Carryover Allowed: | 0 |
| Course Approval: | The Florida Board of Professional Engineers
pre-approves providers of continuing education classes. (On-Line-Classes.com) is a Board-approved sponsor in the State of Florida, Provider #0005141. |
| Engineer Course Content: | One (1) hour must relate to the Laws and Rules of professional engineers. |
| Engineer Reporting: | Florida Administrative Code, state that engineer licensees are responsible for maintaining sufficient records demonstrating completion of qualifying professional development hours for at least two licensure cycles four (4) years. |
| Requirements Website: | http://www.fbpe.org/continuingeducation.asp |
| Engineering Board Information: | FL - Board of Professional Engineers 2507 Callaway Road Suite 200 Tallahassee, FL 32303 850 521-0500 To visit FL - Board of Professional Engineers website: click here |
| Valid Engineer Course Work: | Qualifying Activities for Area of Practice Requirement. (1) Successful completion of college classes. (2) Successful completion of continuing education classes, successful completion of correspondence, televised, Internet, videotaped, and other short classes/tutorials or attending seminars, workshops or professional and technical presentations at meeting, conventions or conferences presented/sponsored by a provider approved under Rule 61G15-22.011. F.A.C. (3) Teaching or instruction in subsection (1) or (2) above. However, teaching credit is valid for teaching classes or seminar for the first time only. Teaching credit does not apply to full-time faculty. (4) Authoring published papers, articles, books, or accepted licensee examination items for NCEES. (5) Patents. (6) Active participation in professional or technical societies. Civic or trade organizations do not qualify under this provision. Credit for this activity requires that the licensee serve as an officer of the organization. PDH credits are not earned until the end of each year of completed service. |
| Conversion of Education Units to Engineer PDH: |
(1) One (1) college or unit semester hour
credit is equal to 15 PDH. (2) One (1) college or unit quarter hour credit is equal to 10 PDH. (3) One (1) continuing education unit is equal to 10 PDH. (4) On (1) contact hour of professional development in course work, seminars, or professional or technical presentations made at meetings, conventions, or conferences is equal to 1 PDH or if teaching, 2 PDH. (5) Each published paper, article, or book is equal to 10 PDH. (6) Authoring accepted licensee examination items for NCEES is equal to 2 PDH. (7) Each patent id equal to 10 PDH. (8) Active participation in professional and technical societies as described in subsection 61G15-22.003(6), F.A.C. Each hour of participation is equal to 1 PDH, with a maximum credit of 2 PDH for each organization. |
| Demonstrating Compliance: | In order to demonstrate compliance, licenses must execute
a signed statement at any time during the biennium and submit said statement to the Board office at that time or by accompanying their renewal from with said statement and return it to the Board office with their renewal. For each qualifying activity listed, the following information must be included on the statement: (1) Title of activity and a description. (2) The date, location and provider of the activity. (3) The area of practice to which the activity applies. (4) The number of PDH credits claimed for each activity. In addition, the board shall use attendance information submitted by the provider to determine whether licensees can demonstrate compliance. |
| Engineer Record Keeping: | It is the licensees responsibility to maintain sufficient records to demonstrate completion of qualifying professional development hours for at least two licensure cycles (four years). |
| Governing Statutes: | To view Florida Statutes Chapter 471 ENGINEERING: click here |