Oklahoma Civil Engineer
OK Professional Engineers
The State of Oklahoma requires 30 hours of Continuing Education prior to the license renewal period.
-Renewal for Engineers is the last day of the month based on date of initial licensure..
Our online classes are applicable to Oklahoma engineer continuing education for any engineering disipline.
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"Create Your Own" 30 Hour Continuing Education Package $299
This package is designed to fulfill the continuing education requirements of Oklahoma Professional Engineers and includes:
(30) hours of General CE Credits (After enrollment you may choose any (30) of the following classes.)
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Oklahoma
Professional Engineer Continuing Education Requirements
Hours Required: | 30 Hours biennially |
Renewal Deadline: | The last day of the month based on date of initial licensure. |
Carryover Allowed: | 15 |
Course Approval: | The Board does not pre-approve providers or specific courses. Each engineer must determine whether an activity meets the Board's requirements. The Board has final authority with respect to acceptability of courses, credit, PDH value for courses, and other methods of earning credit. |
Course Content: | All PDH's earned in activities must be relevant to the practice of engineering and/or land surveying as applicable and may include technical, ethical or managerial content. Continuing educational activities used to earn PDH's must meet the following criteria: (1) There is a clear purpose and objective for each activity, which will maintain, improve or expand skills and knowledge obtained prior to initial licensure or to develop new and relevant skills and knowledge. (2) The content of each presentation is well organized and presented in a sequential manner. (3) There is evidence of preplanning which should include the opportunity for input by the target group to be served. (4) The presentation will be made by persons who are well qualified by education or experience. (5) There is a provision for individual participant registration which will include information required for record keeping and reporting. Reporting: |
State Website: | http://www.ok.gov/pels/Continuing_Education/index.html |
Contact Info: | OK - State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors 201 NE 27th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73105-2788 Tel: 405-521-2874 |
Valid Course Work Units: | DH's may be earned by a licensee as follows: (1) Successful completion or auditing of college courses. (2) Successful completion or auditing of continuing education courses. (3) Attending seminars, correspondence, televised, videotaped, and other short courses/tutorials. (4) Presenting or attending seminars meeting the criteria of Section 15-11-6, in-house courses, workshops, or professional or technical presentations made at meetings, conventions, or conferences. (5) Active participation in professional or technical societies serving the engineering or land surveying profession. Credit for active participation in a professional and technical society serving the engineering or land surveying profession (limited to 4 PDH's per renewal period), requires that a licensee serve as an officer and/or actively participates in a committee of the organization. PDH's are not earned until the end of each year of service is completed. (6) Teaching or instructing in (1) through (4) of this subsection. (7) Authoring peer-reviewed published papers and books. (8) Authoring published articles. (9) Award of patents to the licensee or to licensee's employer when developed by the licensee. (10) Documented self-study (1 PDH unit = 3 hours) maximum of 3 PDH's per renewal period. |
Converting Education to PDH: | The conversion of other units of credit of continuing education to PDH's is as follows: (1) One (1) college or unit semester hour – 15 PDH's (2) Auditing of (1) college or unit semester hour -15 PDH's (3) One (1) hour of technical or professional development in course work, seminars, technical and professional meetings, conventions, workshops, - 1 PDH (4) One (1) hour for developing professional licensure examinations – 1 PDH (5) For teaching or making presentations - apply multiple of 2 (Teaching credit is valid for teaching a course or seminar for the first time only. Teaching credit does not apply to full-time or part-time faculty members unless the activity is outside the scope of the licensee's customary teaching responsibilities.) (6) Each peer-reviewed published Professional/Technical paper or book in the licensee's area of professional practice -10 PDH's (7) Each published paper or article in the licensee's area of professional practice – 5 PDH's (8) Active participation in a professional and technical society. (maximum of 4 PDH's per biennial renewal period) – 2 PDH's (9) Each patent. – 10 PDH's |
Recordkeeping: | Each licensee is charged with the responsibility of his own professional development activities. The responsibility of maintaining records to be used to support credits claimed is the responsibility of the licensee. Records required include, but are not limited to: (1) A log showing the type of activity claimed, sponsoring organization, location, duration, instructor's or speaker's name, and PDH credits earned. (2) Attendance verification records in the form of completion certificates, or other approved documentation supporting evidence of attendance. Documentation which does not support evidence of actual attendance will not be accepted for audit purposes. Records must be maintained for a period of five (5) years and copies may be requested by the Board for audit verification purposes. |