Frequently Asked Questions/Online Help
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The following state PE boards require mandatory continuing education,
but do not pre-approve any continuing
education provider or activity. They leave the choice up to you:
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The following state LS boards require mandatory continuing education,
but do not pre-approve any continuing
education provider or activity. They leave the choice up to you:
Our courses have not been directly registered with and approved by the
following state LS boards:
**Kentucky land surveyors may take PDH online courses specifically approved by other state land surveying boards since KY LS Board accepts courses approved by their counterparts in other states. |
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All of
our online courses comply with the Continuing Professional Competency
Guidelines published by National Council of Examiners for Engineering
and Surveying (
If you are interested in becoming a PDHonline course provider, you should submit
a resume, a brief biography and a list of proposed course topics to our email address.
We review your educational background and practical experience and
notify you of our decision within three business days. For more information,
please click "Provider"
on the top menu bar.
To provide the highest quality service
with the least interruption, we operate several mirror sites for the convenience
of our valued customers. PDHonline.com, PDHonline.org, and
PDHcenter.com
are just some of the websites owned and maintained by our organization. If you
have difficulty in accessing one of our websites, please try to access another
one. All of our online courses are available through any of the above websites.
You may even use the same user ID and password to access any of our websites.
No. However, we submit periodic reports to all the state boards that require reporting from approved continuing education providers. Currently, there are three state boards which require us reporting. They are Florida PE & PLS Boards (monthly to weekly/daily - see details in red below), North Carolina Board (quarterly) and Tennessee PLS Board (monthly). During the license renewal season, we file our Florida reports more frequently, from weekly in the last two months (January and February in odd year) to daily in the last week of February (odd year) to facilitate the your license renewal process. Our reports include the names and license numbers of all registrants completing the PDHonline courses during the reporting period and the PDH credits earned.
Yes, we offer live web seminars (webinars) through the Internet for certain topics. You can attend our webinars from your home or office using a computer and/or telephone.
Our live webinar program has been approved by the New York State Board for Engineering and Land Surveying, and is acceptable to all other state boards. Please click "Live Courses & Web Seminars" for the upcoming webinar schedule.
For FL PE: Our new Florida Board Laws & Rules Course for Engineers is now available for the 2013-2015 renewal cycle. Please look for Course R206 under the category of Board Laws & Rules, Ethics and ADA in our course library.
For FL LS: You need to take PDH Course R211F for your required Florida MTS training. If you have taken this course before, you may repeat it.
The missing PDH credits could be caused by one of the following reasons:
1. You did not provide us your Florida license number in your profile at the time you completed your course(s).
2. You provided an incorrect Florida license number in your profile at the time you completed your course(s).
3. You became a Florida PE after you initially signed up as a user of our website.
In any of the above cases, you need to add/verify your Florida license number through "My Account" and notify us through "Contact Us". Please include your course number, completion date and license number in your correspondence so that we can report/resubmit your credit hours.
As a Florida Board approved continuing education provider, PDHonline.org/PDHcenter.com submits periodic PDH reports to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers. Our Florida reports are usually filed on a monthly basis except in the last two months of a license renewal cycle. During the license renewal season, we file our Florida reports more frequently, from weekly in the last two months (January and February in odd year) to daily in the last week of February (odd year) to facilitate the your license renewal process. Since June 1, 2009, you can no longer self-report your continuing education credits for courses completed after 5/31/2009.
For additional information, please visit the Board website below:
Florida Board of Professional Engineers
Yes, our courses are acceptable to PA Board as long as they maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of your professional practice. You need to complete 24 credits (PDHs) by the September 30 renewal date (odd year).
To eliminate any confusion about continuing education requirements for PE & LS licensed in PA, we have posted below the latest notice from the Pennsylvania Board.
PA State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists eNewsletter (June 9, 2010)
BOARD CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) GOES INTO EFFECT FOR 2009-2011 RENEWAL CYCLE 24 CREDITS MUST BE COMPLETED BY SEPT. 30, 2011
THE BOARD HAS DECIDED TO GRANT A MORATORIUM FROM DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROVIDED ANY CE CREDIT DEFICIENCIES ARE COMPLETED BY APRIL 1, 2012.
In its e-newsletter sent May 14, the State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists attempted to update licensees on the upcoming requirements for mandatory continuing education (CE) to be set forth in regulations of the Board. THAT INFORMATION IS NOW OUT OF DATE AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED.
This special mailing is intended to provide licensees with the most current information concerning mandatory continuing education. Please accept our apologies for any confusion that may have resulted.
On May 12, the legislature enacted and Governor Rendell signed into law Act 25 which amended the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologists Registration Law (the Law) to clarify the requirements for mandatory continuing education and to make it easier to meet your requirements and to provide more choice in CE courses, seminars, work shops and conferences.
Act 25 specifically eliminated the need for the board to pre-approve CE courses. Now, the board CE requirements are based upon the provision of the model law and rules of the National Council of Examiners in Engineer and Surveying (NCEES), which is the national organization of licensing boards. This change in the Law expands the number of CE courses and activities that will be acceptable for credit.
In addition, Act 25 specifies that the first CE cycle of 24 credits must be completed, no ifs, ands or buts, by the Sept. 30, 2011 renewal cycle. This is a change from the prior directive. But the board has come up with a way to smooth the transition for you so that no one is disadvantaged or is unfairly disciplined for any CE deficiencies that may result from confusion over the CE deadline.
In order to accommodate licensees who are just now learning of this deadline, the board has decided to grant a moratorium from disciplinary action for anyone who has not completed the 24 CE credits by the Sept. 30, 2011, renewal date provided any and all CE credits short of the mandatory 24 are completed by April 1, 2012. If you fail to make up the CE deficit by the April 2012 deadline, you will be facing disciplinary action and you will not be permitted to double count CE earned after the September deadline for the following renewal cycle.
The best course of action is to begin doing your CE today. Any CE credits that you have earned as far back as Oct. 1, 2009, will be acceptable at the time of renewal.
Currently, we submit periodic reports to the Florida PLS Board, but not to the FL PE Board (not required anymore). Please note that you must provide us your Florida PLS license number in your profile so that we can report your PDH credits. If you do not see your PDH credits after one month, please notify us through "Contact Us", and provide us the course number and your Florida PLS Number in your message so that we can report your credits.
Although we are a NCBELS approved sponsor for continuing education of engineers and land surveyors, NC Board does not automatically accept all of our courses. As a NC licensee, you must choose courses that will result in the maintenance, improvement, or expansion of skills and knowledge relevant to your field of practice. In particular, the following types of courses or activities are not acceptable for CPC credit in North Carolina:
• Executive Coaching
• Estate or financial planning
• Basic computer/software (e.g. Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
• Sight-seeing and tours
• Visiting vendor/exhibitor displays
• Sales presentations or sales seminars (e.g. increasing sales, maximizing profitability, marketing, etc.)
• Self-study
• Personal improvement
• General business meetings
• Regular employment activities
• Research
• Company procedure and policy workshops
In addition, the Board has final authority with respect to approval of courses, credit, PDH value for courses, and methods for licensees to earn credit.
Yes, please click the sample certificate of completion for details.
If you could not find the answer to your question, please send your question through "Contact Us".