Alaska Civil Engineer
AK Professional Engineers
The State of Alaska requires 24 hours of Continuing Education prior to the license renewal period.
-Renewal for Engineers is December 31st odd years.
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Alaska Professional Engineer Continuing Education Requirements
Listed below is a summary of Alaska State requirements:Hours Required: | 24 Hours biennially |
Renewal Deadline: | To renew a professional architect, engineer, or landscape architect registration for a biennial registration period that begins on or after January 1, 2010, a professional architect, engineer, or landscape architect must obtain 24 professional development hours during the 24 months immediately proceeding that registration period. To reinstate a lapsed professional architect, engineer, or landscape architect registration that begins on or after January 1, 2010, a professional architect, engineer, or landscape architect seeking reinstatement must obtain 24 professional development hours during the 24 months immediately preceding the application for reinstatement of the professional architect, engineer, or landscape architect registration. A professional architect, engineer, or landscape architect holding multiple registrations is required to earn the total number of professional development hours of continuing education as those required for a single registration holder, however, at least 8 hours of the professional development hours must be in each registration held. |
Carryover Allowed: | 12 |
Course Approval: | Continuing education courses or activities are not pre-approved by the board. |
Course Content: | All activities for which PDHs are claimed must be relevant to the practice of architecture, engineering, and landscape architecture within the registrant's field of practice and may include technical, ethical or managerial content. All subject matter shall address the public's health, safety, and welfare. Qualifying CE activities may be sponsored or presented by colleges or universities, employers, government agencies, nationally affiliated or professional societies, or by other organizations. The board does not pre-approve courses for PDH. It is your responsibility to assure that the activities in which you participate meet the requirements. |
State Website: | http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/occ/pub/CE_Engineer_regs.pdf |
Contact Info: | AK - Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors P.O. Box 110806 333 Willoughby, 9th Floor Juneau, AK 99811-0806 |
Valid Course Work: | Completing or attending qualifying seminars, in-house workshops and professional or technical presentations; attendance at qualifying programs presented at technical or professional society meetings, conventions, or conferences; teaching a course for the first time (does not apply to full-time faculty). |
Converting Education to PDH: |
A. Successful completion of college courses = 1 semester hour – 45 PDHs or 1 quarter hour – 30 PDHs B. Successful completion of acceptable courses which are awarded continuing education units (CEU) = 10 PDHs per CEU C. Successful completion of short courses, tutorials, correspondence courses, web-based courses, and televised or videotaped courses = 1 PDH per hour of attendance D. Presenting or attending seminars, in-house workshops or professional or technical presentations made at meetings, conventions or conferences = 1 PDH per hour of attendance E. Initial instruction of the subject matter when teaching professional development courses, seminars, or professional or technical presentations. (Does not apply to full-time faculty.) = 2 PDHs per hour of instruction |
Recordkeeping: | You should maintain a CE Development Report to list your CE activities. Be sure your registration number is clearly shown. A CE Development Report is available for your use (and is mandatory if you are audited) on the board's web site at www/commerce.state.ak.us/occ/pael.cfm. It is important that sufficient information is supplied. In order to identify that the activity relates to the registrant's field of practice, including the sponsoring organization, the location and duration of the course or activity, the name of the speaker or instructor and the number of PDHs earned. Supporting documentation is required if audited. If audited, supporting documentation must be submitted with the CE Development Report. Supporting documents include attendance verification records in the form of completion certifications, signed attendance receipts, receipts for the payment of tuition or fees, a copy of a list of participants signed by the speaker or instructor, or similar documents showing evidence of attendance. Do not submit your CE Development Report or any supporting documentation with your renewal form and fee. The board will randomly audit five percent of all renewing registrants to ensure compliance with the CE requirements. Auditing will be done after renewals are complete. If you are selected for audit, you will be contacted and asked to provide the necessary documentation. All records of attendance and completion of CE should be maintained for four years for audit purposes. |