Recertification

The following lettered paragraphs correspond to the SECB Continuing Education Program Activity Log. Please use the categories below when completing your Activity Log and comply with the stated guidelines. A minimum of 15 Professional Development Hours (PDH’s) of continuing education and/or professional development is required each year.

1. Seminars, Courses and Lectures. Any seminar, course, or lecture in any area that involves the application of mathematics, materials science, and the physical principles of statics and dynamics to the design, analysis, construction and rehabilitation of buildings, bridges, towers and other structures, and parts thereof, to withstand the effects of various loads and environmental conditions while remaining safe and serviceable. All 15 PDH’s may fall in this category.
2. Attendance at Professional Meetings. Not more than 5 PDH’s may be earned through attendance at professional meetings of a recognized structural engineering professional organization (such as a State SEA), evaluated at the rate of 2 hours of meeting time equals 1 hour of lecture time = 1 PDH or 1 CEU (1 CEU is equal to 10 PDH’s). Note that this limitation does not apply to special seminars, annual meetings, congresses and similar dedicated continuing education venues hosted by professional associations.
3. University Lectures. For full-time practicing structural engineers, not more than 8 PDH’s may be earned through University-class lecturing (only preparation time qualifies), not to exceed 4 hours of preparation time for 1 hour of lecture.
4. Structural Engineering Consulting (Academics only). For full-time academics, up to 8 PDH’s may be obtained by engaging in professional structural engineering consulting (4 hours of active practice is considered equivalent to 1 PDH).
5. Structural-engineering-related Course Work. Continuing education credit will be given as follows: For a semester-long course, 15 PDH’s per credit hour. For a quarter-long course, 10 PDH’s per credit hour.
6. In-house or Employer-given Seminars. Not more than 5 PDH’s maybe earned through attendance of in-house or employer-given seminars. If speaker is not employed in anyway with the Provider Organization then please use category ‘A’.
7. Professional Committees. Not more than 5 PDH’s may be earned through attendance of Professional Committee activities or meetings, not to exceed 2 PDH’s per committee.
8. Professional Presentations and Papers. Not more than 6 PDH’s may be earned through preparation of, and/or giving, a professional seminar or professional paper, not to exceed 3 PDH’s per paper/seminar. A published paper that is followed by a presentation or seminar is limited to 3 PDH’s. A professional paper may be used only one time, regardless of how many times presented.
9. Review Classes. Not more than 4 PDH’s may be earned for Professional Review classes for additional professional licenses or registrations.
10. Professional Practice and Risk Management Seminars and Committee Work. Not more than 5 PDH’s may be Professional Practice or Risk Management-related.

Carry Forward Hours:

1. Please list all PDH’s earned in this cycle in the first section on the SECB Continuing Education Program Activity Log. (If you list more than 15 PDH’s, you will be notified of the number of hours eligible for carryover to next year.)
2. If you had more than 15 PDH’s for the last certification cycle and you want to carry them over for this certification cycle, you must enter them in the Carryover section of the SECB Continuing Education Program Activity Log.
3. Up to 15 PDH’s may be carried forward each year; but no PDH’s may be carried forward more than one year.

Hours that will not be accepted:

1. Computer drafting software training not related to structural engineering analysis or design.
2. OSHA Safety Training, FEMA USAR Structural Specialist Training, Realtor Training.
3. Home schooling, reading, self-study for professional license exams.
4. Work on business projects.
5. Other non-professional development activities.