INNOVATION July-August 2017

APEGBC Continuing Professional Development Personal Investment. Professional Commitment.

Call for Presenters Are you an expert in your field who would like to contribute to the future of engineering and geoscience? APEGBC is actively seeking members to present on a variety of topics. For more information, please visit apeg.bc.ca/Events/Seminar. management, structural, better business, energy efficiency and renewable energy, diversity, and climate change. For conference information and to register online, visit apeg.bc.ca/ac17. The 2017 APEGBC Annual Conference and AGM comprise two days of professional development, networking events, an industry tradeshow, and your association’s annual general meeting. Professional development streams include engineering and geoscience in the resource sector, municipal engineering, environmental engineering and geoscience, emerging professional, Engineering Better Team Member Performance with Coaching September 29, 2017; Vancouver, BC Mastering the ability to bring out the best in your people at work is critical to high-performing project teams. Coaching your team members enhances their workplace productivity and level of engagement in performing the tasks at hand. Every employee and contractor on your projects can reach higher levels of performance. What they need is a manager who can coach them and who can maximize their individual effectiveness on the job. Learn how to raise their potential and level of work performance and optimize the work being done. are required in every profession. As people begin to advance in their careers, effective communication skills become increasingly more important. Learn how effective communication can increase your confidence and clarity. Become an effective team member who makes a significant impact in the workplace and maximizes contributions to the organization. This full-day workshop is designed to provide you with a set of tools and resources to incorporate effective communication skills into your workplace. Participants have an opportunity to practice new skills and receive specific feedback to enhance their speaking, listening, non-verbal, and email communications within the workplace. Workplace Communication October 3, 2017; Vancouver, BC Are you communicating effectively? Is the listener actually receiving your message? Effective communication skills 2017 Annual Conference and AGM October 19 – 21, 2017; Whistler, BC

Grounding and Shielding in Electronics Instrumentation August 21, 2017; Vancouver, BC

regulatory framework. This session will provide you with a basic understanding of an array of important scientific concepts that are hard to find in a single course or a seminar. Technical Writing: Solutions for Effective Written Communication September 21, 2017; Vancouver, BC This seminar provides practical, applicable solutions and techniques for how to express your thoughts succinctly in written format. Through a series of hands-on workshops, you will learn to write effective emails, technical memos, letters, reports, and other documents. Whether you are a junior employee or a seasoned professional in your technical field, this seminar will help you to improve your technical writing skills. professionals who need to address the susceptibility and robustness of electronic circuits and systems to electrostatic discharges (ESD). An engineering professional will be able to tune the implementation of electronic circuits and systems to improve their ESD immunity after attending this seminar. NAFTA Requirement for Working in the US September 27, 2017; Vancouver, BC Have you ever considered working in the United States and are unsure how to begin? Under NAFTA law, certain professionals like engineers, geoscientists and engineering technicians can often obtain “Trade NAFTA” (TN) visas to work in the United States once they receive an employment offer from an appropriate US employer. Alternatively, experienced professionals may be engaged as “consultants”under NAFTA rules and share their expertise with US-based businesses. This seminar will review all viable US immigration options for Canadian and Mexican professionals. This seminar is for engineers and geoscientists who wish to develop the confidence and writing skills necessary to write effective proposals and reports. Through a series of hands- on workshops, you will learn the key elements of writing and submitting winning proposals and reports, and how to tailor your content for both technical and non-technical audiences. In addition, you will learn to determine what your clients (internal and external) are looking for, and how they will evaluate your proposal or review your report. Writing Effective Proposals and Reports September 28, 2017; Vancouver, BC Electrostatic Discharge Essentials September 22, 2017; Vancouver, BC This seminar provides guidance to engineering

This session is geared towards professionals with a strong interest in grounding and shielding techniques. The engineering professional will be able to address electromagnetic compatibility and grounding problems, and tune the implementation of instrumentation systems such as to improve their immunity to electromagnetic and electrostatic interference. Knowledge is the new currency or capital of the information age. However, knowledge is only of value to the degree it can be successfully communicated. Research confirms that effective presentation skills are a vital career advancement competency. The ability to communicate your ideas and opinions with clarity and in a convincing manner is becoming an increasingly important 21 st century success competency and an essential source of informal power within organizations. Participants will learn to communicate more effectively in formal presentations or casual conversations. This seminar will provide a comprehensive overview of power system stability and control problems. This includes the basic concepts, physical aspects of the phenomena, methods of analysis, examples of incidents of system instability, challenges to the secure operation of present-day power systems, and a comprehensive approach to enhancing system security. Solar Energy: From Fundamentals to Practice September 18, 2017; Kelowna, BC September 29, 2017; Vancouver, BC This seminar covers all key aspects of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. In short, a PV system transforms solar irradiance into electricity that can be either sold to the grid or consumed locally. With rapidly decreasing costs, solar is the fastest-growing energy technology in the world. Today, the solar industry in the US employs more people than the coal and gas industry do. This course provides the fundamentals of PV solar, with the objective to understand how to implement a successful solar project in BC. Webinar: Presentation Skills September 8, 2017 Power System Stability and Control September 11–14, 2017; Vancouver, BC

Air Pollution Control September 20, 2017; Vancouver, BC

Whether you are starting your career in the air-quality world or you have been around for a decade, you are expected to know a lot about air pollution, be it the science or the

For a complete listing of events or for more information, visit apeg.bc.ca/prodev/events or contact APEGBC Professional Development at 604.430.8035 or 1.888.430.8035.

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