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CE at work Three examples of how to integrate CE requirements

City of Vancouver 269 professional registrants When the Professional Governance Act (PGA) came into force, organizations had to adapt their CE. At the City of Vancouver, the responsibility went to Sze Kong, P.Eng., Manager, Engineering Strategy and Standards. As part of the transition to the PGA , the City needed to ensure staff were meeting the requirements. Kong’s team incorporated performance planning into their annual performance reviews to help ensure it didn’t fall through the cracks.

“Although we know the onus of continuing education work is technically on the registrant, we want to ensure that the supervisors and managers are aware that they do have an obligation to help staff out to meet their requirements,” says Kong. “It’s making sure there’s awareness and that people do put in effort earlier on to be sure they’re not scrambling at the end. A lot of the time development hours may be put off to the side because there are a lot of competing priorities.” Completing performance plans by the end of March allows time to

While Continuing Education (CE) is mandatory for registrants, it can take several forms. Many companies have woven the required CE Hours into their own professional development programs. We asked three organizations with high CE compliance about their own professional development programs and how they help registrants meet Engineers and Geoscientists BC requirements.

Their examples show how continuing education can be

adapted and incorporated to meet the specific needs of the company and the registrants.

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