AIPG’s Continuing Professional Development Program
Revised July 2017
David M. Abbott, Jr., CPG-04570 Chair of AIPG’s CPD Program
dmageol@msn.com
The AIPG has had a voluntary Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program for a number of years.1 AIPG Certified Professional Geologists (CPGs) are recognized as qualified per- sons for purposes of Canadian National Instrument 43-101 Technical Reports for mining companies and as competent persons for purposes of JORC Code reports and similar reports for other CRIRSCO-template-compliant min- ing codes. In addition, various state licensing boards and other geoscience professional organizations have started requiring that some minimum amount of CPD be completed. Assuring compli- ance with the most rigorous state CPD requirements is part of the reason that those seeking the Nationally Licensed Geologist (NLG) title must participate in the new CPD program. The revised AIPG CPD program has been devel- oped in response to these developments. In addition, the revised AIPG CPD is designed to be easier to comply with than all previous versions. Among other things, AIPG CPD program participants will be responsible for keeping track of their CPD on their personal computers rather than keeping the CPD records on the AIPG website.
AIPG’s CPD program is based on a review of the CPD programs of a number of professional organizations including the programs of the:
• Association of Professional Geologists of Ontario (APGO)
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists of British Columbia (APEGBC)
• Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) (includ- ing the revisions in effect as of June 2017 or to become effective in 2018)
• Geological Society of London (GSL) for Chartered Fellows, 2017
• Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Registered Member program (SME RM)
• The GSL’s 2017 program provides the basis for the simplified CPD log sheet.
Participation in AIPG’s CPD Program
Participation in AIPG’s CPD Program is voluntary for all Members except for NLG title holders, who must partici- pate.2 All other members are encouraged to participate to get into the habit of recording CPD hours. More and more
geoscience professional societies are requiring that at least some class(es) of members must complete a minimum number of CPD hours. Experience shows that as one becomes more familiar with and accustomed to keeping track of CPD hours, the number of CPD hours logged each year considerably exceeds the mini- mum number of CPD hours required by the most rigorous CPD programs.
Nationally Licensed Geologists must participate in the AIPG CPD pro- gram. NLGs must log a minimum of 16 CPD hours per year including 1 hour devoted to professional ethics.
QPs and CPs: those Certified Professional Geologists who want to enhance their Qualified Person or Competent Person status for mining technical reports are encouraged to par- ticipate in AIPG’s CPD program. While participation in a mandatory CPD pro- gram is currently not required for QPs and CPs, this may change. While there are variations in the various mandatory CPD programs for mining geologists, the CPD “standard” for an increasing number of professional organizations is a minimum of 150 CPD hours accu- mulated over a rolling 3-year average including 3 hours devoted to professional
1. The original AIPG CPD program, called the CAMP program, was developed in 2000 and had a complicated system of logging activities and obtaining CPD points, see the May and June 2000 issues of The Professional Geologist.
2. The old AIPG CPD categories were: (1) successfully completing approved college sponsored course (semester); (2) successfully com- pleting approved college sponsored course (quarter); (3) monitoring or auditing college sponsored courses; (4) successfully completing qualifying courses which are awarded CEUs; (5) successfully completing qualifying seminars, tutorials, short courses, correspondence, televised or taped courses or programs; (6) attending qualifying in-house programs sponsored by employers or others; (7) attending qualifying programs at technical and professional meetings; (8) teaching, instructing or making presentations at 1 through 7; (9) authoring published papers, articles or books; (10) writing “accepted” professional examination problems (ASBOG); (11) professional/ technical society officer, national organization; (12) professional/technical society officer, state or local sections; and (13) membership in national technical organizations other than AIPG. Different activities received different weightings or points.
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