Re: Use of PDH Center for Online Courses

From: <Christopher>
Date: Tue Nov 29 2005 - 10:01:00 EST

On Nov 29, 2005, at 1:59 AM, Steve McKenzie wrote:

> This
> is available elsewhere for free, so apart from mention of a multiple
> choice questionnaire (woohoo) I cant find the added value which
> justifies the price.
>
> Perhaps someone can put me straight.

I think the main value is in accumulating the required continuing ed credits for engineering registration here in the States. I find myself doing a fair amount of studying on my own because there are lots of things I need to know, but that doesn't show up as continuing ed the way the engineering boards want it. If self-study were given a blanket approval, you'd doubtless see every deadhead with an engineering license listing the time he imagined he spent on the crapper with a trade magazine. The approach to continuing ed here is silly, but that's another story--the people who really need it can just go through the motions and it doesn't do anyone any good. The people who don't need it, do it anyway.

The PDH courses are available free to anyone who wants to read the material. The only fee is for the test which you take to register continuing ed credit with the state board. Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=Ip8WKaUHnJkyjoPZs44-7TpXB8eBf5dzU9Uw1UiChsCFev80vrz0x_B_4h-lbr0LCMbEo3FrjhTmcTyJfnE">chrisw@skypoint.com</a> | this distance" (last words of Gen.

.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania

1864)
<a href="http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/">http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/</a> Received on Tue Nov 29 10:01:00 2005