JABATAN ALAM SEKITAR MALAYSIA (DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT) ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CPD REQUIREMENT FOR COMPETENT PERSONS
With the objective of maintaining status of professionalism of the competent persons, the Department of Environment, through EiMAS will implement the CPD requirement starting 2014. Throughout 2013, the competent persons are required to accumulate at a minimum, 50 CPD hours to be eligible for maintaining their names in the Registry of Certified Environmental Professionals (NRCEP) in 2014. The activities which will earn CPD hours and the CPD hour value for the activities are shown in Table 1. Table 1: Various learning/ training activities and their CPD hour values Training Category
I
Training Activity
Attending Environmental Training Courses, Workshops
Description
1. Organized by EiMAS or DOE at national or international level 1.1 Without exam 1.2 With exam 2. Organized by others, either at national or international level (pre course CPD assessment by EiMAS) 2.1 Without exam 2.2 With exam
II
Attending/participated in Certification Courses and Formal Activities for Mainstreaming of Environmental Dimension in Management in Industries and Businesses
1. Industrial Water pollution control ( e.g. CePIETSO-PCP, CePIETSO-BP, CePPOME) 2. Industrial Air pollution control (e.g. CEPSO, CEPBFO) 3. Hazardous Waste Management Management (CePSWAM) 4. Cleaner Production 5. Performance Monitoring Committee (PMC)meetings 6. ISO 14001(EMS) meetings 1
CPD Hour Value
Maximum CPD Hours Allowed Per Annum
6/day 9/day
50 50
6/day (maximum) 9/day (maximum)
20
20/course
20
20/course
20
20/course
20
10/course 10/meeting
10 10
10/meting
10
20
III
Attending Environmental Conventions, Conferences, Seminars, Talks, Technical Visits, etc.
1. Organized by EiMAS or DOE, either at national level or International level 2. Organized by others, either at national or international level 3. Technical Visits
IV
Conducting Training
1. Internal Training 2. External Training with external participants
V
Presenting Technical Papers
Preparation and presentation of papers for conventions, conferences, seminars, workshops, talks, courses, etc. 1. Organized by EiMAS / DOE at national level level or international international level
VI
VII
Publishing Books and Technical Articles*
Conducting Research and Pursued Undergraduate/Post Graduate Studies
4/day
10
3/day
10
2/day
5
3 /hr 3/hr
10 10
3 /hr
10
2. Organized by others, at national level or International level
2 /hr
6
1. Published books related to the profession 2. Published articles in referred journal related to the profession 3. Published articles on environmental field in other journals or publications
30/book
30
15/article
30
10/article
10
10/course
10
5/course
5
**
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1. Full time study for a minimum of twelve months duration on subjects related to environmental engineering, environmental science or environmental related field 2. Part-time Study/Correspondence / Distance Learning Course for a duration of not less than one year leading to an Undergraduate/PostGraduate Degree related to environmental engineering, environmental science or environmental related field 3. Other related studies as approved by the DOE 2
VIII
Self-study
Studying books/journals/articles on environmental filed
IX
Others
Others as approved by the DOE
2/book, journal or article **
10
**
Note: * One (1) copy of Thesis/Research, Seminar Paper or Report shall be presented to t he DOE for records ** CPD hour values to be determined by the DOE
20 out of the total 50 CPD hours must be obtained from Training Category I, II, and/or III. Other details on CPD requirements can be read by accessing http://eimas.doe.gov.my If you need any clarifications on CPD requirements, please contact John Rampai via phone 03-89261500 or email at jr@doe. at
[email protected] gov.my
Dato' Dr. Ahmad Kamarul Najuib Che Ibrahim Deputy Director General ( Development) Department of Environment 26 February, 2013
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