Florida Laws & Rules for Professional Engineers: 1 CEH

Preview Course: Florida Laws and Rules

In this course the student will study the Florida Board of Professional Engineers Laws and Rules, including Professional Engineering Ethics. This course consists of four sections, 1) Florida Rules: Rules adopted, amended, or repealed during the immediate preceding biennium, 2) Florida Statutes: Changes to Chapter 455, 3) Florida Statutes: Changes to Chapter 471, and 4) Disciplinary Cases Review.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Florida’s laws and rules
• Florida Rules: Rules adopted, amended, or repealed during the immediate preceding biennium
• Florida Statutes: Changes to Chapter 455
• Florida Statutes: Changes to Chapter 471
• Disciplinary Cases Review

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 11 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 1 continuing education hour (CEH).

Florida Ethics for Professional Engineers: 1 CEH

Preview Course: Florida Ethics

The primary objective of this course is to familiarize the student with the standards of professional behavior for adherence to the highest principles of ethical conduct as well as apply those principles in reviewing real case studies.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• The engineer’s duty to protect the public
• The engineer’s duty to make objective and truthful statements
• The engineer’s duty to limit practice to his or her field of competence
• The engineer’s duty to maintain client confidentiality
• The engineer’s responsibility to the profession

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 10 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 2 continuing education hours (CEH).

Process Design for Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels: 4 PDH

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • Why the motivation to exploit this energy supply
  • Process design and cost estimation
  • Economics and processing cost factors
  • Analysis of processing research on case study
  • Future research and opportunities

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 4 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 4 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

Engineer’s Guide to Cross Connection Control: 4 PDH

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Discuss the reasons for performing a study
• Understand the health hazards of cross-connections
• Discuss various real-life mishaps
• Discuss cross-connections risk mitigation
• Explain programs for cross-connection control and backflow prevention
• Understand common cross-connection scenarios and methods to mitigate

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 4 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

Carbon Absorption of Volatile Organic Compounds: 3 PDH

Carbon adsorption is used in air pollution control to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from low to medium concentration gas streams, when stringent outlet concentration must be met and/or recovery of the VOC is desired. This course covers the types of adsorbers, adsorption theory, and design procedures for carbon adsorption equipment.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • The types of carbon adsorption equipment and which are in most common use
  • Define an adsorption isotherm and be able to recognize the equation for the Freundlich isotherm
  • Adsorber sizing parameters
  • Make adsorption and desorption time calculations
  • Procedures for estimating carbon requirements
  • Cost estimation procedures for carbon adsorption systems

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 3 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

Corrosion Protection for Metal Fasteners in Coastal Areas: 3 PDH

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Discuss the importance of using corrosion-resistant metal connectors and fasteners in coastal areas
• Discuss regulations and codes in corrosion resistance material selection for fasteners
• Explain the causes of corrosion in coastal areas
• Understand types of corrosion-resistant metal connectors and fasteners
• Explain best practices for corrosion resistance

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 15 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 3 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

Hazardous Waste Identification: 2 PDH

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • Fundamentals of the hazardous waste identification process
  • Definition of hazardous waste & solid waste as used by RCRA
  • How to identify listed hazardous wastes and their characteristics
  • Interpretation of the mixture and ‘derived-from’ rules
  • Interpretation of the contained-in policy

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 16 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 2 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.