Delaware – Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

Preview Course: Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules

In this course the student will study three (3) hours of ethics including one (1) hour of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers Laws and Rules. A total of thirty (30) questions will test his or her understanding of the subject.

This course satisfies the Delaware continuing education requirement of three (3) professional development hours in engineering ethics, (ref. DAPE Guidelines for Maintaining Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Sec. E1).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Delaware's laws and rules
• 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 30 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

Basic Electrical and DC Theory: 9 PDH

Preview Course: Basic Electrical
Do you know where electricity comes from? To be able to say yes to that question, you must understand a bit about the physics of matter. In this course you’ll learn the basics involving: matter, electron theory, magnetism, electromagnetism, the laws of electrical circuits, series circuits, parallel circuits, series-parallel circuits and the basic electrical formulas.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• How is DC voltage produced and what does an electric circuit consist of
• What is a rectifier and how half-wave bridge rectifiers differ from full-wave bridge rectifiers
• What is the difference between a schematic diagram, one-line diagram, block diagram and wiring diagram
• What is resistivity and how temperature affects the resistance of materials
• What is the difference between open circuit, close circuit, and short circuit
• What primary characteristics identify a series, parallel or a combination circuit
• How to calculate the current and voltage drop in series, parallel or combination circuits
• How to calculate the equivalent resistance for a series, parallel or combination circuit
• What is meant by the terms voltage divider and current division
• How is electron flow theory different from conventional current theory

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 30 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 9 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

Batteries, DC Circuits, DC Generators, & DC Motors: 6 PDH

Preview Course: Batteries & DC Circuits
This electrical training course provides a basic introduction to DC theory, electrical circuits, batteries and DC machinery (motors and generators). This course is essential to electrical engineers to refresh upon the basics and relearn the basic knowledge of electrical principals and equipment usages and applications.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Battery operations: series, parallel, primary, secondary, shelf life, etc
• Battery types: wet, dry, alkaline, etc
• Battery hazards
• Inductance
• Capacitance
• DC generator construction
• DC generator theory of operation
• DC generator voltage production, ratings, & losses
• DC motor theory
• DC motor construction and operation

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 6 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

AC Theory, Circuits, Generators & Motors: 6 PDH

Preview Course: AC Theory & Circuits
AC circuit theory can cause engineers a lot of difficulty; however this course will attempt to make the concept easy to see and understand. Numerous pictures and graphs are used to show the basic fundamentals of how Alternating Current works. This course also details the general theory and equations for AC Circuit analysis, AC generators and AC Motors.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• AC motor theory
• AC motor construction and operation
• AC motor applications and usage
• Transformer theory and design
• Electronic Measuring devices
• Instrument construction
• Distribution 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 6 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Requirements

Continuing Education or PDH is known as CPC in Delaware
Delaware Professional Engineers are required to earn 24 PDH biennially. All of the required hours can be earned through online continuing education courses. The following table shows a quick rundown of license renewal requirements.