New Mexico-Civil Engineering Package #2: 30 PDH

In this course the student will study two ethics courses including the New Mexico State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors Laws and Rules. A total of thirty (30) questions will test his or her understanding of the subject.

This course satisfies the New Mexico continuing education requirement of two (2) professional development hours in engineering ethics, (ref. New Mexico Administrative Code Title 16.39.2.8 subsection D).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within New Mexico'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.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Explain accidents and accident models
• Discuss cause and effect relationships
• Understand human performance considerations
• Describe safety management systems
• Recognize accident types/ individual and systems
• Explain the design of accident investigations

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a twenty (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 four (4) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Explain gravel roadways routine maintenance and rehabilitation
• Discuss drainage and its importance
• Describe surface gravel types
• Discuss dust control and stabilization
• Recognize innovations and recent trends
• Explain construction guidelines and gradation determination
• Explain gravel road project quantity calculations
• Discuss gravel deterioration and when to pave

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 four (4) hours of professional development (PDH).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Explain overall building design and construction best practices
• Discuss general building site and landscape guidelines
• Discuss envelope/structure essential tips
• Understand architecture/interiors best practices
• Describe mechanical/plumbing lessons learned
• Explain lighting/electrical essentail tips
• Explain operational fundamentals as relates to accessibility, durability, reliability, and maintainability/cleanability

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 three (3) hours of professional development (PDH).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Explain remote sensing and its applications
• Discuss the basic components of remote sensing
• Discuss the history and future of remote sensing
• Understand three-dimensional (3d) data acquisition
• Describe elements of processing geospatial data
• Explain image enhancements
• Explain Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)

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 five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Explain American housing relative to its history, construction characteristics, regulation, and performance experience
• Discuss structural sesign as it applies to residential buildings
• Discuss the latest technical knowledge and engineering approaches for the design of homes
• Explain design loads for residential buildings
• Explain the various loads and load combinations
• Review the various design approaches and corresponding calculations

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 five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Explain sustainability and how it applies to concrete pavements
• Discuss pavement sustainability concepts
• Describe concrete pavement design attributes enhancing sustainability
• Recite sustainable concrete pavement materials
• Recognize construction issues related to sustainability
• Identify concrete pavement renewal practices
• Discuss economic and environmental analyses of sustainable concrete pavements

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 five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).