IACET Continuing Education

IACET stands for the International Association for Continuing Education & Training, and it’s Criteria and Guidelines for Quality Continuing Education and Training Programs are the standards by which hundreds of organizations measure their educational offerings. As an authorized IACET provider, Carrier is able to offer the opportunity for attendees of the Global Engineering Conference to acquire continuing education units (CEUs) by participating in the various workshops and other events at the conference.

Continuing Education Units

One Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is defined as ten contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction.

The primary purpose of the CEU is to provide a permanent record of the educational accomplishments of an individual who has completed one or more significant non-credit educational experiences. Awarding the CEU approved by IACET also provides a quality indicator for your continuing educatin and training programs because it means you have been reviewed and approved for complying with internationally recognized standards.

Awarding CEUs

IACET CEUs may be awarded by a college, association, company or any other organization willing and able to meet each of the ANSI/IACET Standards established for the use of the IACET CEU. The Standards can be purchased at www.iacet.org. Note that awarding IACET CEUs requires that a permanent record be established for each individual to whom IACET CEUs are awarded, and a transcript of that record must be made available upon request.

For programs that meet all of the ANSI/IACET Standards, generally, this is recognized as a minimum of 30 minutes, unless otherwise specified by licensing or certifying agency standards for continuing education.

Calculation of CEUs

One IACET CEU is awarded for each ten clock hours (sixty-minutes=one clock hour) of instruction hours involved in the program. Instructional hours do not include time involved in coffee breaks, meals, social activities or business and committee meetings. As an authorized IACET provider, Carrier maintains a complete, permanent record of each learner’s participation, and can provide a copy of that record upon request.

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