What Qualifies for Continuing Education Hours (CDHs)/Professional Development Hours (PDHs)?
Inspection Related Activities:
Completing construction site inspection related activities can count up to 8 hours CDHs/PDHs.
- Inspection: 20 to 40 hours/year = 2 hours CDH/PDH
- Inspection: 41 to 100 hours/year = 4 hours CDH/PDH
- Inspection: 101 to 180 hours/year = 6 hours CDH/PDH
- Inspection: More than 180 hours/year = 8 CDH/PDH
Volunteer Related Activities:
Volunteer activities that involve the environment can count up to 6 hours CDHs/PDHs.
Examples of volunteer activities can include proctoring the CISEC, Inc. examinations (requires approval), trash clean-up, planting of trees (or other vegetation), trail rehabilitation, serving on CISEC, Inc. committees, etc.
If you are unsure if an activity applies, please contact us: .
Attendance at Professional Forums:
Attending professional forms (e.g., IECA, StormCon, APWA, TRIECA, EPA Conferences, Landscape Expo, etc.) can count up to 8 hours CDHs/PDHs.
This includes visiting Expo Halls and attending educational papers/demonstrations during those conferences.
Attendance at Educational Forums:
Attending educational forms (e.g., classroom training, in-house training, tail-gate sessions, lunch and learn, etc.) can count up to 8 hours CDHs/PDHs.
This can include trainings hosted by your company, cities, counties, etc.
Some places you can go to obtain educational CDHs/PDHs online are:
- International Erosion Control Association: ieca.org
- Forester University: foresteruniversity.com/content/Default.aspx
Presenting or Publishing Technical Papers:
Presenting or publishing a technical document can count up to 2 hours CDHs/PDHs.
This can include short articles for environmental magazines, newsletters, on-line publications, etc. It can also include presenting environmentally related topics to groups.
Other:
CISEC, Inc. recognizes that not all activities will fall into one of the above categories and have created an additional category. Items that fall into this category can count up to 8 hours CDHs/PDHs.
Examples can include:
- Taught Environmental Classes (this is more involved than presenting a short paper).
- Perform Water Quality Monitoring (maximum of 3 CDHs/PDHs)
- Other items will require approval by CISEC, Inc. Please contact us to discuss at
Please do not hesitate to contact us at with any questions you may have.
Note: 1 CDH/PDH = 0.1 CEU
