DQ4. Can all courses and seminars be considered for the CPD Hours?
DA4. When the courses and seminars meet BEM’s CPD criteria they can be accorded CPD Hours.
E.
WHAT CAN BE CONSIDERED AS CPD
EQ1. Can presentation to final year students at Universities or Old Boy’s Club regarding
industry experience be considered as paper presentation?
EA1. No. Presentation of papers as stated in the ‘Circular on CPD Requirements’ qualifying for a Time-
Weighted Factor of 10 refers to presentation to a professional audience or technical research
papers of quality acceptable to professional societies and referred publications. Presentation
to students or social club members can be considered under CPD Activity Type 5 “Engineering
Service Activities.”
IEM and other professional NGOs should take note of this. Senior Registered Persons should
also take this opportunity to offer voluntary service to present papers to disseminate their
knowledge and experience.
EQ2. What about Registered Persons (PE/PEPC/IOW) who are no longer practicing per se but
may be appointed to sit in Board of Directors of Companies? Can a programme attended by
a Company Director under KLSE’s CPD requirement be accepted as BEM CPD?
EA2. Yes. Any activity of relevance to the Registered Person in his/her professional job as an engineer
or an IOW can be considered a CPD activity. A Registered Person who being a Company Director,
attends CPD programmes required by KLSE, the Securities Commission of Malaysia or the
Companies Commission of Malaysia is considered to have performed continuing professional
development since his/her effectiveness and contribution to the Company Board as a technical
professional is contingent upon such management and corporate governance skills and
knowledge.
EQ3.
EA3.
EQ4.
EA4.
EQ5.
EA5.
EQ6.
EA6.
There are Registered Persons (PE/PEPC/IOW) who appear not to be involved in engineering
services but managing engineering workforce instead? Can they clock sufficient CPD Hours
in non-engineering activities?
Yes. Engineering management is part of engineering work.
After listening to your intention to allow non-engineering subjects to be acceptable as CPD,
how would such subjects upgrade the skills in the engineering profession?
Non-engineering subjects which are relevant to the Registered Persons in performing their
professional job, like accounting principles, contract laws and human resource management can
be considered as CPD.
Is it possible to accumulate CPD Hours for service in IEM committees and preparing
papers on specific matters undertaken by such committees?
Yes, such activities would be under Activity Type 5 “Engineering Service Activities.” Minutes of
meetings showing attendance will be required for BEM auditing purposes.
If the same paper is recycled, can it be considered under Presentation of Papers?
No. Not under Activity Type 4 with a Time-Weighted Factor of 10. Such weightage is given
due to consideration of the time and efforts needed for such presentation. However, a repeat
presentation is likely to be rendering of service to the engineering profession and thus can be
considered as Activity Type 5 “Engineering Service Activities.”
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