Paramount To YouYour Career
and Your Profession
Serve Your Community and Enhance Our Image
Continuing Education Stay Current and Maintain
LicensureLegislative InfluencePromote and Protect the ProfessionNetworking Opportunities Grow Your Contacts Base and Professional Worth
Career Development Sharpen Your Personal Skills
Community Involvement
Stay Current and
Maintain Licensure
FES Provides Continuing Education
The Premier Continuing Education Provider in Florida
Technical
Courses Conveniently Offered On-line and Face-to-Face
Professionalism, Ethics, & the LawPE Refresher Course
+ +
Value Added Benefits …
Network OpportunitiesConvenient Locations
Partnering
NationalLocal
Peers and Partners
Collaboration with FDOT and FDEP
on over 20 programs per year.
Successful Track RecordOver 20 Seminars
Annually
Over 4,000 engineers served yearly!
Legislative Influence
Promotes and Protects the
Profession
You Have a Voice In Tallahassee & Washington, D.C.
Lobbying EffortsProfessional Engineers’ Legislative Days
Bill Search and Monitoring CapabilitiesCCNA Practice Protection
Paid Lobbyists
Support Pro-Engineering Candidates
Only State Society that Protects all Engineers
(FL Statute 471 - Engineers Legislation)
Continuous Monitoring of Unlicensed Engineering
Practices/Activities
Attend ALL Florida Board of Professional
Engineers (FBPE) Meetings
“I am in receipt of your letter.. Concerning Engineering Services Agreements and am in agreement with your Society’s position..”
Your Watchdog - Always Monitoring Continuing
Challenges to the ProfessionQuality Based
Selection
Fight Reinstatement of
Professional Service Tax
Chapter 471 Protection
VS
Scope Creep of Other
Professions
Price Based Selection
P.E.
Engineer’
s Plans
Bills Passed in 2013 with FES Assistance to Protect You
PASSED: Senate Bill 286 Limited by contract the liability of individual employees or agents who are employed by a design professional firm. Protected CCNA Reform MeasuresPermits design professionals from bidding out their services. Procurement must be based on qualifications. Infrastructure FundingThe overall budget for Florida increased by 4 billion dollars from the current fiscal year.
Grow Your Contacts Base and Professional Worth
Local Government
Water Management Districts
Interaction with Peers and Leaders
Chapter MeetingsAnnual Summer ConferenceState Leadership ConferenceFlorida Engineering Leadership InstituteCommittee Meetings
Seminar Interaction
FDEPFDOT
FPEGProfessional Engineers in Government
Local City & County Agencies
Personal/Family Fellowship
Shrimp Boils/Bust-a-Cap Competition
Golf Tournaments
Fishing Tournaments
Picnics
E-Week Banquets
Sharpen Your Personal Skills
Communication Tools
FES Journal
E-Mails
Chapter Newsletters
Web sites
Marketing Opportunities
the Pinellas Engineer Chapter Newsletter
January 2010
(Chapter & State)
Develop Leadership Skills Through…
Serving on Chapter CommitteesParticipating in Chapter Meetings
♦ Public Speaking
♦ Delegation
♦ Time Management
♦ Team Building
Enhance Skills Through Formal Training Opportunities
Florida Engineering Leadership InstituteManagement Seminars
Technical Seminars
Florida Building CodeAdvanced Study of Structural Wind Loading Criteria, Wind Load Design Options
Professional EducationMentoring Relationships
Develop Career
Develop Community Professionals
New and Established
Paths and Goals
Serve Your Community and Enhance Our Image
Service and Growth Opportunities
Future Cities Competition
Drop It, Build It, Fly It
Adopt-A-Highway
Service and Growth Opportunities
K-12 State Education Committee Volunteer RegistriesLocal Teach-In, Science Fairs
Partner in Education with School Boards
Broward County ChapterCentral Florida Chapter
The Path To Professionalism
Serve Your Community and Enhance Our Image
Continuing Education Stay Current and Maintain Licensure
Legislative InfluencePromote and Protect the Profession
Networking Opportunities Grow Your Contacts Base and Your Professional Worth
Career Development Sharpen Your Personal SkillsCommunity Involvement
Involvement ….
Your Key to Success
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