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And it even has a little inspector # to go with it :w00t:
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Does that mean that you are going to be now the badass,unfriendly, and mean inspector guy? I have problems seeing you like that but if you have to...give them heck!!!! :bio:
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Hey JR - Congrats. Have you ever thought about going for a CPSWQ or CESSWI? I've half-heartedly looked into them, but it doesn't get me anywhere a PE license doesn't so I never bothered. As I've noted before, the PE seems to be a catch-all license that lets you do just about anything. 
http://www.cpesc.org
Whenever we do an erosion control or stormwater mgmt permit in Vermont, there is an inspection requirement during and after construction. The work must be done by a PE or other 'environmental professional'. They don't deifine what that means, but I always took it to mean one of those certifications.
http://www.cpesc.org
Whenever we do an erosion control or stormwater mgmt permit in Vermont, there is an inspection requirement during and after construction. The work must be done by a PE or other 'environmental professional'. They don't deifine what that means, but I always took it to mean one of those certifications.
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^^^ I had a two-fold purpose for taking the FL course - 1. sort of a preview of what I might expect from taking the CPSWQ or CESSWI and 2. learn more about stormwater and sediment erosion BMPs. The latter is becoming more of an issue at sites I am working at where significant earthwork is being conducted and long-term water and sediment stabilization measures aren't being evaluated.
I tend to agree with you - the P.E. is a catchall for this sort of work. I was disappointed in the lack of SPECIFICS that were provided during the course. I will probably think twice before taking either of the national certifications unless I thought there would be something that could be gleaned or learned. Or unless an employer/client specifically wanted to see more 'knowledge' in that particular area.
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I tend to agree with you - the P.E. is a catchall for this sort of work. I was disappointed in the lack of SPECIFICS that were provided during the course. I will probably think twice before taking either of the national certifications unless I thought there would be something that could be gleaned or learned. Or unless an employer/client specifically wanted to see more 'knowledge' in that particular area.
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I haven't taken the CPESC or CPSWQ, but I know someone who has, and I have researched it quite a bit. I think you will learn a LOT of specifics studying for those certifications.
But VT is right - the PE license lets you do all that stuff anyway, so there's little incentive to go after those additional certifications. There's a reason those certifications exist, though - as you well know - the PE exam doesn't cover erosion control or stormwater BMPs at all. Because of that, a lot of State regualtory agencies (including my own, small as it is) are beginning to require additional certifications for designers of stormwater systems and erosion control plans.
As a plan reviewer, I fully support requiring those additional certifications. The plans I have seen submitted by the guy I know with the CPESC designation are a world apart from the plans submitted by his competitors - they sail right through the permitting process. Meanwhile, I continue to get crap from licensed PEs that simply will not work or are full of errors, and I have to turn them back. Usually this is met with "Hey! I'm a PE! I've been designing parking lots since the 1970s! You can't tell me that I'm wrong! I have a license to do this!"
Yep, I like those certifications, and I am going to get them as soon as I am able, and I am looking seriously at requiring them for site designers around here (or at the very minimum, some sort of home-grown certification).
But VT is right - the PE license lets you do all that stuff anyway, so there's little incentive to go after those additional certifications. There's a reason those certifications exist, though - as you well know - the PE exam doesn't cover erosion control or stormwater BMPs at all. Because of that, a lot of State regualtory agencies (including my own, small as it is) are beginning to require additional certifications for designers of stormwater systems and erosion control plans.
As a plan reviewer, I fully support requiring those additional certifications. The plans I have seen submitted by the guy I know with the CPESC designation are a world apart from the plans submitted by his competitors - they sail right through the permitting process. Meanwhile, I continue to get crap from licensed PEs that simply will not work or are full of errors, and I have to turn them back. Usually this is met with "Hey! I'm a PE! I've been designing parking lots since the 1970s! You can't tell me that I'm wrong! I have a license to do this!"
Yep, I like those certifications, and I am going to get them as soon as I am able, and I am looking seriously at requiring them for site designers around here (or at the very minimum, some sort of home-grown certification).
