JABATAN ALAM SEKITAR MALAYSIA (DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT) ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CPD REQUIREMENT FOR COMPETENT PERSONS With

the objective of maintaining status of professionalism of the competent persons, the Department of Environment, through EiMAS will implement the CPD requirement starting 2014. Throughout 2013, the competent persons are required to accumulate at a minimum, 50 CPD hours to be eligible for maintaining their names in the Registry of Certified Environmental Professionals (NRCEP) in 2014. The activities which will earn CPD hours and the CPD hour value for the activities are shown in Table 1. Table 1: Various learning/ training activities and their CPD hour values
Training Category Training Activity Description CPD Hour Value Maximum CPD Hours Allowed Per Annum

Attending Environmental Training Courses, Workshops

1. Organized by EiMAS or DOE at national or international level 1.1 Without exam 1.2 With exam 2. Organized by others, either at national or international level (pre course CPD assessment by EiMAS) 2.1 Without exam 2.2 With exam

6/day 9/day

50 50

6/day (maximum) 9/day (maximum)

20 20

II

Attending/participated in Certification Courses and Formal Activities for Mainstreaming of Environmental Dimension in Management in Industries and Businesses

1. Industrial Water pollution control ( e.g. CePIETSO-PCP, CePIETSO-BP, CePPOME) 2. Industrial Air pollution control (e.g. CEPSO, CEPBFO) 3. Hazardous Waste Management (CePSWAM) 4. Cleaner Production 5. Performance Monitoring Committee (PMC)meetings 6. ISO 14001(EMS) meetings 1

20/course 20/course 20/course 10/course 10/meeting 10/meting

20 20 20 10 10 10

III

Attending Environmental Conventions, Conferences, Seminars, Talks, Technical Visits, etc. Conducting Training

1. Organized by EiMAS or DOE, either at national level or International level 2. Organized by others, either at national or international level 3. Technical Visits 1. Internal Training 2. External Training with external participants Preparation and presentation of papers for conventions, conferences, seminars, workshops, talks, courses, etc. 1. Organized by EiMAS / DOE at national level or international level 2. Organized by others, at national level or International level

4/day 3/day 2/day 3 /hr 3/hr

10 10 5 10 10

IV

Presenting Technical Papers

3 /hr

10

2 /hr

VI

Publishing Books and Technical Articles*

1. Published books related to the profession 2. Published articles in referred journal related to the profession 3. Published articles on environmental field in other journals or publications 1. Full time study for a minimum of twelve months duration on subjects related to environmental engineering, environmental science or environmental related field 2. Part-time Study/Correspondence / Distance Learning Course for a duration of not less than one year leading to an Undergraduate/PostGraduate Degree related to environmental engineering, environmental science or environmental related field 3. Other related studies as approved by the DOE 2

30/book 15/article 10/article

30 30 10

VII

Conducting Research and Pursued Undergraduate/Post Graduate Studies

10/course

10

5/course

**

**

VIII

Self-study

Studying books/journals/articles on environmental filed Others as approved by the DOE

IX

Others

2/book, journal or article **

10

**

Note: * One (1) copy of Thesis/Research, Seminar Paper or Report shall be presented to the DOE for records ** CPD hour values to be determined by the DOE

20 out of the total 50 CPD hours must be obtained from Training Category I, II, and/or III. Other details on CPD requirements can be read by accessing http://eimas.doe.gov.my If you need any clarifications on CPD requirements, please contact John Rampai via phone 03-89261500 or email at jr@doe.gov.my

Dato' Dr. Ahmad Kamarul Najuib Che Ibrahim Deputy Director General ( Development) Department of Environment 26 February, 2013