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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