Maintaining your Professional Designation

Pre-Approval of Education Providers

Pre-Approval is no longer required
Under the new CPD guidelines established by the CCC, all courses related to construction or management, from all reputable education providers, are valid for CPD credit.

Courses are considered to meet the CPD requirement if they can reasonably be assumed to enhance a constructor’s ability to manage the execution of construction projects.

Educational sessions at construction-industry associations’ conferences are an example of such courses, as are OSHA courses, university-level class work in construction science, etc.

However, a course does not need to be specifically targeted at constructors to be considered valid. For example, business administration and finance courses that are not exclusively meant for constructors (such as MBA courses, etc) would be worth credit in most cases.

ACs and CPCs should be prepared to justify a course’s relevance if its connection to construction is not obvious. If you have any questions about a particular course, please contact the CCC National Office.

Providers are considered reputable if they can be reasonably assumed to consistently provide quality educational content.

CCC trusts certificants to choose quality providers, and providers do not need to be pre-approved or otherwise reviewed by CCC prior to being considered valid.

However, certificants should include documentation and contact information for all of their course providers, so that they can be verified if there is any need to do so.