In recognition of the importance of ongoing education for professional engineers and the increased popularity in our pipe stress and pressure vessel classes, COADE sought certification of its Continuing Education Unit (CEU) by a recognized organization. The CEU is a unit of measure of instruction equal to 10 hours of formal training. To enhance our CEU certification, COADE applied to the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to become an Authorized CEU Sponsor.

Our application to IACET required improvements to our training in several areas. We now have a better idea of what students need to learn, our materials are more standardized to meet those goals, and our course is evaluated by the students to confirm that the goals are met. Our documentation has also improved. Not only is a certificate issued to each student at the completion of a course, but any former student may now request a transcript for all COADE courses.

We can now say that as an Authorized CEU Sponsor, COADE’s CEU criteria have been reviewed and approved by IACET. The CEU logo and our membership number will now appear on all training certificates issued by COADE.