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Membership
provides four communities of service to every member: local/chapter,
state, national, and online
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California chapters present continuing education, social and
networking opportunities for members around the state
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We
have cutting edge connectivity to deliver web-based services,
products, news and education. Electronic communication is widely
used by the board, committees and task forces to do business quickly
and effectively at both the state and national levels.
CSPE and NSPE: Cross-discipline interaction that sparks
NEW ideas and concepts
Membership helps engineers to maintain up-to-date familiarity with
cross-discipline issues affecting the industry. It gives you the
opportunity to make valuable personal and professional contacts with
engineers from all disciplines and management levels.
Opportunities to Network Face-to-Face
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Chapter meetings, seminars and social events
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State seminars and social events
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The CSPE and NSPE annual meetings
Opportunities to Network Electronically
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Web site interaction
24/7 (State,
National)
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Online discussion forums – Got a question?
Post it on NSPE’s website and engineers from around the country can
weigh in
Communication/Information
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CSPE and NSPE online
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CSPE Online
– CSPE’s
email newsletter contains industry information useful in your
career, updates from the California Board of Professional Engineers
and Land Surveyors, legislative information, highlights of CSPE
activities so you can keep up-to-date with what CSPE is doing for
you and much more.
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Engineering Times
– NSPE’s
monthly newspaper, is one of the best written, best produced
association newsletters out there. Members rate it as one of the
primary benefits of membership. It is easy to read, colorful,
contemporary and the content is good.
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Broadcast e-mail
with fast-read news bytes from NSPE, including
the monthly NSPE Update. In just a few minutes, you will know
all the latest news and services from NSPE.
Products
and Services
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The
annual
NSPE salary survey, which now comes in searchable
electronic form along with a hard copy. This is invaluable
information for engineers and engineer employers!
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Ask a PE,
discussion forums online: Maybe you have a career question you’re
not comfortable asking your boss or peers. Check out the “Ask a PE”
feature on the NSPE website. Pose a question or problem and
engineers from around the country can offer advice. Or share your
experience with someone else!
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Code of Ethics for
engineers and case studies in ethics: Engineers can get the
Code
of Ethics to hang on their wall to remind them daily of who and
what they are. There are ethical case studies to refer to.
Career
Enhancement
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Management principles:
Our society does not just elevate engineers to positions of
leadership, it trains them as well. At CSPE, we don’t make engineers
– we make engineering leaders.
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NSPE is
offering two FREE e-learning PDHs! Go to the NSPE website for
the details.
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Training:
As engineers become leaders in chapters, state societies or move on
to national positions, they learn important skills they can use on
the job.
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Practice
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People skills
Professionalism
Though
licensure is not a requirement of membership, CSPE and NSPE recognize
that PEs have gone the extra mile to achieve excellence in his or her
profession. Joining with other PEs in a PROFESSIONAL society shows
how much you value your PE status.
An
important part of our mission is to protect and enhance the value of the
PE license. We do this through:
Engineers
on the Licensure Track
Thinking of taking your PE or FE exam?
Sign up for the
PE or FE Readiness course through the NSPE website (available for
civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical and the EIT) that features:
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