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BIG Changes to ICC CEU Requirements

peach said:
Although I usually have more than enough CEU's, it looks like I may be having to visit the ICC on line campus.. I assume those will still be accepted?
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yes it will. My cue' s have also gone up. You also now get ceu's for committee service and serving as a chapter officer. That part was long over due.
 
jpranch said:
yes it will. My cue' s have also gone up. You also now get ceu's for committee service and serving as a chapter officer. That part was long over due.
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Well that will help out...........
 
fatboy said:
Well that will help out...........
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it should. Getting ceu's for committee service like I said was long over due. With that said I will get credit for ICC board service as well. If anybody thinks it is not earned... Well...
 
Well earned my friend............time that the commitment had a dividend........... Thanks for your hard work!
 
Sounds like another back room deal to me. Why not ask first instead of shooting from the hip, ask the members what they think will work explain it to us first before saying we are going to do this and this is how it will work. We think ICC is turning back to its membership driven roots and then something like this comes along, It is at time like these that I wish there was another certification agency that would offer certifications as competition to ICC.
 
They will drive away membership from states that only require an initial test from the ICC. I have only maintained my ICC certs in case I move to another state. They are not required to work here as a Government employee. Sounds like someone is getting a little big for the hen house.
 
There has not been any "back room deals". I know because I was there and I DO NOT do back room deals. All of this was done in open session at the board meetings over the past year. There has been some modest fee increases. Please do not forget that there are 260 full time employees of the ICC. They have to pay mortgages, car payments, healthcare, and they need to eat too. Not to mention all the services at no charge to chapters (350 chapters & counting) and members. BTW, the ICC has to budget $3,500.00 per chapter for each year. Not all the chapters use those benefits but it gives you a look at what things cost. There are other good organizations out there that do certification testing such as NFPA. Not knocking them one bit and I have been to many, many of their seminars (mostly the 101 seminars) and hold one certification with them. (CFPS) Take a look and compare their prices especially the seminars. Pretty pricey.

Post Script: The CFPS (Certified Fire Protection Specialist) exam cost $350.00. Retests cost $125.00. Ready for this one... ANNUAL FEE is $90.00. OR $270.00 every 3 years. To me it's worth it and thankfully my jurisdiction covers this for me.
 
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Will Jim you know how I feel about the way the cash Cow sends us a renew fee for $70.00 and if you send the money by check it will cost another $15.00 and when I was filling the form out at the end of March (my renewal was due in May). But when I went back to complete my payment in April it went up to $87.50. When I called to ask why, the ICC people said that is the way the Cash Cow does business. When I called you you were a caring ear but said you could do nothing you did give me a name and number to call about customer service and when I ask for the lady the woman that answered the phone at the ICC was very rude. I don't have a jurisdiction to cover the cost for me like you do.

After taking to I do feel you may were cowboy boots but that's about as much cowboy that you are. Yes, I do own a horse and I do know a real cowboy when I talk to one. Like you said time will tell if the ICC will close down.

Rick
 
Then Jim Cowboy Up and make a change that most of us want don't go along with the bigger the ICC is, the better.

You know the ICC needs a good house cleaning.

Rick
 
I will probably only renew my Building Plans Examiner certificate. That is the only one required for my job.

I hate to lose my MPC cert but.....ICC is strickly out of control. Or maybe way too much in control. Either way, this is ridiculous.

GPE
 
Was there something to precipitate this change or is it one of those "it was a long time coming" things? what is the problem with ICC certified courses? too expensive? hard to get to?
 
Personally, I will no longer renew my ICC certs and just keep my State's and NFPA ones. The ICC ones really don't do anything for me and NFPA recognizes our state organizational trainings for CEU's. Personally I don't like the way ICC has no educational component to complete before one can get certification. Just my 2 cents.
 
GPE keep them all. With the laws in Georgia ya never know. You might not need them now but...

I don't like the changes but I will keep my MCP active. It took too long in time and money to get it. I don't need any certs in my current position but the MCP got certain requirements waved.

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***** happens folks, prices have gone up for everything else we need to function in our daily lives, so why are our CEU's and exams any different. I will not let any of my certs expire, I could continue to function in my current position, but if I elected to move on.........hmmmm. Just had an inspector come back on board, who had let his certs lapse......had to pay full bore to retake the test, and get re-certified.
 
So, help me understand why I would need to have 6.0 CEU's to maintain a CBO certification when the CBO certification is required for MCP but MCP only requires 4.5 CEU's. I'm not following the difference.
 
Luckey for me the state of TN only requires State Certs. On March 20, 2011 my house caught fire and lost all of my cert hours,I had already qualified with state and not the ICC.

I called the ICC and explained what had happen, They were sorry but nothing could be done without hours report. So I lost my ICC certs but still have my state. I am self employed so I came close to losing my job! Thanks to the state of TN I still can work as long as it is in the state of TN.

Just my Thought!
 
Greetings,

typical money grab by ICC. It takes me about 80 hours of CE for my varied Tx state licenses. If they can't accept that then they can kiss ............ They won't get any more $ from me!

BS
 
Bringing an older thread back from the dead. I was just keeping tabs on how many CEU's I have and noticed that My CBO cert now requires 6 CEU's. It used to be 4.5 CEU's for more than 3 certs (or something like that). When did that change occur? Anyways, I contacted ICC in concern that the Colorado ICC Educational Institute that I go to every year could only be counted once in the three year renewal period and the lady I spoke with said it can be counted towards the total every year as long as you don't take the same classes twice.
 
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Coder,

The requirement to have 6.0 CEU's to renew your CBO,

began in 2014 I believe.

Them with the gold makes the rules, and the rules

benefits them with the gold !

I do not like it either, but seemingly, ...we have one

of two choices.......Either play by their rules, or pick

our toys and go find another sand box.........D`OH ! :frown:

How much is your CBO worth to you ?

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