Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control™

Would that be better answered in http://www.civilengconnect.com/ (a sister forum)?

Maybe not, as it appears not to have the same level of activity as ours.

I think Floyd Carrington is certified. He sent me some information on it.

Let me see if I can find it. Floyd was very helpful.

Rick

I need to get sonethings done in the office the rest of the afternoon. I'll answer after dinner.

Look at the thread on page 3, "Stormwater Polluyion Prevention Plan Permit"

Make sure you don't bury yourself in PDH requirements. Every certification seems to have its own. Sort of a perpetual money machine for the accrediting body......

Is anyone certified by this group?

Yes, I'm certified as a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC) and a Certified Professional in Stormwater Quality (CPSWQ).

If so, what does it allow you do do?

A CPESC can write Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs). Also a CPESC can make the weekly inspections required by the State Construction Permit.

Storm water design work?

Yes... but in New York a LS can go up to the line of engineering, where ever that line is. When you are a CPSWQ it lets you step up to the line.

Where I practice our soil is sand. We do not have streams here. All our drainage goes into underground leaching rings. I have not been stopped from designing drainage or doing SWPPP calculations for subdivision roads or site plans with parking lot drainage. Now if it was designing a dam or detention ponds that is a different story.

Design silt fence placement ect???

Yes, that is part of the drawings in a SWPPP. Drawings in a SWPPP are existing and proposed watersheds around and on the site with time of concentration lines, builtout drawing, and a detail drawing.

PDH requirements

PDH's count for both my certifications i.e. one PDH is get marked down on each of my continuing ed sheets for each certification.

Thank you for that info, I may look further into the certifications. I don't think that the engineering groups in my area would let a LS go to far without a lot of push back.

Thank again,

Forrest