BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 11
Profession Law and Section 6 (a) of P.D. No. 223, as amended, the Board
hereby adopts the following Guidelines governing the Continuing
Professional Education Program for registered Foresters in the
Philippines submitted by the Society of Filipino Foresters, Inc. in
consultation and approved by the Board.
Guidelines For Continuing Professional Education and Accreditation of Filipino Foresters Practitioners
I
Introduction
The Code of Ethics for Foresters enjoins each Forester to “develop
professionally and be informed and updated on new developments in
forestry “. In order to fulfill this requirement, a Continuing
Professional Education (CPE) Program for Foresters is designed. These
guidelines will provide each member a program which he can adopt and as a
means to document the activities undertaken to advance his professional
competence. Likewise, the Society of Filipino Foresters, Inc. (SFF) is
provided with a system of evaluating and accrediting its members for
the continuing education undertakings as a requirement for the renewal
of their professional Foresters lincenses.
II
Administration-Accreditation and Evaluation Board
a. Membership — A Continuing Professional Education
Committee shall administer the CPE program. The CPE committee shall be
composed of five (5) members who shall come from the following sectors:
Government sector – 2
Academic/Research
sector — – 2
Private Sector – 1
The Chairman of the Education and Accreditation Committee (EAC) of
SFF shall chair the CPE committee. The remaining four (4) members shall
be appointed by the Board for Foresters from among the members of the
SFF upon the recommendation of the SFF Board of Directors.
b. Qualifications — Qualifications for membership in the CPE Committee shall be:
(1) a regular SFF member in good standing;
(2) a duly registered professional forester in good standing;
(3) a minimum of five (5) years professional experience.
c. Tenure — The term of the CPE Committee Chairman shall be
co-terminus with his term as chairman of EAC. The other members shall
serve for a term of two (2) years, renewable for another two (2) years,
unless otherwise disqualified or removed for cause by the Board for
Foresters.
d. Functions — The CPE Committee shall have the following functions:
(1) Recommend program guidelines for the continuing professional education for foresters;
(2) Recommend a system of CPE accreditation for foresters;
(3) Accredit activities/programs upon request of professionals and other related organizations;
(4) Periodically review and recommend revisions of guidelines for the Continuing Professional Education for Foresters.
III
CPE Activities and Corresponding Credits
Category 1 — Organized course work in forestry in such
fields as silviculture, mensuration, land use classification, forest
protection, forest products utilization, watershed management, erosion
control, agroforestry, wildlife and habitat management, social forestry,
forest development planning, forest policy and forestry-related subject
matters. This will include seminars, short training courses, symposia,
workshops conducted or sponsored by public or private organizations.
Credit shall accrue at the rate of one (1) CPE unit for each hour of
actual contact.Category 2 — Other organized course work/activities.
These include professionally enriching activities directly benefiting
the individual in his/her present position. This would include
conventions/conferences of the Society of Filipino Foresters and
Philippine Forest Research Society, or other professional meetings or
course work in areas such as computer science, managerial and leadership
skills and others. Credits accrue at the same rate as in category 1.Category 3 — The development, preparation, and
presentation of course work and other related activities such as
described in categories 1 and 2, which require effort beyond the general
scope of the individual’s normal duties or job description. Credits
shall accrue at the rate of four (4) CPE units for each presentation.Category 4 — Researches and Publications. The
preparation, writing, and publication of forestry or forestry-related
subject matter which requires effort beyond the general scope of the
individual’s normal duties or job description. Credit shall accrue at
the rate of ten (10) CPE for each publication requiring technical
review, and five (5) CPE units for each article or a series of articles
of the same topic of substantial nature in magazines, newspapers, or
similar publications.Category 5 — Holding elected or appointed office, or
active committee assignment in the SFF or allied professional
organizations such as the Philippine Forest Research Society; or service
as Member of the Board for Foresters, Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC) and Area Specialists of the Board. Credits accrue at
the rate of five (5) CPE units per year for holding office or chairing a
committee and, at the discretion of the Committee Chairman, up to a
maximum of five (5) CPE units per year for active committee membership.Category 6 — Attendance/participation in international
meetings or conferences on forestry such as those of IUFRO, ASEAN-COFAF,
ASEAN Coordinating Group on Forestry and others, or those sponsored by
forestry-related or private forestry organizations. Credits shall accrue
at the rate of three (3) CPE units per day of attendance.Category 7 — Postgraduate and non-degree training. This
includes pursuance of graduate studies leading to Masteral or Doctoral
degrees or participation in extended non-degree training courses.
Credits accrue at the rate of ten (10) CPE units per year or a fraction
thereof of attendance of graduate studies, and one (1) CPE units per
month or a fraction thereof of attendance in non-degree training
courses.Category 8 — Self improvement. This includes
self-improvement activities in Forestry or related subjects such as
reading of technical journals and other related publications as
evidenced by subscription and purchase of such publications. The CPE
committee accredits publications which will be included under this
category. Credits accrue at the rate of two (2) CPE units per year of
subscription of each publication.
IV
Procedure for Accreditation
Requests for accreditation shall be submitted with supporting
documents to the chairman, Committee on Continuing Professional
Education through the Executive Secretary, SFF who shall issue the
corresponding certificate of CPE units earned during the period
prescribed by the board for Foresters.
V
Minimum Requirement
A minimum of thirty (30) CPE units over a three year period shall be
considered as satisfactory compliance of the CPE requirement. Provided,
that any CPE unit earned in any of the categories specified herein
shall be considered in the determination of the total CPE units earned.
Provided, further that any CPE unit earned within the three-year period
which is over and above the required thirty (30) CPE units shall be
carried over to the next accreditation period.
VI
Monitoring Members CPE Credits
The SFF through the Committee on Continuing Professional Education
shall issue corresponding certificates attesting to the CPE units earned
during the period by each member in good standing. These certificates
should be kept and presented to the PRC at the time the professionals ID
license is renewed.
VII
Effectivity
The effectivity of these guidelines for Foresters licenses-issuance
purposes will start on April 1, 1991, with the accumulation of CPE units
starting on April 1, 1990. All those who are scheduled to renew their
professional Foresters licenses from April 1, 1991 to March 31, 1992
should have earned at least ten (10) CPE units during the preceding
year; those renewing their licenses from April 1, 1992 to March 31, 1993
should have earned at least twenty (20) CPE units during the preceding
two (2) years; and those renewing their licenses starting April 1, 1993
should have earned at least thirty (30) units during the preceding three
(3) years. These guidelines will be fully operational starting April
1, 1993.
Upon approval hereof by the Commission these Guidelines shall take
effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Adopted: 17 May 1990
(SGD.) CELSO P. DIAZ
Chairman
|
(SGD.) WILBUR G. DEE
Member |
(SGD.) GREGORIO I. TEXON
Member |
Approved as part of the Rules and Regulations governing the practice of Forestry, this 17th day of May, 1990.
(SGD.) JULIO B. FRANCIA, JR.
Commissioner
|
(SGD.) NILO C. MARIANO
Associate Commissioner |
(SGD.) MARIANO A. MENDIETA
Associate Commissioner |