Drainage Design: Truly Understand What 'Year Event' Really Means
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You will receive 0.1 credit (CE) upon completion of this course.
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Course Description
Overview
Hydrologic analysis and results are statistically based. The term 'year event' is the common way to express the hydrologic magnitude of precipitation and runoff quantities, but it does not tell the entire story. What does it really mean?
Discussing drainage and flood issues with the general public and policymakers sometimes needs more than thinking just in terms of 'year event'. Its brevity in expression does not illustrate important considerations. One such is that the 100-year event has only a 63% chance of happening in 100 consecutive years yet can occur more than once in a single year.
Three other primary expressions are 'probability', 'service level', and 'expected occurrence'. There is a direct relationship between these terms and 'year event'. All are important to understand and doing so can help an engineer to better grasp situations and relate the impact of their work to others. This course relates the four terms with discussion, formulas, and examples.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz at the end of this course to earn PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
State Board Acceptance
This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by state and provincial licensing boards. Decatur Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing education in all states that pre-approve course providers. In all other states that mandate continuing education for engineers, it is the individual engineer's responsibility to determine the suitability of activities for PDH credit. The state boards typically accept online* courses that cover technical, managerial** or ethical content and which are relevant to the practice of engineering. The course must have a clear purpose or objective with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee's field of practice. For questions about your mandatory PDH requirements, visit the website of your state licensing board.
*Online courses are accepted by all state licensing boards that mandate continuing education. Other than New York (which limits online courses to 18 PDH) and Iowa (which limits online courses to 6 PDH), there are no limits placed by other states on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education. Consult with your state licensing board if you have any questions about the acceptability of online courses.
**The New York State Board of Engineers does not accept general office management courses, but will accept project management courses that are offered by an approved provider and that are technical in nature and contribute to the engineer's professional practice.
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Hydrologic analysis and results are statistically based. The term 'year event' is the common way to express the hydrologic magnitude of precipitation and runoff quantities, but it does not tell the entire story. What does it really mean?
Discussing drainage and flood issues with the general public and policymakers sometimes needs more than thinking just in terms of 'year event'. Its brevity in expression does not illustrate important considerations. One such is that the 100-year event has only a 63% chance of happening in 100 consecutive years yet can occur more than once in a single year.
Three other primary expressions are 'probability', 'service level', and 'expected occurrence'. There is a direct relationship between these terms and 'year event'. All are important to understand and doing so can help an engineer to better grasp situations and relate the impact of their work to others. This course relates the four terms with discussion, formulas, and examples.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz at the end of this course to earn PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
· Definitions of the terms Probability, Year Event, Service Level, and Expected Occurrence
· Relationships between the four terms
· Methods for calculating Probability, Year Event, Service Level, and Expected Occurrence
· The positive and negative perceptions associated with each term by the non-technical public
State Board Acceptance
This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by state and provincial licensing boards. Decatur Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing education in all states that pre-approve course providers. In all other states that mandate continuing education for engineers, it is the individual engineer's responsibility to determine the suitability of activities for PDH credit. The state boards typically accept online* courses that cover technical, managerial** or ethical content and which are relevant to the practice of engineering. The course must have a clear purpose or objective with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee's field of practice. For questions about your mandatory PDH requirements, visit the website of your state licensing board.
*Online courses are accepted by all state licensing boards that mandate continuing education. Other than New York (which limits online courses to 18 PDH) and Iowa (which limits online courses to 6 PDH), there are no limits placed by other states on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education. Consult with your state licensing board if you have any questions about the acceptability of online courses.
**The New York State Board of Engineers does not accept general office management courses, but will accept project management courses that are offered by an approved provider and that are technical in nature and contribute to the engineer's professional practice.
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| Language | English |
| Course Length | 1.00 hours |
| Duration of Access | 365 Days |
| Continuing Education Credits | 0.1 |
| Instructor | Self Study |
| Vendor | PDH Engineer (Read more about PDH Engineer accreditation.) |
| Course Certification | Certificate of Completion |
Price: $ 29.00 (USD)
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