We continue our focus on papers presented at the 9th WCCEE in Tokyo. This month's papers discuss continuing engineering education in Japan.

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Continuing Education of Engineers at the Tokyo Electric Power Company
Tokuhiie Ujiie & Satomi Terabe

The Tokyo Electric Power Company is one of the world's largest privately operated power utilities , with over 43.2 million customers. Their engineer development programs focus on fostering human talent capable of responding flexibly to a changing management environment by performaing work based on leadership skills, engineering prowess, and a high degree of technical knowledge.

Initiatives in Continuing Education for Engineers at Nippon Koei
Toshiro Sasaki

Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., has been implementing new measures in continuing education since April 2002 to enhance the technical capability of its professional staff. This paper introduces the background, structure, progress, and future outlook for this initiative.

Continuing Professional Development System of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Syunsuke Ikeda, Kazuhiko Kawashima, Kazuya Ohshima, & Kozo Katayama

The Japan Society of Civil Engineers amended its constitution in 1999 to include the improvement of the quality of civil engineers. To that end, JSCE has continuing efforts on professional development within the Civil Engineers' Qualification system.

Certification of Individual CPD Programs and their Criteria
Kazuya Ohshima, Kazuo Murata & Kozo Katayama

In 2001, JSCE established the Continuing Professional Development System as a measure to improve individual qualities of civil engineers, with program certification being performed based on certain criteria.

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Articles on Distance Education/Technology

ASME has recently signed several agreements and memorandums of understanding with several Chinese societies and institutions. One of these agreements involves the promotion of ASME's certification programs. Tsinghua University, located in Beijing, will be offering continuing engineering education courses to engineers in China that would be needed in order to maintain certification.

To read the full article, please see: www.asmenews.org/features/1104china.html.

EE-Oz Training Standards and the Australian National Training Authority have released a draft skills report that forecasts skill needs and possible solutions in the electrical, telecommunications and energy utilities industries. It proposes a range of strategies to attract new employees, how to transfer skills, improve the industries' image, develop a wide number and variety of entry level qualifications, how to provide apprentice and trainee incentives for employers, improve worker retention, and review training packages. Copies of the report are available from www.ee-oz.com.au/resources/misc/2616.pdf.

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