CATEGORY & GENERAL DESCRIPTION CEU VALUE

A. Performed (6 CEUs maximum)

A.1 Industry Related Employment 2 per year
A.2 Industry Related Self-Employment 2 per year
A.3 Full-time employment as a cost or management instructor 2 per year
B. Professional Development (10 CEUs maximum)
B.1 Section Meetings of cost or management societies 0.25 per meeting
B.2 Professional development or continuing education 0.10 per hour
0.10 for each module
B.3 AACE Online Learning Center (OLC)
(2 CEUs per year, maximum)
B.4 Obtained New Certification, License or Degree 3 each
C. Industry Contribution (10 CEUs maximum)
C.1 AACE Professional Practice Guide (PPG) Editor 2 each
C.2 AACE Recommended Practice (RP) Primary Contributor 4 each
C.3 AACE Recommended Practice (RP) Contributor 1 each
C.4 Published papers 2 per paper
1 per each 10 hours of
C.5 Part-Time Instructor
instruction
Presented papers at AACE Conference & Expo or other technical 2 per presentation
C.6
meetings (1st time only; no repeats)
1 per presentation
C.7 Presented papers to professional communities
(minimum of 30 minutes)
0.10 per Webinar
C.8 AACE Webinar Presenter (2 CEUs per year, maximum)
(1st time only; no repeats)
C.9 Authored reference book 4 per book
C.10 Thesis or dissertation 4 per thesis or dissertation
C.11 AACE Total Cost Management (TCM) Framework Primary Contributor 4 each
C.12 AACE Total Cost Management (TCM) Framework Contributor 1 each
C.13 AACE Professional Guidance Document (PDG) Primary Contributor 3 each
C.14 AACE Professional Guidance Document (PDG) Contributor 1 each
D. Volunteer Service (10 CEUs maximum)
AACE Elected association Officer or Director
D.1 2 per year
(ex: President, President-Elect, etc.)
AACE Elected Association Director
D.2 2 per year
(ex: Regional Director)
AACE Elected Section Officer
D.3 2 per year
(ex: President, Treasurer)
AACE Appointed Section Director/Officer
D.4 1 per year
(ex: various committees of the Section)
Appointed Associate Board Member
D.5 2 per year
(ex: Technical, Education, Certification)
Approved Committee Chair
D.6 2 per year
(ex: Technical Subcomittee, SIG)
Approved Committee Contributing Member
D.7 1 per year
(ex: Technical Subcommittee, SIG)
Participated voluntarily in an approved cost engineering activity, in a
D.8 professional capacity 1.4 per year, maximum
(non-AACE Boards/Committees Industry Volunteerism included)
Grade AACE Certification Examination technical papers, memos, &
D.9 0.25 per paper
essays
1 per mentee
D.10 Mentoring (through AACE Mentoring program only)
(1 per year, maximum)
1 each compound, scenario
question
(4 maximum)
D.11 Submitted accepted certification examination questions
0.25 for singular multiple
choice question
(4 maximum)
D.12 AACE Conference & Expo Meeting Room Host 0.10 per session/hour hosted
1 per approved activity
D.13 Miscellaneous: must be approved by AACE Certification Board
(unless otherwise stated)
D.14 Evaluate AACE Conference & Expo Technical Papers for Presentation 0.25 per paper