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Education Committee
Essential educational needs appear in every aspect of our industry, from design through construction, inspection, and maintenance.
Owners, architects, landscape architects, engineers, and contractors all rely on ICPI to deliver authoritative, industry-specific best practices.
ICPI certification further elevates paver industry professionals through demonstrated knowledge and experience essential to key industry roles.
A program partnership with NCMA extends course and certification offerings to include training in segmental retaining walls that often accompany paver installations.
ICPI's Education Committee and professional staff continuously work to improve course offerings by evaluating demand and performance, adding new coursework, and leveraging learning technologies that best serve current market needs.
A Portfolio Analysis process will soon evaluate the knowledge and skills specific industry roles must possess to work productively. This process helps to ensure that ICPI courses meet current market needs.
As a result of this ongoing work, ICPI offers a range of in-demand training options on educational science's cutting-edge.
At the 2021 Annual Meeting session:
• The Education Committee established two new task groups to address items identified in the Portfolio Analysis. These task groups will evaluate the current process and requirements for certification and renewal, make recommendations for any changes, review designations, and determine the best use of the intellectual assets developed. The
Committee will report on task group progress at the 2021 Summer Meeting.
• The Committee also approved a change to policy that allows half-hour increments for continuing education credits.
• Also, the Committee supported a funding request to record the 3rd edition of the PICP
Specialist course at HNA in October 2021.
-Fred Adams, Adams Paving, Committee Chair
