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Training for Cost EngineersTraining for Cost Engineers

Clyne GrantClyne GrantSenior Cost EngineerPFG-Scot2Glasgow

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The presentationThe presentation

• Background

• Requirements

• The Professional Bodies’ Training material AACEI – Web information ISPA – Web information SCEA – Web Site and training module

• Sources of further information

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RequirementRequirement

• Need for structured training, development and recognition

• Centralised body (ACostE)

• Body requires to identify or supply industry standard and accredited training events

• Develop structure for professional and academic recognition of the CE

Cost Engineers must be professional, Cost Engineers must be professional,

they need to have credibility and they need to have credibility and

demonstrate methods which are demonstrate methods which are

capable of validation and verificationcapable of validation and verification

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Cost Engineer Certificating BodiesCost Engineer Certificating Bodies

The International Society

of Parametric Analysts

The Association for the Advancement of Cost

Engineers

The Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis

The Association of Cost Engineers

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The materialThe material

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The materialThe material

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The materialThe material

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SCEA Training ModuleSCEA Training Module

• CostPROF©

• Module 04 – Data Collection

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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements

• SCEA

• ISPA

• ACostE

• AACEI

• PFG

A very special thank you to SCEA for their A very special thank you to SCEA for their

kind permission to use their training kind permission to use their training

material and for allowing reproduction of material and for allowing reproduction of

the slides for the handoutsthe slides for the handouts

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SourcesSources

• http://www.sceaonline.org/

• http://www.ispa-cost.org/

• http://www.acoste.org.uk/

• http://www.aacei.org/welcome.shtml

• http://www.dpmt.org.uk/home.htmhttp://www.dpmt.org.uk/home.htm

• http://ceh.nasa.gov/webhelpfiles/http://ceh.nasa.gov/webhelpfiles/Cost_Estimating_Handbook_NASA_2004.htmCost_Estimating_Handbook_NASA_2004.htm

• http://kscsmo.ksc.nasa.gov/cost.htmhttp://kscsmo.ksc.nasa.gov/cost.htm

• http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/short/schools.cfm?id=5http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/short/schools.cfm?id=5

• http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/masters/http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/masters/

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Questions?Questions?

• Comments or questions?

• Thank you