JTFAP Document

[GeoJuggler]

Any of you familiar with the Joint Task Force on Areas of Practice Document (JTFAP)? Apparently ASCE Geo-Institute has teamed up with the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) and the Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG) to define the practice of engineers, geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists and geologists. Based on the document, if you are a regular civil PE (and not a geotechnical engineer) you should not complete soils work. The document suggests that you need to be a geotechnical engineer to do any soils work. If this document is adopted it may substantially limit what civils can do.

It appears that the Geo-Institute has not asked for member input. Only the AEG has asked for member input..this is how I heard about the document.

 

[GeoPracRockman]

Sometime in the past week or so the Geo-Institute has posted info on the JTFAP document and requested member input. Their deadline is June 15, 2009. AEG also extended their deadline for comments to the same date.

I blogged about these updates at

http://www.geoprac.net/geonews-main...otechnical-engineer-and-engineering-geologist

where you can also find a link to download the document and link to some comments already submitted by my local section of AEG.

Rockman (Randy Post)
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