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South Dakota's professional engineers have been using PDHengineer.com since 2003 to earn high quality continuing education. PDHengineer has an Iron-Clad Money-Back Guarantee

Over the years, thousands of engineers have completed online courses that have been accepted by the South Dakota board. In fact, we've never had one of our courses rejected by ANY state engineering board. We're confident enough to offer an iron-clad money back guarantee. If any PDHengineer.com online course is rejected by your state engineering board for any reason, you get your money back. Period.

South Dakota PEs are required to earn 30 PDH biennially, and all of your PDH can be earned with online courses*. While the state board does not mandate or pre-approve specific courses or providers, they do require that at least 20 of the 30 required hours pertain to the protection of the Health, Safety, and Welfare. The remaining 10 PDH can be earned in the areas of management, ethics and computer training (with the exception of CADD).

The Board allows "successful completion of correspondence, televised, videotaped, audio taped, Internet and other short courses or tutorials with verifiable passing scores from examinations.” Note that all PDHengineer online courses require the completion of an online multiple-choice quiz with a passing grade of 70%. While you may attempt the online quiz as many times as necessary at no additional charge, you will not be able to access your certificate of completion until you pass the online quiz. Also, note that your quiz score is permanently stored in your online login account and can be retrieved by you at any time to comply with the Board’s requirement for “verifiable passing scores.” PDHengineer's testing mechanism for online courses meets the Board's intent, which has been demonstrated over the years by many South Dakota PE's who have successfully submitted PDHengineer online courses to the Board for PDH credit. In our course online catalog, you will notice a large number of courses listed with a notation of "HSW" which means the course includes material pertaining to Health, Safety, and Welfare. These HSW courses meet the board's content requirements.

We offer a wide variety of course subjects including today's hottest engineering topics. Our web based seminars give you the opportunity to attend a live interactive seminar without leaving your home or office.

PDHengineer.com also offers a free online ethics course, Professional Ethics for Engineers, that can serve as part of your PDH requirement. We provide this course free to you as a way to introduce you to the services we offer. There's no obligation to buy other courses.

How it works

Completing the free Professional Ethics for Engineers course or any other PDHengineer course is easy.

Search for a course, then study the course material.
Click on the Take Quiz button at the bottom of the course page and follow the instructions to create an account.
Complete the short online quiz. The quiz is scored automatically by our system. A passing score of 70% is required. You may retake the quiz as many times as required until you pass.
Instantly access and print your Certificate of Completion online.

PDHengineer.com has more than 1,600 hours of engineering continuing education online. It's convenient and cost-effective since you can take the course day or night in your own home or office.

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South Dakota Board Requirements

Below is a summary of the Board's continuing education requirements for engineers licensed in the state of South Dakota:

Subject	Requirement
Hours Required	30 PDH biennially
Renewal Dates	Based on the date of original licensure
Course Approval	The Board does not require pre-approval for providers or specific courses. Each engineer must determine whether an activity meets the Board's requirements.
Course Content	At least 20 PDH must be in technical areas that directly safeguard the public's health, safety and welfare. A maximum of 10 PDH may be managerial, or ethical, and computer classes other than CADD.
Online Courses	Accepted. For Professional Engineers, there is no limit on the number of PDHs that can be earned through online continuing education.
PDH Carryover	A maximum of 15 PDH may be carried forward into the next renewal period

Last updated on May 11, 2009

For complete information on the Board's current continuing education requirements, visit the website of the South Dakota Commission of Engineering, Architectural and Land Surveying Examiners.