Are you aware that you can earn up to 1,800 hours through the Emerging Professional's Companion (EPC)? The EPC (http://www.epcompanion.org/) provides free web-based training opportuniites outside of the studio environment. To learn more check out the NCARB link.The EPC is an online internshp resource for emerging professionals. Primarily intended as a means for interns to supplement and bolster their knowledge as soon-to-be-licensed architects and to earn IDP credit, the EPC can also be used by students to gain exposure to practice issues while still in school, or even as an accompaniment to co-op or part-time employment before they graduate. This resource can also be used by educators to spur classroom discussion or reflective thinking in their professional practice and studio courses. It is also resource can also be adapted by firms looking for in-house curricula for continuing education and training. It is important for those seasoned architects who serve as IDP Mentors and/or IDP Supervisors to be familiar with this resource so they can guide each intern to learning opportunities appropriate for that individual. So feel free to forward this onto students, educators, firms and mentors that you might know who are looking for tools and resources in developing our future emerging professionals out there.
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