A non-qualifying activity is any activity that isn’t explicitly listed by a state licensing board as qualifying for PDH credits. The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Model Law has a list of typical non-qualifying activities:
- Regular employment
- Real estate licensing courses
- Personal, estate, or financial planning
- Self-study
- Personal self-improvement
- Service club meetings or activities
- Equipment demonstrations or trade show displays
- Topics not relevant to engineering professions
- Enrollment without attendance at courses, seminars, etc.
- Repetitive attendance at or teaching of the same course
- Attending committee meetings or general business meetings of any organization
- Conversational language courses for personal use