Professionalism

The goal of the Professionalism portfolio is to increase recognition of landmen as professionals within the Oil and Gas Industry and encourage both Surface and Mineral Landmen, to attain the highest level of professional proficiency, education and ethical conduct in their respective fields. The portfolio has the overall responsibility for handling matters with respect to the Professional designation programs, the professional conduct of all members, and handling disputes and claims with regard to ethical issues. Various sub-committees have been created to deal with these issues; the chairs of each of these sub-committees are listed below. Please feel free to contact them with specific questions.

The Professional designations have been developed and approved by our Association.  They are as follows:

• CML – Certified Mineral Landman
• CSL – Certified Surface Landman
• Land®– Professional Landman
• PSL®– Professional Surface Landman

The course of action required to attain any of the above are set forth in the Professionalism Procedure document on the CALEP’s website.

By the Association supporting and creating these designations, it was determined that they would set a standard by which other landmen, industry members, related government departments and the public can be assured that the holder of the designations has developed a high level of professional competency, understanding and ethical conduct.

In support of the Professionalism Program, the Committee continues to have responsibility for screening all applicants, assigning and tracking credits for re-certification, updating the Professionalism Manual and the updating and preparing the P.Land® and PSL® Exams. The manual continues to provide material for studying for the P.Land® and PSL® Exams and is a valuable reference tool for all landmen.  The current CALEP Professionalism Manual is available for purchase through the CALEP office and is available on-line for CALEP members under the “Members Only” section.

In order to remain competitive with the other disciplines in our industry, it is vital that landmen are considered professionals, equal in standing with geologists, geophysicists, engineers and accountants. Awareness, education and proficiency are a few of the key skills required to reach this goal. Currently, about 15% of our Association has one or both of the professional designations. In attempting to strengthen professionalism within our organization, this committee has come up with the following 2014/2015 objectives:

• All Professional designation recipients will be recognized at the CALEP General Meetings (as of November, 2014)
• Update the 2010 Professionalism Manual to reflect current regulations
• If you are interested in volunteering for this project, please contact the Director of this Portfolio
• In conjunction with the Education portfolio, a mentor database will be created within CALEP.  All Mentors must have either a CML, CSL and 6 + years of experience in their professional land related field
• The mentor database will be accessible for all CALEP student members
• In conjunction with the Education portfolio, create a Professional Manual Overview Course to be available for the membership

New Education

The mandate of the New Education portfolio is to develop high quality and relevant new courses, seminars and workshops to augment the existing Education portfolio.

New course offerings will focus on topical issues and learning opportunities that keeps pace with evolving industry trends and applicable professional development for the changing role of the land professional.

This portfolio will collaborate with the Education portfolio regarding EPLM Advisory and engagement with Post-Secondary institutions

Please connect with me @ professionalism@calep.ca