As with many details of the state licensure process, the results will vary depending on the policies and procedures of your particular state board.
Some state boards may be flexible about technician-level experience. Others may not. You could document your experience with exactly the same...
The 8-hour Civil PE exam is a national exam, prepared by NCEES. According to NCEES, the Civil PE exam currently uses the 2003 IBC, and will do so throughout 2007.
The 2.5-hour seismic exam is a state exam, prepared by the California Board. Since the IBC is not yet effective in California, the...
The original poster apparently has an MS degree. If you have both an ABET BS degree and an MS degree, then California actually requires only one year of experience for the PE exam.
However, if your home state requires 4 years of experience, you will still have to meet that requirement before...
Every state has different policies on the length and type of qualifying experience. Any answers you get here may be completely irrelevant, unless they come from someone who is licensed in your state. But even then, state policies are subject to change from year to year. The only way to get a...
State boards typically use wording like this to refer to non-PEs who are nonetheless legally allowed to be in responsible charge of engineering work. Examples could include:
- Federal engineers (e.g. Army Corps), who are exempt from state licensing laws.
- Foreign engineers (e.g. a UK...
From the California standpoint, there is bad news and good news.
The bad news is that you would get zero education credit for a foreign MS degree. The California Board's Plain English Pamphlet states explicitly that "No credit will be given for foreign graduate work."
The good news is that...
