PE experience reqs.
PE experience reqs.
(OP)
Hi,
I am planning to take PE exam in Alabama (April 09), and I need information about experience record from those of you who have taken the exam recently.
I am a little bit confused about the requirements, I need to have 6 years of experience (since my college is not ABET accredited), and do all of these 6 years have to be under the supervision of 3 PEs, like 2 years each? Or do I need to have 6 years of experience in total, and 5 references (3 of which are PEs) who are familiar with my work?
Could someone please clarify this a bit? I have already contacted state board, but I assume they get a lot of emails and questions, and sometimes it takes quite a bit of time to get an answer from them.
I am planning to take PE exam in Alabama (April 09), and I need information about experience record from those of you who have taken the exam recently.
I am a little bit confused about the requirements, I need to have 6 years of experience (since my college is not ABET accredited), and do all of these 6 years have to be under the supervision of 3 PEs, like 2 years each? Or do I need to have 6 years of experience in total, and 5 references (3 of which are PEs) who are familiar with my work?
Could someone please clarify this a bit? I have already contacted state board, but I assume they get a lot of emails and questions, and sometimes it takes quite a bit of time to get an answer from them.





RE: PE experience reqs.
Call your local board first. Most of them are quite helpful. They are going to make the decision after you spend about 20 hours filling out forms and getting your recommendations.
RE: PE experience reqs.
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RE: PE experience reqs.
RE: PE experience reqs.
Your screen name sounds foreign, and you mention a non-ABET accredited college. If you got an engineering degree at a foreign university, you might also check into having the degree evaluated. I say this because some states may accept the additional experience without the ABET degree, and others may not. If you ever anticipate getting registered in another state, you'd be ahead to get it confirmed by NCEES or whoever that your degree was the equivalent of an ABET degree, rather than depending on the additional experience.
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RE: PE experience reqs.
COEngineeer, I am in a similar situation, I have 6+ years of experience but I have only worked for one PE, since there are no more PEs at my workplace. But I will go ahead and try to get all paperwork together, give it a shot...
Thanks...
RE: PE experience reqs.
RE: PE experience reqs.
It's important to always remember that the board that is reviewing your application is made up of Engineers who had to go thru this process before so they seem very understanding. For many industries, like Civil, you can't sharpen a pencil without a license, but they will let pretty much anyone be a machine designer so finding a PE for a reference took a long time, and some creative thinking. I think had I been a Civil Engineer they would have never accepted the references I provided but being a machine designer I think they understood the difficulty in finding PE's in an exempt industry. The process is not a simple mathematical formula so there is no answer that will be right for everyone.
I know this will be something of a copout for your question but you will know when you have the right experience. I asked the same questions you are when I was putting my application together and eventually I stopped asking. I sat down, put everything on paper and asked myself if I was on the board, what would I want, or expect, to see. I completed the application and was sent a letter that my application was accepted and I could sit for the exam.
Now passing the exam was a different story.
RE: PE experience reqs.
(2) If you "just miss" the requirements, consider writing a letter and requesting a waiver from that "one detail". I did this about 25 years ago; simply filled out my application and attached a letter/addendum to my application, and the next I heard was confirmation of my exam date/time/place.
RE: PE experience reqs.
You are required to have a PE verify your work experience. In my case, this was a combination of 3 different PE's that were familiar with my work history, but it is acceptable to have 1 PE.
Separately from the work verification, you must have 5 references. Of these, 3 must be PEs. There are exceptions to every rule and therefore additional paperwork if you don't know 3 PEs.
If after reading the info on the website you still have questions, call the office in Montgomery. They are very nice and helpful.