CA/WA new SE requirements
CA/WA new SE requirements
(OP)
Prior to new NCEES 16 hr SE test, CA & WA required an additional exam (SE3) for SE registration. Does anyone what the new requirements are? Have these states done away with SE3 test?
Thanks,
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RE: CA/WA new SE requirements
RE: CA/WA new SE requirements
I'm in Indiana and wanted to get my S.E. in California through comity so I was looking into it. Once I pass my SE tests in Indiana, I will be a licensed P.E. However, in CA you need to hold a Civil P.E. for three years before you can get your S.E.
Juston Fluckey, E.I.
Engineering Consultant
RE: CA/WA new SE requirements
Its a little confusing, I know. I believe that WA & OR have done away with SE3. New NCEES SE exam is all the need for SE registration. CA on the other hand I think is still going to require some form of SE3.
RE: CA/WA new SE requirements
Question: What are the exam requirements to become licensed as a Structural Engineer in California?
Answer: You must have taken and passed any one of the following three pairs of exams in order to be licensed as a Structural Engineer in California:
1. NCEES SE II exam and CSESE exam
2. NCEES SE II exam and Washington State SE III exam
3. NCEES SE exam and CSLRE exam
The CSESE was their current 8-hour California Structural Engineering Seismic Examination.
The CSLRE is a new "rules" exam they are coming up with.
So previously one had to pass the SE-II AND pass the 8 hour CA seismic.
Now you only have to pass the 16 hour NCEES SE exam and then take a short rules exam.
RE: CA/WA new SE requirements
RE: CA/WA new SE requirements
I do not know the duration of the new (it was just offered last October for the first time) CSLRE exam so it might be more than a "short rules exam". That any exam is required beyond EIT + NCEES Civil + CA-specific civil surveying + CA-specific civil seismic + NCEES 16-hour exam is ridiculous in my opinion.