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PE in Pennsylvania

PE in Pennsylvania

PE in Pennsylvania

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I am an EIT with about a years experience, I am having a little trouble with understanding the requirements of becoming a PE. I know you need 4 years of progressive engineering work, but what does progressive mean? If i do 1-2 designs of replacing water lines every year, is this enough?

RE: PE in Pennsylvania

Doing the same thing again and again is not "progressing".

What element or elements of engineering are involved in replacing water lines?

How many of those elements were you responsible for on the first project?

How many will you be responsible for on the eighth project?

If that number increases then that is progression.

If the projects are "replace in kind" it probably doesn't count at all.

RE: PE in Pennsylvania

It's not how many projects you work on each year. It comes down to this: After four years, have you learned anything? Are you more knowledgeable? Are you competent to do a small project? When you pass the PE a tongue of fire doesn't hit you, if you get the drift. Your entire career will be a progression.

RE: PE in Pennsylvania

i'm sure you do more than 2 designs... probably a good deal of construction administration, submittal review, product review, even proposals..... if you're doing mostly business development or marketing, you might have a problem.

make sure you have a PE based in the office you work in that knows you're counting on them, and submit your application when you have your 4. There are thousands of people every year across USA that sit for the exam with very little design experience. The ethics lies in proposing to perform work that is outside your expertise once licensed.

RE: PE in Pennsylvania

On the other hand, if you try to pass the P&P exam with "just" two repeats of the same project over and over again ..... You won't pass the P&P exam.

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