Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 30 - BOARD OF TECHNICAL REGISTRATION › Article 2 - REGISTRATION PROVISIONS › Section R4-30-204 - Examinations

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Board Review For
				Authorization to Test: Applicants who wish to sit for professional examination
				who do not possess an educational degree recognized by the applicable national
				council shall submit to the Board the following information for approval:
1. Name, residence address, mailing address
				if different from residence, email and telephone number;
2. Date of birth and Social Security
				number;
3. Proof of citizenship or
				legal residence;
4. Category, and
				branch of engineering if applicable;
5. Name, mailing address, years attended,
				graduation date, major, and type of degree received from each college,
				university, or educational institution attended;
6. Certified transcripts sent directly to the
				Board from the registrar of each college, university, or educational
				institution attended;
7. Evidence
				of at least 60 months of required education or experience, or both, in the
				category for which registration is sought.
a.
				The name, current address, and telephone number of the applicant's current and
				former employers in the category for which registration is sought;
b. Dates of employment;
c. Applicant's title;
d. Description of work performed;
				and
e. Number of hours worked per
				week;
8. Names and
				current addresses of applicant's current and former employers (the names of
				companies within the last ten year period) in the category for which
				registration is sought. If an applicant cannot supply the names and addresses
				of supervisors for at least three engagements, the applicant shall provide to
				the Board a written, sworn statement explaining the inability to provide this
				information, and the names and addresses of three additional references,
				unrelated to the applicant, at least two of whom are registered in the category
				for which registration is sought;
9. A release authorizing the Board to
				investigate the applicant's education and experience;
10. Certificate of Experience Report from the
				applicant's present and past immediate supervisors. The applicant shall also
				provide Certificate of Experience Record and Reference Forms from additional
				professional references as required by the Board. The applicant shall provide
				the name, address, and telephone numbers of all references. The applicant shall
				ensure that the Board receives these Reports directly from the
				reference;
11. Evidence of
				successful completion, or waiver by the Board, of the applicable fundamentals
				examination. An applicant who has successfully completed a fundamentals
				examination in another state or jurisdiction in the category for which
				registration is sought equivalent to the examination for that category
				administered in Arizona shall submit proof of examination directly from the
				authority that administered the original examination. An applicant seeking
				professional registration as an engineer, geologist, or land surveyor shall
				pass the applicable fundamentals examination before admission to the
				professional examination. An applicant for registration as a geologist may take
				the in-training examination on the same date as the professional
				examination;
12. Certification that
				the information provided to the Board is accurate, true, and complete;
				and
13. The applicable
				fees.
14. In addition to the above
				requirements, an applicant who does not possess education required for direct
				access to the NCARB Architect Registration Examination (ARE) shall provide the
				Board with 60 months of a diversity of experience directly related to the
				practice of architecture and of a character satisfactory to the Board, in each
				of the following categories, in order to obtain Board authorization to sit for
				the required registration examination:
a.
				Practice Management. The experience obtained in this category shall demonstrate
				abilities to manage architectural practice, including professional ethics,
				fiduciary responsibilities, and the regulations governing the practice of
				architecture. The experience obtained shall focus on issues related to
				pre-contract tasks including negotiation, human resource management, and
				consultant development. Applicants shall demonstrate an understanding of and
				abilities in business structure, business development, and asset development
				and protection.
b. Project
				Management. The experience obtained in this category shall demonstrate
				abilities to manage architectural projects, including organizing principles,
				contract management, and consultant management. The experience shall focus on
				issues related to office standards, development of project teams, and overall
				project control of client, fee, and risk management. Experience shall
				demonstrate an understanding of and abilities in quality control, project team
				configuration, and project scheduling. In addition, the experience shall
				demonstrate the ability to establish and deliver project services per
				contractual requirements in collaboration with consultants.
c. Programming and Analysis. The experience
				obtained in this category shall demonstrate abilities related to the evaluation
				of project requirements, constraints, and opportunities. The experience shall
				focus on issues related to programming, site analysis, and zoning and code
				requirements and demonstrate an understanding of and abilities in project type
				analysis, the establishment of qualitative and quantitative project
				requirements, evaluation of project site and context, and assessment of
				economic issues.
d. Project
				Planning and Design. The experience obtained in this category shall demonstrate
				abilities to assess objectives related to the preliminary design of sites and
				buildings. The experience shall focus on issues related to the generation or
				evaluation of design alternatives that synthesize environmental, cultural,
				behavioral, technical and economic issues. The experience shall demonstrate an
				understanding of and abilities in design concepts, sustainability/
				environmental design, universal design, and other forms of governing codes and
				regulations.
e. Project Development
				and Documentation. The experience obtained in this category shall demonstrate
				objectives related to the integration and documentation of building systems,
				material selection, and material assemblies into a project. The experience
				shall focus on issues related to the development of design concepts, evaluation
				of materials and technologies, selection of appropriate construction
				techniques, and appropriate construction documentation. The experience shall
				demonstrate an understanding of and abilities in integration of civil,
				structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and specialty systems into
				overall project design and documentation.
f. Construction and Evaluation. The
				experience obtained in this category shall demonstrate objectives related to
				construction contract administration and post-occupancy evaluation of projects.
				The experience shall focus on issues related to bidding and negotiation
				processes, support of the construction process, and evaluation of completed
				projects. The experience shall demonstrate an understanding of and abilities in
				construction contract execution, construction support services (including
				construction observation and shop drawing or submittal review), payment request
				processing, and project closeout. In addition, candidates shall also
				demonstrate an understanding and abilities in project evaluation of integrated
				building systems and their performance.