Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 30 - BOARD OF TECHNICAL REGISTRATION › Article 2 - REGISTRATION PROVISIONS › Section R4-30-221 - Engineering Branches Recognized

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				The Board shall recognize the branches of engineering described below for
				review of experience, selection of examination, definition of examination
				areas, and definition of demonstrated proficiency areas to be inscribed on the
				registrant's seal. The branches do not limit the areas of a registrant's
				practice of engineering. (See
				R4-30-301(18)
				)
1. Agriculture: Consultation,
				investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review
				of construction for projects concerning agricultural machinery, drainage,
				irrigation, terracing, farm electricity or water pumps and wells for the
				maintenance of adequate potable water supplies for crops, people, animals, or
				industry.
2. Architectural:
				Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location,
				development, and review of construction for projects concerning building
				mechanical, acoustical, electrical, lighting, or structural systems.
3. Chemical: Consultation, investigation,
				evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
				for projects concerning chemical enterprises, chemical and biological
				processes, plant layout, production of pilot plants, water, wastewater and
				pollution control plants, piping and distribution systems, heat exchanges,
				energy production management and distribution systems, process instrumentation
				and control systems, biomedical equipment, mining and minerals beneficiation,
				corrosion retardation, heat, mass and momentum transfer systems, reaction
				kinetics, thermodynamics, quality assurance controls, or systems for heat
				transmission.
4. Civil:
				Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location,
				development, and review of construction for projects concerning highways,
				streets, transportation systems, drainage and flood control structures, surface
				and subsurface hydrologics, sewers, tunnels, railroads, geotechnical analysis,
				waterfronts, water and wastewater systems, water power and supply apparatus,
				wells, pumps, bridges, dams, irrigation structures, water purification
				apparatus, incinerators, or site fire protection systems.
5. Control Systems: Consultation,
				investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review
				of construction for projects concerning control systems and their constituent
				devices including, but not limited to, dynamic stability and the application of
				instrumentation and feedback control principles to regulate and operate
				chemical plants, petroleum refineries, food processing plants, water and waste
				treatment plants, power plants, pollution abatement systems, transportation
				systems, or other dynamic processes and systems.
6. Electrical: Consultation, investigation,
				evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
				for projects concerning power systems, electronic and transmission equipment,
				electric service and supply systems, lighting systems, communication service
				and supply systems, fire alarm and detection systems, control systems, or
				electrical installations.
7.
				Environmental: Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design,
				location, development, and review of construction for projects concerning water
				and wastewater systems, domestic and process (industrial/commercial) solid
				waste and hazardous materials systems, air quality systems, or health, safety,
				and environmental protection including, but not limited to systems relating to
				emergency response, risk analysis, radiation protection, noise toxicology, or
				industrial hygiene.
8. Fire
				Protection: Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design,
				location, development, and review of construction for projects concerning
				building exiting and life safety systems, fire suppression systems and devices,
				fire detection and alarm systems and devices, smoke exhaust and smoke
				management systems, fire resistance for building components and assemblies,
				water supplies and pumping systems for fire protection, including the hydraulic
				analysis of such systems, and the reduction and control of fire hazards due to
				processes subject to fire or explosion.
9. Geological: Consultation, investigation,
				evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
				for projects concerning geological studies related to surface and subsurface
				excavations and foundations, stability of slopes, groundwater locations,
				geological material age and strength determinations near surface or deep
				subsurface geological structures or geophysical mapping of geological
				formations and groundwater locations.
10. Industrial: Consultation, investigation,
				evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
				for projects concerning factory layouts, tools and fixtures, factory planning,
				time and motion study systems, rate plans, production plans, quality control
				systems and analysis, work simplification systems, methods studies and cost,
				production control, organizational, operational and labor needs, or safety
				analysis.
11. Mechanical:
				Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location,
				development, and review of construction for projects concerning air
				conditioning, refrigeration, ventilation, combustion, heat transfer, energy,
				power, fuels, propulsion, machinery, tools, manufacturing, fluids, plumbing,
				fire suppression systems and devices, water supplies and pumping systems for
				fire protection, including the hydraulic analysis of such systems.
12. Metallurgical: Consultation,
				investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review
				of construction for projects concerning the production of metals or metal
				objects, testing procedures, metal processing, failure analysis procedures,
				mining and mineral beneficiation, or the development of metal alloys.
13. Mining: Consultation, investigation,
				evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
				for projects concerning the construction of plants, shaft and bottom layouts,
				ventilation and hoisting systems, head frames, washery or concentration mills,
				mining methods and testing procedures, or metallurgical works and production
				procedures.
14. Nuclear:
				Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location,
				development, and review of construction for projects concerning nuclear waste
				management, alternative waste management systems, disposal criteria and risk
				evaluation, transportation, packaging, decontamination, handling, welding
				evaluation, site stabilization, recovery techniques, water and air quality
				control systems, waste volume management, evaporation systems, reactor safety
				methods, health safety systems, cycle analysis, or nuclear fuels.
15. Petroleum: Consultation, investigation,
				evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
				for projects concerning drilling equipment, pipelines, refinery plants,
				gathering systems, handling and storage systems, exploitation and selection
				methods, gas measurement and core analysis, phase behavior studies, reserve
				calculations, or the development of petroleum products.
16. Sanitary: Consultation, investigation,
				evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
				for projects concerning water treatment and sewage disposal plants, water
				systems, sewers, incinerators, distribution systems, sewage and industrial
				waste treatment plants, pollution reduction systems, sanitary facilities, or
				public health systems.
17.
				Structural: Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design,
				location, development, and review of construction for projects concerning
				force-resisting and load-bearing members and their connections for structures
				such as foundations, bridges, walls, columns, slabs, beams, trusses, or similar
				members used singly or as part of a larger structure.