Alabama Administrative Code › Title 330 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS › Chapter 330-X-6 - EXPERIENCE › Section 330-X-6-.01 - Qualifying Experience

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
In evaluating experience offered as qualifying experience under
Code of Ala. 1975
, §
								34-11-4(1), (2),
				(3), the Board will take into consideration
				the following:
(a) Experience must be
			 progressive and of an increasing standard of quality and responsibility and
			 usually follows graduation.
(b)
			 Professional land surveyor applicants will usually gain experience by working
			 under the supervision of a licensed professional land surveyor. Verification of
			 experience must be by the licensed professional land surveyor supervisor, the
			 licensed professional land surveyor associate, or in some other relationship
			 that assures the Board that the experience received is substantially equivalent
			 to supervision under a licensed professional land surveyor. It is the
			 responsibility of the applicant to have the verification forms provided in the
			 application completed. See Rule
			 330-X-3-.01(4).
(c) Professional engineer applicants will
			 usually gain experience by working under the supervision of a licensed
			 professional engineer. Experience may also be gained by working with a licensed
			 professional engineer who closely observed the applicant's work as an associate
			 within the same company and the same location. Verification of experience must
			 be by the licensed professional engineer supervisor, the licensed professional
			 engineer associate, or in some other relationship that assures the Board that
			 the experience received is substantially equivalent to supervision under a
			 licensed professional engineer. It is the responsibility of the applicant to
			 have the verification forms provided in the application completed. See Rule
			 330-X-3-.01(4).
(d) Concurrent time, that is time spent in
			 engineering work, while attending school, can only be credited as education
			 experience or work experience but not as both.
(e) Experience credited on the engineer
			 intern or professional engineer application as engineering experience cannot be
			 claimed as land surveying experience on the land surveyor intern or
			 professional land surveyor application. Experience credited on the land
			 surveyor intern or professional land surveyor application as land surveying
			 experience cannot be claimed as engineering experience on the engineer intern
			 or professional engineer application.
(f) Military experience, to be creditable,
			 must have been spent in engineering work or land surveying work and be of a
			 character equivalent to that required in the civilian sector in like work.
			 Normally, it would be expected that the applicant while in the armed services,
			 served in an engineering, engineering-related, or surveying group.
(g) For sales experience to be creditable, it
			 must be demonstrated conclusively that engineering principles and engineering
			 knowledge were actually employed. The mere selection of data or equipment from
			 a company catalog or a similar publication will not be considered engineering
			 experience.
(h) Successful
			 completion of graduate study in an engineering curriculum leading to a master's
			 degree in engineering in a program whose undergraduate or graduate degree is
			 accredited by EAC/ABET may be credited as one year of engineering experience.
			 Successful completion of a Ph.D. in engineering after completion of a master's
			 degree may be credited for an additional year of experience. Successful
			 completion of graduate study in a land surveying curriculum leading to a
			 master's degree in land surveying in a program whose undergraduate or graduate
			 degree is accredited by ABET may be credited as one year of surveying
			 experience. Successful completion of a Ph.D. in land surveying after completion
			 of a master's degree may be credited for an additional year of experience. If
			 the Ph.D. in engineering or land surveying is obtained without the master's
			 degree, the credit for experience will be two years. If the awarding of the
			 master's or higher degree has been used to change the category of curricula for
			 which the applicant is accepted as identified in Section
			 330-X-5-.01, it cannot be used
			 for experience credit.
(i) For
			 teaching experience to be creditable, the engineer applicant must have taught
			 engineering or engineering-related courses at an advanced level in a four-year
			 engineering or engineering technology curriculum accredited by ABET and must
			 have been under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer. For
			 teaching experience to be creditable as land surveying experience, the land
			 surveyor applicant must have taught surveying or surveying-related courses at
			 an advanced level in a land surveying or land surveying technology curriculum
			 accredited by ABET and must have been under the supervision of a licensed
			 professional land surveyor.
(j)
			 Engineering experience leading to licensure as a licensed professional engineer
			 should be directed toward the identification and solution of practical problems
			 in the applicant's area of engineering specialization. This experience should
			 include engineering analysis of existing systems or structures or the design of
			 new systems or structures and be under the supervision of a licensed
			 professional engineer.
(k)
			 Experience in construction supervision in order to be qualifying must include
			 use of engineering skills in assuring compliance with specifications and design
			 as approved by the Board.
(l)
			 Experience must not be anticipated. The experience must have been gained before
			 the time the application is submitted.
(m) Land surveying experience must be
			 progressive and must include experience in property conveyance/boundary line
			 determination, field work, office work, and legal/courthouse research. A
			 substantial portion of the experience must be spent in charge of work related
			 to property conveyance and/or boundary line determination.
(n) Surveying experience prior to graduation
			 is evaluated by the Board on a case-by-case basis. Engineering experience prior
			 to graduation is evaluated by the Board on a case-by-case basis and is limited
			 to a 2-year maximum.
(o) Experience
			 gained in engineering research and design projects by members of an engineering
			 faculty where the program is approved by the board is creditable.
(p) Part time experience is evaluated by the
			 Board on a case-by-case basis. In considering part time experience, the months
			 of experience granted by the Board will generally be based on no more than a
			 ratio of part time vs. full time and must meet the requirements of Rule
			 330-X-6.01(a)
(q) When considering
			 experience at no time will the Board grant experience in excess of a 1:1
			 calendar ratio.
(r) The Board may
			 deem professional experience acquired by applicants outside the United States
			 to be equivalent to the minimum board requirements established in Sections (a)
			 through (q) above.
Author:
William R. Huett (Executive Director),
				  Bonnie Kelly
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										34-11-4,
				  34-11-35.