Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 300 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Section 20-300-3 - Classes of applicants

Current through July 10, 2024
Each applicant shall designate the classification in the
				following schedule of minimum requirements under which the application is to be
				considered. However, the board may, at its discretion, consider it under
				another classification.
(a)
Professional engineer.
(1) Class
			 1. The applicant shall be a graduate of an approved course* in engineering in a
			 school or college approved by the board as of satisfactory standing, have a
			 specific record of an additional four years of experience in engineering work
			 which shall be of a character satisfactory to the board and pass a written
			 examination prescribed by the board, the first part of which shall test the
			 applicant's knowledge of fundamental engineering subjects, including
			 mathematics and the physical sciences, and the second part of which shall test
			 the applicant's ability to apply the principles of engineering to the actual
			 practice of engineering. The first and second parts of the written examination
			 shall be the uniform examination provided to the board by the National Council
			 of Engineering Examiners (NCEE). Work during the course of so-called
			 cooperative education programs does not qualify as experience in engineering
			 work. When an advanced degree in engineering has been awarded at an approved
			 institution, education in residence may be considered as part of the experience
			 requirement. The board may waive the first part of the written examination
			 where an applicant holds a license or certificate as engineer-in-training
			 issued by proper authority of any state or territory or possession of the
			 United States, or any country, provided the requirements for licensure or
			 certification of engineer-in-training under which such license or certificate
			 was issued shall not conflict with the statutory provisions pertaining to and
			 shall be of a standard not lower than the requirements for licensure of
			 engineers-in-training in the State of Connecticut.
Class 1A. The board may waive the first part of the written
				examination for an applicant who has completed an approved course in
				engineering, and who has at least eight years of experience. With the exception
				of the above, all other requirements of this class shall be the same as for
				Class 1.
(2) Class 2. The
			 applicant shall be a nongraduate with ten years or more of experience in
			 engineering work which shall be of a character satisfactory to the board and
			 which shall indicate knowledge, skill and education, approximating that
			 attained through graduation from an approved course in engineering and the
			 passing of the examination as described in Class 1. Special conditions of other
			 nongraduate classifications are as follows:
(A) An applicant who has completed a
			 nonapproved course in engineering in the United States and its territories
			 requires at least six years qualifying professional experience following the
			 degree and the passing of the examination.
(B) An applicant who has completed an
			 engineering technology program requires the following minimum experience in
			 acceptable engineering work and the passing of the examination:
(i) Two-year engineering technology
			 program-(Associate Degree):
(aa) An applicant
			 who has completed an accredited program** and holds an Engineer-In-Training
			 (EIT) license or certificate described in paragraph (c) below requires eight
			 and one-half years qualifying professional experience following
			 degree.
(bb) An applicant who has
			 completed an accredited program and does not hold an EIT license or certificate
			 requires ten years qualifying professional experience following
			 degree.
(cc) An applicant who has
			 completed a nonaccredited program and holds an EIT license or certificate
			 requires ten years qualifying professional experience following
			 degree.
(dd) An applicant who has
			 completed a nonaccredited program and does not hold an EIT license or
			 certificate requires ten years qualifying professional experience following
			 degree.
(ii) Four-year
			 engineering technology program (Bachelor's Degree):
(aa) An applicant who has completed an
			 accredited program and holds an EIT license or certificate described in
			 paragraph (c) below requires seven years qualifying professional experience
			 following degree.
(bb) An applicant
			 who completes an accredited program and does not hold an EIT license or
			 certificate requires eight years qualifying professional experience following
			 degree.
(cc) An applicant who
			 completes a nonaccredited program and holds an EIT license or certificate
			 requires nine years qualifying professional experience following
			 degree.
(dd) An applicant who
			 completes a nonaccredited program and does not hold an EIT license or
			 certificate requires ten years qualifying professional experience following
			 degree.
(C) An
			 applicant who has completed an engineering course outside the United States and
			 its territories requires the following minimum experience in acceptable
			 engineering work and the passing of the examination:
(i) An applicant who holds an EIT license or
			 certificate described in paragraph (c) below requires six to ten years
			 qualifying professional experience following the degree where the number of
			 years depends on the educational background of the applicant as evaluated by
			 the board.
(ii) An applicant who
			 does not hold an EIT license or certificate requires ten years qualifying
			 professional experience following the degree.
(D) An applicant who has completed a science
			 curriculum (Bachelor's Degree) requires the following minimum experience in
			 acceptable engineering work and the passing of the examination:
(i) An applicant who holds an EIT license or
			 certificate described in paragraph (c) below requires seven years qualifying
			 professional experience following the degree.
(ii) An applicant who does not hold an EIT
			 license or certificate requires eight years qualifying professional experience
			 following the degree.
(3) Class 3. The applicant shall be a
			 nongraduate who submits a specific record of twenty years or more of experience
			 in engineering work. The applicant shall pass the examination as described in
			 Class 1, but the board may waive the first part of the examination if the
			 experience record is of a character satisfactory to the board. The record shall
			 indicate that the applicant has been competent to be in responsible charge of
			 his work.
(4) Class 4. The
			 applicant shall hold a license, certificate or qualification or registration
			 issued by a proper authority of any state or territory or possession of the
			 United States, or any country, provided the requirements for licensure or
			 registration of professional engineers under which such license, certificate of
			 qualification or registration was issued shall not conflict with the statutory
			 provisions pertaining to and be of a standard not lower than the requirements
			 for licensure of professional engineers in the State of
			 Connecticut.