Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 180 - GEORGIA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS BOARD › Chapter 180-2 - APPLICATIONS › Rule 180-2-.04 - Examinations, General

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 Examinations will be held at such times and places as the Board directs. The
			 Board shall determine the passing grade on examinations. All examinations shall
			 be approved by the entire Board.
(2) With exception of a locally prepared
			 examination on hydrology and the legal aspects of land surveying in Georgia,
			 all examinations will be in accordance with the National Council of Examiners
			 for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).
(3) Written examinations may be taken only
			 after the applicant has met the other minimum requirements as set forth in
			 O.C.G.A. 43-15-8 and
			 43-15-9 and has been approved by
			 the Board for admission to the examination as follows:
(a) Fundamentals of Engineering. Consists of
			 an eight-hour examination on the fundamentals of engineering. Passing this
			 examination qualifies the examinee for an engineer-in-training certificate,
			 provided he/she has met all other requirements for certification by this
			 Chapter.
(b) Principles and
			 Practice of Engineering Passing this examination qualifies the examinee for
			 registration as a professional engineer, provided he/she has met the other
			 requirements for registration required by this Chapter. Applicants shall
			 designate the branch of engineering in which they intend to practice. The
			 Board, after consideration of the designation and a review of the experience
			 and other information listed in the application, shall identify the appropriate
			 NCEES exam to be administered to the Applicant.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
			 Applicant will be directed to take the eight hour NCEES exam that is applicable
			 to the branch of engineering identified by the Applicant.
(2) If the Applicant designates that he/she
			 will engage in the branch identified as structural engineering or the
			 Applicant's experience is deemed to be within the branch of structural
			 engineering, the Applicant shall be directed to take the NCEES 16 hour
			 Structural Engineering Exam.
For purposes of this rule,"structural engineering" shall be
				defined as engaging in the design or analysis of "Designated Structures.
				"Designated Structures" are defined as follows:
a. For buildings and other structures
			 requiring a building permit as required by the
International Building
			 Code, adopted edition, with Georgia Amendments
in current effect in
			 the state of Georgia, a Designated Structure is any building or other structure
			 which meets any one of the following criteria:
I. Any building structure which has risk
			 Category of III or IV in accordance with Table 1604.5 of the International
			 Building Code, adopted edition, with Georgia Amendments.
II. Any building structure which has a
			 covered gross area of 100,000 square feet or greater, or has an occupied floor
			 elevation that is 45 feet or more above the average ground level of the
			 building.
III. Any building
			 structure which with height to least width aspect ratio of the structural
			 lateral load resisting system greater than or equal to seven.
IV. Any building structure which is designed
			 using nonlinear time history analysis or with special seismic energy
			 dissipation systems.
b.
			 For bridges and other related transportation structures, a Designated Structure
			 is one that is considered to be a "complex bridge", as described in the
Georgia Department of Transportation Consultant Prequalification
			 Manual,
which includes the following:
I. Bridges of spans longer than 300 feet
II. Tunnels
III. Cable-stayed bridges
IV. Suspension bridges
V. Movable bridges
VI. Trusses with spans longer than 300 feet
VII. Arch bridges
VIII. Segmental bridges
IX. Balance-cantilever bridges
X. Other bridges requiring unique analytical
			 methods or design features not commonly addressed in standards set forth by the
			 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
(3) Civil Engineering
			 applicants who engage in the design of structural elements, but will not
			 perform Structural Engineering as defined in Paragraph (2), will be directed to
			 take the 8 hour Civil Breadth and Structural Depth exam.
(c) Fundamentals of Land Surveying. Consists
			 of an eight-hour examination on the elementary disciplines of land surveying.
			 Passing this examination qualifies the examinee for a land surveyor-in-training
			 certificate provided he/she has met all other requirements for certification of
			 this Chapter.
(d) Principles and
			 Practice of Land Surveying and the Laws of Georgia. The examination is
			 administered in three parts. One part (the national land surveying examination)
			 tests the applicant's understanding of the theory and practice and land
			 surveying. A second part focuses on the application of hydrology to land
			 surveying. The third part tests the applicant's knowledge of the law of Georgia
			 as it applies to land surveying. An applicant must obtain a passing score in
			 each of the three parts in order to pass the examination.