Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 809 - BOARD OF GEOLOGIST EXAMINERS › Division 30 - QUALIFICATION STANDARDS AND EXPERIENCE › Section 809-030-0020 - Qualifications for Engineering Geologist Examination and Certification as an Engineering Geologist

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) To
			 qualify to take the engineering geologist examination, the candidate must:
(a) Be registered as a geologist with the
			 Board, and;.
(b) Meet one of the
			 following work experience requirements:
(A)
			 Standard Supervision Pathway: Completed a minimum of 3 years of relevant work
			 experience under the direct supervision of Oregon, California, or Washington
			 Certified Engineering Geologists (CEGs) or engineering geologists who, in the
			 determination of the Board, were providing substantially equivalent supervision
			 in responsible charge.
(B)
			 Responsible Charge Pathway: Completed a minimum of 5 years of relevant work
			 experience in responsible charge of engineering geological projects while
			 working as an engineering geologist in a jurisdiction other than in Oregon in
			 compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction or working as an engineering
			 geologist in Oregon in a manner exempt from Board certification under ORS
			 672.535(1)
			 or (2).
(C) Combined Experience Pathway: Completed a
			 minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience from any combination of work
			 experience under (A) and (B) of this subsection.
(D) Alternative Experience and Education
			 Pathway: Completed a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience plus
			 education in engineering geology as follows:
(i) Work experience was gained under the
			 direct supervision of non-CEG supervisors approved by the Board under OAR
			 809-030-0022; or
(ii) Work
			 experience was gained under a combination of experience as described in (i) and
			 under the direct supervision of CEG or other engineering geologist supervisors
			 meeting the requirements under the Standard Supervision Pathway described in
			 (1)(b)(A) of this rule. For a combination of work experience, the Board will
			 credit work experience using the following formula: 1 year under a CEG or other
			 engineering geologist supervisor multiplied by 1.67 equals 1 year under a
			 non-CEG supervisor approved by the Board. This formula is based on 3 years of
			 work experience under a CEG or other engineering geologist supervisor being
			 equivalent to 5 years of work experience under a non-CEG supervisor approved by
			 the Board.
(iii) Education required
			 is a minimum of 12 quarter hours (8 semester hours) of qualifying coursework in
			 engineering geology topics as presented in the candidate's official transcript
			 and accepted by the Board. Qualifying coursework in engineering geology topics
			 that was used to qualify for geologist registration with the Board may be used
			 to meet this education requirement. Qualifying coursework in engineering
			 geology must have been in a topic from the following list or other engineering
			 geology coursework substitutions approved by the Board:
(I) Applied Remote Sensing;
(II) Earthquake Engineering;
(III) Engineering Geology;
(IV) Engineering Geology Thesis;
(V) Foundation Engineering;
(VI) Geomorphology;
(VII) Geophysics;
(VIII) Geotechnical Engineering;
(IX) Geotechnics;
(X) Mechanics of Materials;
(XI) Site Investigation;
(XII) Slope Stability/Landslides
(XIII) Soil Mechanics;
(XIV) Statics;
(iv) The Board delegates to the Board
			 application review coordinator the authority to approve engineering geology
			 coursework substitutions under (1)(b)(D)(iii) of this rule.
(c) For all work
			 experience pathways described in (1)(b) of this rule, the candidate may use
			 engineering geology work experience used to qualify for geologist registration
			 with the Board to meet the work experience requirements.