Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 10 - BOARD FOR ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS › Chapter 20 - BOARD FOR ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT REGULATIONS › Part IV - Qualifications for Licensing of Professional Engineers › Section 18VAC10-20-240 - Experience

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Each applicant
				  shall complete the board's Professional Engineer and Engineer-in-Training
				  Experience Verification Form, documenting all of his engineering experience.
				  The information provided on the form shall clearly describe the engineering
				  work or research that the applicant personally performed; delineate his role in
				  any group engineering activity; provide an overall description of the nature
				  and scope of his work; and include a detailed description of the engineering
				  work personally performed by him. The experience must be obtained in an
				  organization with an engineering practice and must be verified on the board's
				  experience verification form by a licensed professional engineer in the
				  organization's engineering practice.
B. In general, the required experience shall
				  be applied as follows:
Type of Experience
Qualifying
Nonqualifying
1. Design experience.
A demonstrated use of engineering computation and
								problem-solving skills.
Drafting of design by others.
2. Construction experience.
A demonstrated use of engineering computation and
								problem-solving skills.
The execution as a contractor of work designed by
								others, the supervision of construction, and similar nonengineering
								tasks.
3. Military experience.
Engineering of a character substantially equivalent
								to that required in the civilian sector for similar work.
Nonengineering military training and
								supervision.
4. Sales experience.
A demonstrated use of engineering computational and
								problem-solving skills.
The selection of data or equipment from a company
								catalogue, similar publication, or database.
5. Industrial experience.
Work directed toward the identification and
								solution of practice problems in the applicant's area of engineering
								specialization including engineering analysis of existing systems or the design
								of new ones.
The performance of maintenance of existing systems,
								replacement of parts or components, and other nonengineering tasks.
6. Graduate or doctoral degree.
Only one year of qualifying experience will be
								given for any combination of advanced degrees in an engineering program. In
								addition, if a degree is used to satisfy the education requirement, it cannot
								also be used toward satisfying the experience requirement.
Research conducted as part of a graduate or
								doctoral degree shall not count as additional experience if credit for the
								degree is granted pursuant to
								18VAC10-20-210.
7. Teaching.
For teaching experience to be considered qualifying
								by the board, the applicant shall have taught in an engineering program
								approved by the board and shall have been employed in the level of instructor
								or higher.
8. Co-op or internship.
Engineering experience gained during a co-op or
								internship may be deemed qualifying engineering experience to a maximum of one
								year of credit.
9. General.
Experience in claims consulting, drafting,
								estimating, and field surveying.
C.
				  The board, in its sole discretion, may permit partial credit for approved
				  qualifying engineering experience obtained prior to graduation from an
				  engineering program. Partial credit shall not exceed one-half of that required
				  for any method of initial licensure.
Statutory Authority: §§
												54.1-201
						and
						54.1-404
						of the Code of Virginia.