Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 22	EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 6	TEXAS BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
CHAPTER 133	LICENSING FOR ENGINEERS
SUBCHAPTER E	EXPERIENCE
RULE §133.41	Supplementary Experience Record

Applicants shall submit a supplementary experience record to the board as a part of the application. The supplementary experience record is a written summary documenting all of the applicant's engineering experience used to meet the requirements for licensure. The NCEES record experience information may be accepted as all or part of a supplementary experience record.

(1) The supplementary experience record shall be written by the applicant and shall:

(A) provide an overall description of the nature and scope of the work with emphasis on detailed descriptions of the engineering work;

(B) clearly describe the engineering work that the applicant personally performed;

(D) include any relevant training or participation in engineering organizations or societies that contribute to the applicant's competence and readiness for licensure (consistent with the requirements listed in §137.17 of this title (relating to Continuing Education Program)).

(2) The supplementary experience record shall be divided into employment engagements that correspond to those listed in the application and shall be written in sufficient detail to allow a board reviewer to document the minimum amount of experience required and to allow a reference provider to recognize and verify the quality and quantity of the experience claimed.

(3) Experience that is unsupported by references may not be considered. All experience claimed to meet the minimum requirements for licensure shall be verified by one or more currently licensed professional engineer(s) pursuant to §133.51 of this chapter (relating to Reference Providers).

(4) Experience from part-time employment must be accounted for proportionally to a standard 40-hour work week, if it was part-time employment.

(5) The supplementary experience record must cover at least the minimum amount of time needed by the applicant for issuance of a license.

(A) Applicants applying under §1001.302(a)(1)(A) of the Act shall provide supplementary experience records for at least four years of engineering experience.

(B) Applicants applying under §1001.302(a)(1)(B) of the Act shall provide supplementary experience records for at least eight years of engineering experience.

(C) Applicants seeking a waiver from the examination on the fundamentals of engineering and/or the examination on the principles and practices of engineering requirements shall provide a supplementary experience record for at least the minimum number of years of experience required for a waiver of examinations under §133.69 of this chapter (relating to Waiver of Examinations).

Source Note: The provisions of this §133.41 adopted to be effective May 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 4873; amended to be effective January 1, 2006, 30 TexReg 8685; amended to be effective December 21, 2008, 33 TexReg 10168; amended to be effective September 11, 2016, 41 TexReg 6694