| (a) The board shall evaluate the nature and quality
of the experience found in the supplementary experience record or
the NCEES record experience information and shall determine if the
work is satisfactory to the board for the purpose of issuing a license
to the applicant. The board shall evaluate the supplementary experience
record for evidence of the applicant's competency to be placed in
responsible charge of engineering work of a similar character.
(1) Engineering work shall be satisfactory to the
board and, therefore, considered by the board to be creditable engineering
experience for the purpose of licensure if it is of such a nature
that its adequate performance requires engineering education, training,
or experience. The application of engineering education, training
and experience must be demonstrated through the application of the
mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. Such work must be
fully described in the supplementary experience record. Satisfactory
engineering experience shall include an acceptable combination of
design, analysis, implementation, and/or communication experience,
including the following types of engineering activities:
(A) design, conceptual design, or conceptual design
coordination for engineering works, products or systems;
(B) development or optimization of plans and specifications
for engineering works, products, or systems;
(C) analysis, consultation, investigation, evaluation,
planning or other related services for engineering works, products,
or systems;
(D) planning the use or alteration of land, water,
or other resources;
(E) engineering for program management and for development
of operating and maintenance manuals;
(F) engineering for construction, or review of construction;
(G) performance of engineering surveys, studies, or
mapping;
(H) engineering for materials testing and evaluation;
(I) expert engineering testimony;
(J) any other work of a mechanical, electrical, electronic,
chemical, hydraulic, pneumatic, geotechnical, or thermal nature that
requires engineering education, training or experience for its adequate
performance; and
(K) the teaching of engineering subjects by a person
who began teaching prior to September 1, 2001.
(2) In the review of engineering experience, the board
may consider additional elements including:
(A) whether the experience was sufficiently complex
and diverse, and of an increasing standard of quality and responsibility;
(B) whether the quality of the engineering work shows
minimum technical competency;
(C) whether the experience was gained in accordance
with the provisions of the Act;
(D) whether the experience was gained in one dominant
branch;
(E) whether non-traditional engineering experience
such as sales or military service provides sufficient depth of practice;
(F) whether short engagements have had an impact upon
professional growth;
(G) whether the applicant intends to practice or offer
engineering services in Texas; and
(H) whether the experience was supplemented by training
courses 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)).
(3) Engineering experience may be considered satisfactory
for the purpose of licensing provided that:
(A) the experience is gained during an engagement
longer than three months in duration;
(B) the experience, when taken as a whole, meets the
minimum time;
(C) the experience is not anticipated and has actually
been gained at the time of application;
(D) the experience includes at least two years of
experience in the United States, not including time claimed for educational
credit, or otherwise includes experience that would show a familiarity
with US codes and engineering practice; and
(E) the time granted for the experience claimed does
not exceed the calendar time available for the periods of employment
claimed.
(b) Experience credit may be granted for experience
gained prior to an applicant's receiving a conferred degree per §133.31
of this chapter (relating to Educational Requirement for Applicants).
Effective January 1, 2009, experience gained in this manner is limited
to a total of two years, and must:
(1) be substantiated in the supplementary experience
record and a reference statement provided for the experience;
(2) be accounted for proportionally to a standard
40-hour work week, if it was part-time employment; and
(3) reflect that, at the time the experience was gained,
the applicant had passed junior and/or senior level engineering or
related engineering science courses and applied relevant engineering
knowledge in the claimed experience.
(c) One year of experience credit may be granted for
each post-baccalaureate engineering degree earned by an applicant,
provided:
(1) the applicant has a baccalaureate or other post-baccalaureate
degree in engineering; and
(2) the post-baccalaureate degree is from an engineering
program where either the graduate or undergraduate degree in the same
discipline is accredited or approved by one of the organizations listed
in §133.31(a)(1) of this chapter (concerning Educational Requirements
for Applicants). Experience credit for all post-baccalaureate degrees
is limited to a total of two years.
(d) Engineering Educators applying for a waiver of
examinations under §133.69 of this chapter (relating to Waiver
of Examinations) will not receive additional experience credit pursuant
to subsection (c) of this section.
(e) Experience gained in conjunction with or in relation
to earning a post-baccalaureate degree, such as research or teaching
assistant work, will not be credited in addition to experience credited
pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(f) For Engineering Educator applicants applying under §133.25
of this chapter (relating to Applications from Engineering Educators),
other acceptable creditable engineering experience may include, but
is not limited to, scholarly activity such as publishing papers in
technical and professional journals; making technical and professional
presentations; publishing books and monographs; performing sponsored
research; reporting on research conducted for sponsors; supervising
research of undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows,
or other employees; providing counseling, guidance, and advisement
for engineering students; and performing certain other types of formal
or informal functions in higher education.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §133.43 adopted to be effective May 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 4873; amended to be effective June 20, 2006, 31 TexReg 4861; amended to be effective April 6, 2008, 33 TexReg 2694; amended to be effective December 11, 2008, 33 TexReg 10024; amended to be effective July 16, 2009, 34 TexReg 4638; amended to be effective September 11, 2016, 41 TexReg 6694; amended to be effective March 15, 2018, 43 TexReg 1439 |
