22 Tex. Admin. Code § 133.43 - Experience Evaluation
(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 and the calendar time has not been claimed for surveying
experience in a surveying application.
(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 Requirements 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 meeting the
requirements of §
133.31(a)(1) of
this chapter (concerning Educational Requirements for Applicants);
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. 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 that has received educational
credit or has been gained as part of an education will not be credited as
experience.
(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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