Qualifications for Registration by Examination, Experience or Education

4733-9-01 Qualifications for registration

The board will consider applications from persons possessing one of the following qualifications:

(A) Professional engineer — A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of four academic years or more from a school or college approved by the board, and who has had four or more years of experience of a type satisfactory to the board.

(B) Professional engineer — Having satisfactorily completed four academic years or more from a college curriculum in engineering that is not approved by the “Education Accreditation Commission/Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET),” or in engineering technology and who has eight years or more of progressive experience in engineering work indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of such work.

(C) As a professional surveyor after December 31, 1992, either by:

(1) Graduation from an approved curriculum in surveying of four years or more in a recognized school or college, and a specific record of an additional four years or more of surveying office and field experience of a character acceptable to the board, with at least two of these years in responsible charge of this work under the direct supervision of a professional surveyor, and passing the prescribed written, or written and oral examination;

(2) Graduation from an approved curriculum in civil engineering of four years or more in a recognized school or college, successful completion of at least twenty-four quarter hours, or equivalent semester or trimester hours, of approved surveying courses in surveying directly and mapping arts and sciences, except that courses successfully completed as prior studies may be credited by the board toward this requirement, of which at least eight quarter hours, or equivalent semester or trimester hours, are in property surveying, and a specific record of an additional four years or more of surveying office and field experience of a character acceptable to the board, with at least two of these years in responsible charge of this work under the direct supervision of a professional surveyor, and passing the prescribed written, or written and oral examination.

(D) Cut-off date for new or renewed applications for each examination is ninety days before the examination date. All experience or education and experience requirements must be met ninety days before the examination date.

(E) An examinee may be late up to one hour in the a.m. examination portions and one-half hour in the p.m. portion from the start of the time the chief monitor starts the examination. Positive identification must be furnished by the late arrival examinee.

HISTORY: Effective 11-01-2003
Rule promulgated under: R.C. 119.03
Rule authorized by: R.C. 4733.07
Rule amplifies: R.C. 4733.11
Replaces: Prior 4733-9-01
R.C. 119.032 review date: 11-01-2008

4733-9-02 Acceptable experience defined

(A) Satisfactory engineering work shall be of a nature such that its adequate performance requires engineering education, training, or experience and must be demonstrated through the application of the mathematical, physical and engineering sciences. Satisfactory engineering experience shall include but not be limited to, an acceptable combination of the following types of engineering activities:

(1) Design or conceptual design of engineering works, products, or systems;

(2) Development or optimization of plans and specifications for engineering works, products, or systems;

(3) Analysis, consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning or other related services for engineering works, products, or systems;

(4) Planning the use or alteration of land, water, or other resources;

(5) Engineering for development of operating and maintenance manuals;

(6) Engineering for construction, or inspection of construction for the purpose of assuring compliance with drawings or specifications;

(7) Engineering for materials testing and evaluation;

(8) 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;

(9) Teaching of engineering subjects.

(B) The board will consider satisfactory graduate study resulting in a graduate degree, or degrees, in engineering or surveying equal to experience up to a maximum of two years’ credit of the engineering or surveying experience required. Credit for work experience and for undergraduate or graduate study, occurring within the same period, shall not exceed the elapsed calendar time during which this occurs.

(C) In the review of engineering experience, the board shall consider whether the experience was sufficiently complex and diverse, and of an increasing standard of quality and responsibility and whether the quality of engineering work shows minimum technical competency.

HISTORY: Effective 11-01-2003
Rule promulgated under: R.C. 119.03
Rule authorized by: R.C. 4733.07
Rule amplifies: R.C. 4733.11
Replaces: Prior 4733-9-02
R.C. 119.032 review date: 11-01-2008

4733-9-04 Examinations and minimum grades, and intern certificates

(A) Examinations for surveyors and engineers will be held two times each year.

(B) The written examination required for original registration will be given in two days, of eight hours each.

(C) In determining an applicant’s qualifications for registration by written examination, the following minimum grades will be required;

(1) For stage one of the written examination, covering the fundamentals of engineering or fundamentals of surveying, a minimum grade of seventy will be required for passing.

(2) For stage two of the written examination, covering the principles and practice of engineering, a minimum grade of seventy will be required for passing.

(3) For stage two of the written examination, covering the principles and practice of surveying, the applicant must pass both the six hour national principles and practice examination and the two hour professional practice examination devoted to the laws and practices of this state. A minimum grade of seventy for each examination will be required for passing.

(D) Recent graduates or currently enrolled students may apply to take the “Fundamentals of Engineering or Fundamentals of Surveying” examination by submitting a letter from an authorized college or university representative instead of submitting an official curriculum transcript. For the purposes of this section, a “recent graduate” is a person who has graduated but cannot produce an official transcript ninety days before the examination. Currently enrolled students must anticipate graduation within six months after the next scheduled examination.

(1) For the “Fundamentals of Engineering” examination, the board will only consider Ohio EAC/ABET accredited engineering curricula or Ohio TAC/ABET accredited engineering technology curricula.

(2) For the “Fundamentals of Surveying” examination the board will only consider Ohio RAC/ABET accredited surveying curricula or Ohio board approved surveying curricula.

(E) Upon successful completion of the fundamentals examination, a certificate as an engineer intern or surveyor intern will be issued by the board. Such certificate as an engineer intern or surveyor intern does not allow the holder of such a certificate to perform, offer to perform or contract for engineering or surveying services or to use the initials P.E. or P.S. with their name.

(F) A person who has passed the NCEES fundamentals of engineering or surveying examinations from another state, territory of the United States, or District of Columbia will not need to again pass said examinations in Ohio.

HISTORY: Effective 11-01-2003
Rule promulgated under: R.C. 119.03
Rule authorized by: R.C. 4733.07
Rule amplifies: R.C. 4733.13
Replaces: Prior 4733-9-04
R.C. 119.032 review date: 11-01-2008