Chapter 180-3 QUALIFICATIONS: PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND ENGINEER-IN-TRAINING
As used in O.C.G.A. 43-15-8 and 43-15-9, the following terms
have the meanings indicated:
| (a) |
"Engineering curriculum of not less than four years from a school or college
approved by the Board," as used in O.C.G.A. 43-15-8(1)(A), means the
engineering curricula of schools, colleges, and universities in the United
States and its territories which at the time of the applicant's graduation are
curricula accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
(A.B.E.T.). Unless the Board determines otherwise, in a case where the
curriculum in question was dropped from the accreditation list but was
reaccredited within a period of five years, the Board may approve the
curriculum as though there was no lapse in accreditation. |
| (b) |
"Engineering curriculum of not less than
four years" as used in O.C.G.A. 43-15-8(2)(A), includes engineering curricula
in schools or colleges which are not accredited by the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (A.B.E.T.) but which may be approved by the Board in
individual cases upon review of the applicant's educational
transcript. |
| (c) |
"In a curriculum of
four or more years in engineering technology . . . from a school or college
approved by the Board," as used in O.C.G.A. 43-15-8(2)(A), means engineering
technology curricula in schools or colleges in the United States and its
territories which, at the time of the applicant's graduation, are curricula
accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
(A.B.E.T.). Those curricula may be accepted by the Board, in individual cases,
upon review of the applicant's educational transcript. |
| (d) |
"In a curriculum of four or more years in
engineering technology or . . . related science curriculum from a school or
college approved by the Board" as used in O.C.G.A. 43-15-8(2)(A), means a
four-year curriculum leading to a bachelor of science degree in chemistry,
physics, mathematics, and similar related science curriculum of the military
service academies of the United States. Those curricula may, in individual
cases, be accepted by the Board upon review of the applicant's educational
transcript. |
In evaluating experience offered as qualifying experience under
O.C.G.A. 43-15-8, 43-15-9, and 43-15-10, the Board will take into consideration
the following six (6) factors:
| (a) |
Prior Education. The Board will take into consideration the applicant's
education at the time the pertinent experience was acquired with the basic view
that prior education determines the value of the experience. |
| (b) |
Kind of Experience. The experience should
involve the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and
engineering sciences; the preparation of engineering data; the organization and
implementation of testing procedures or methodologies for the collection of
engineering data; the preparation of engineering data; the interpretation of
engineering data; and the involvement in engineering during construction by the
design engineer to verify his/her engineering design. |
| (c) |
Quality. The experience should, by
progression in difficulty and magnitude, demonstrate that the applicant has
acquired ability to design and apply engineering principles and that his/her
judgment may be trusted on projects involving public health and
safety. |
| (d) |
Scope. The experience
should demonstrate sufficient breadth and scope within the field selected
rather than narrowly focused technical skill within the field. |
| (e) |
Progression. The record of work
experience should indicate progression from initial work of simple character to
recent work of greater difficulty, complexity and responsibility. |
| (f) |
Capacity and Viewpoint. The record of
experience should indicate that the applicant has attained to a considerable
degree those attributes of clear thinking and analysis essential to
competence. |
The Board may also accept as meeting the educational
requirements of O.C.G.A. 43-15-8(1)(A), graduation from a four-year engineering
curriculum of a school or college not appearing on the most recently published
list of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (A.B.E.T.). The
applicant, subsequent to graduation from such a curriculum, must have completed
at least one additional year of study in engineering subjects in a program in
which either the undergraduate or advanced degree was approved by the A.B.E.T.
at the time of the applicant's study. That year's study must have resulted in
the conferring of an advanced degree such as a masters degree or a doctors
degree with a major in engineering. All curricula pertaining to an applicant
shall be approved by the Board.
| (1) |
Any
applicant desiring educational credit for an engineering degree from a foreign
institution must submit an evaluation of such education to the Board. Such
evaluation must be in a form prescribed by the Board and must be performed by
an agency approved by the Board. |
| (2) |
Approved special evaluation forms and
instructions may be obtained from Engineering Credentials Evaluation
International (ECEI) at their website WWW.ECEI.ORG. |
| (3) |
Advanced post-graduate degrees to be
accepted for educational credit must be in the same branch of engineering and
current experience in which the applicant plans to practice in the state of
Georgia and be from a school or college whose undergraduate curriculum is
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited in the
applicant's discipline at the time of the applicant's study. |
