Massachusetts
Massachusetts Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors
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| Type | Details | Citation | ||
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| EDUCATION | degree_level: BS discipline: Engineering accreditation: BOARD_APPROVED|NCEES_ED_STANDARD meets_ncees_ed_standard: True years_required: 4 | § 81J(1)(b) | Graduate of an engineering curriculum of four years or more approved by the board 90% confidence | |
| EXPERIENCE | discipline: Engineering years_required: 4.0 | § 81J(1)(b) | Four years or more of experience in engineering work of a grade and character satisfactory to the board 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: FE | § 81J(1)(b) | Required written examination in the fundamentals of engineering 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: PE | § 81J(1)(b) | Required written examination in the principles and practice of engineering 90% confidence |
| Type | Details | Citation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMITY | discipline: Engineering accepts_council_record: True | § 81J(1)(a) | Person holding certificate of registration from another jurisdiction or NCEES certificate of qualification, who meets requirements of this chapter, may be registered without further examination 90% confidence |
| Type | Details | Citation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDUCATION | degree_level: BS discipline: Engineering or related science accreditation: BOARD_APPROVED years_required: 4 | § 81J(1)(c) | Four-year college curriculum in engineering or in related science other than the ones approved by the board 90% confidence | |
| EXPERIENCE | discipline: Engineering years_required: 8.0 progressive: True | § 81J(1)(c) | Eight years or more of progressive experience in engineering work 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: FE | § 81J(1)(c) | Required written examination in the fundamentals of engineering 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: PE | § 81J(1)(c) | Required written examination in the principles and practice of engineering 90% confidence | |
| EXPERIENCE | discipline: Engineering years_required: 12.0 progressive: True | § 81J(1)(d) | Twelve years or more of progressive experience including five years or more in responsible charge of engineering work 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: FE | § 81J(1)(d) | Required written examination in the fundamentals of engineering 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: PE | § 81J(1)(d) | Required written examination in the principles and practice of engineering 90% confidence | |
| EXPERIENCE | discipline: Engineering years_required: 20.0 | § 81J(1)(e) | At least twenty years of lawful practice, of which at least ten years in responsible charge of important engineering work 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: PE | § 81J(1)(e) | Oral or written examination in the principles and practice of engineering 90% confidence |
| Type | Details | Citation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMITY | discipline: Land Surveying | § 81J(2)(d) | Person holding certificate of registration from another US jurisdiction on comparable qualifications given comity consideration 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: STATE-SPECIFIC SURVEYING LAW EXAM jurisdiction_specific: True | § 81J(2)(d) | Required written examination of not less than four hours including questions on laws, procedures and practices pertaining to practice in the commonwealth 90% confidence |
| Type | Details | Citation | ||
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| EXPERIENCE | discipline: Land Surveying years_required: 12.0 | § 81J(2)(c) | Twelve years or more of lawful practice in surveying work of a character satisfactory to the board 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: PS jurisdiction_specific: True | § 81J(2)(c) | Written examinations including questions on laws, procedures and practices pertaining to practice in the commonwealth 90% confidence | |
| EXPERIENCE | discipline: Land Surveying years_required: 20.0 | § 81J(2)(f) | At least twenty years of lawful practice, of which at least ten years responsible for major land surveying work 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: PS | § 81J(2)(f) | Oral or written examination in the principles and practice of land surveying 90% confidence |
| Type | Details | Citation | ||
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| EDUCATION | degree_level: ASSOCIATE discipline: Land Surveying accreditation: BOARD_APPROVED years_required: 2 | § 81J(2)(b) | Two years of formal education in approved curriculum above high school level with at least sixty semester credit hours 90% confidence | |
| EXPERIENCE | discipline: Land Surveying years_required: 6.0 under_pe_ps_supervision: True | § 81J(2)(b) | Six years combined office and field experience with minimum four years in responsible charge under supervision of registered PLS 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: PS | § 81J(2)(b) | Oral and written examinations as required by the board 90% confidence |
| Type | Details | Citation | ||
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| EDUCATION | degree_level: BS discipline: Land Surveying accreditation: BOARD_APPROVED|NCEES_ED_STANDARD meets_ncees_ed_standard: True years_required: 4 | § 81J(2)(a) | Bachelor of science degree in an approved curriculum 90% confidence | |
| EXPERIENCE | discipline: Land Surveying years_required: 4.0 under_pe_ps_supervision: True | § 81J(2)(a) | Four years combined office and field experience with minimum three years in responsible charge under supervision of registered PLS 90% confidence | |
| EXAM | exam: PS | § 81J(2)(a) | Oral and written examinations as required by the board 90% confidence |