Qualifications for persons performing testing of construction materials and structural members or assemblies

members or assemblies (a) Each professional engineer licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 391 who has been designated to supervise the testing of construction materials and structural members or assemblies for a testing laboratory operated by any person, firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of Chapter 391 shall be qualified for each separate area of inspection and testing of such materials and members or assemblies either by having successfully completed at least one course at an accredited institute of higher education or an accredited training seminar in the specific subject matter of that testing procedure or by having performed testing of construction materials and structural members or assemblies in a testing laboratory for at least three years. (b) The supervising professional engineer for a laboratory facility operated by any person, firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of Chapter 391 shall be responsible for the instruction of the technicians performing tests in the laboratory as needed and shall provide for the evaluation of the performance of each technician performing tests in the laboratory on an annual basis. The supervising professional engineer shall maintain records of the results of these evaluations and shall provide the records to the Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors of the Department of Consumer Protection upon the Board's request.