Experience Evaluation

(1) Acceptable Work Experience must be in work of a professional grade and character that indicates to the Board that the applicant is competent to practice engineering or land surveying. (2) Acceptable Work Experience of a professional grade is evaluated on the basis of: (a) Statutory Length as of date of application; (b) Professional Level; (c) Degree of Responsibility; (d) Application of Technical Knowledge; (e) Exercise of Judgment. (3) Engineering work or land surveying work performed during a period of full-time study at an educational institution is considered part of the educational program, and is not acceptable Work Experience. (4) Engineering work periods or land surveying work periods of up to six months during, or incidental to, undergraduate education (such as a cooperative experience or an internship) are considered part of the educational program and are not acceptable as Work Experience. (5) Acceptable Work Experience for graduates of a Board-approved engineering curriculums leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Engineering Technology in an "evening" or "part-time" program may accrue during enrollment in such a program. (6) Land surveying experience is not acceptable professional engineering Work Experience except that part of the practice of land surveying that is incidental to civil engineering. (7) Periods of Work Experience claimed on an application for registration in one Branch cannot be used again on another application for a different Branch, except for that Work Experience that may be common to both Branches. (8) Acceptable Work Experience for registration as an engineer or land surveyor must be accrued during the lawful Practice of Engineering or Practice of Land Surveying respectively except that teaching at a college or university offering a Board-approved engineering or surveying curriculum may be considered as acceptable Work Experience. (9) Acceptable Work Experience for registration for an applicant under classification 250 CMR