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Licensed Professional Engineer
Here is an updated from Maryland's DLLR:
NCEES Exam Changes to Come in April 2013
Land surveying and professional engineering exam candidates will see significant changes to several National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) exams beginning with the April 2013 exam administration. NCEES recently announced the changes to member boards, and offered a schedule for posting candidate information as the testing window approaches.
Exam candidates for professional land surveying will be taking the Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) exam in a closed-book format beginning in April 2013. The only references allowed at the exam site will be the NCEES-supplied reference material in the exam book, similar to the way the Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) exam is administered now. The new specifications will be posted on NCEES's website after the October 2012 exam. Additionally, an updated edition of the NCEES PS Sample Questions and Solutions will be available for purchase in November 2012.
Exam candidates for engineering will see changes to two exams and will be offered the opportunity to take a newly-created exam beginning in April 2013. NCEES will permanently move the PE Industrial exam to an April administration from the traditional fall testing window. The exam will have new specifications that are now posted on the NCEES website. Study materials will be published in October 2012, after the last fall administration of the exam.
The PE Civil exam will be changing, as well. Beginning in April 2013, the exam will have revised design standards for the Construction, Civil Structural and Transportation modules. The revised standards will be posted on the NCEES website after the October 2012 administration date.
NCEES will be introducing a new yearly exam to be offered for the first time in April 2013. Registration for the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) Software Engineering exam will open in mid-December 2012. The exam specifications are available at ncees.org/exams and the study materials will be published by the sponsoring technical society (IEEE- USA ) later this year.
If candidates wish to take the exams before the changes are implemented, they should register for the October 2012 administration dates. The registration period for October exams opened June 15, 2012 and runs through September 6, 2012.
Exam candidates for professional land surveying will be taking the Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) exam in a closed-book format beginning in April 2013. The only references allowed at the exam site will be the NCEES-supplied reference material in the exam book, similar to the way the Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) exam is administered now. The new specifications will be posted on NCEES's website after the October 2012 exam. Additionally, an updated edition of the NCEES PS Sample Questions and Solutions will be available for purchase in November 2012.
Exam candidates for engineering will see changes to two exams and will be offered the opportunity to take a newly-created exam beginning in April 2013. NCEES will permanently move the PE Industrial exam to an April administration from the traditional fall testing window. The exam will have new specifications that are now posted on the NCEES website. Study materials will be published in October 2012, after the last fall administration of the exam.
The PE Civil exam will be changing, as well. Beginning in April 2013, the exam will have revised design standards for the Construction, Civil Structural and Transportation modules. The revised standards will be posted on the NCEES website after the October 2012 administration date.
NCEES will be introducing a new yearly exam to be offered for the first time in April 2013. Registration for the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) Software Engineering exam will open in mid-December 2012. The exam specifications are available at ncees.org/exams and the study materials will be published by the sponsoring technical society (IEEE- USA ) later this year.
If candidates wish to take the exams before the changes are implemented, they should register for the October 2012 administration dates. The registration period for October exams opened June 15, 2012 and runs through September 6, 2012.
