Who here took the Civil Transportation PM test?

[Bcbillings]

I was just wondering how many people here took the Civil Transportation afternoon exam.  What do you all do for a living?

I am the assistant County Engineer and I will assume the County Engineer position as soon as I have my license ( I have a person in a neighboring county Oversee my work for now).

Do you have new wages negotiated when you have the PE or is there no immediate benefit for you?

 

[Clemson CE P.E.]

Transpo here.  Also work in municipal work.  been told what my raise will be, which made the last go around sting a bit.

 

[Bcbillings]

I have a pre-signed contract that goes into effect as soon as I receive my license. I recently talked to a couple engineers that said they got nothing immediately after getting their PE but were able to advance faster. I guess call me greedy I wanted Both advancement and pay!

 

[humner]

Took the Transportation exam.  Will have no effect on my current career.  I work as a Project Manager for NYC.  Will probably just use my PE to design private septics and building additions.

 

[Jarau021]

Transport here, I work as a CEI inspector down here in Miami, I took it early in Arizona, but I won't be licensed for 3 years. There's a 1000$ incentive plus it's the quickest way to get pushed up in CEI work.

 

[johnharty29]

PW Director at age 50 without my license. It's not required but with an appointment looming every other year I gave it a shot.

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[DuckFlats]

I work under the city engineer in a small Florida city. I will receive a decent raise and promotion after passing the exam. Also, typically a county or city will have a training budget and can help purchase various materials for your exam. Your current county engineer is not licensed? Have you verified with the state board that having a neighboring county's engineer review your work counts?

 

[GatorGrad13]

I work for FDOT in the drainage office, but I took the Transportation exam, even though I work in drainage.

No immediate raise for passing the PE, but having it allows me to apply for the higher paying PE positions once I get my license next May. Though, I did just find out this week that I maybe able to apply for a PE position if they condition it to require the ability to obtain a license within a year.

 

[maffew]

I work for FDOT in the drainage office, but I took the Transportation exam, even though I work in drainage.

No immediate raise for passing the PE, but having it allows me to apply for the higher paying PE positions once I get my license next May. Though, I did just find out this week that I maybe able to apply for a PE position if they condition it to require the ability to obtain a license within a year.

I work for FDOT too, Structures Maintenance but took Transportation because materials were easier to find.

 

[GatorGrad13]

Very nice! Yeah, I had the same thought process. The only reference I had to buy was the CERM. I had a friend who also took the test at the same time, but he opted for the water resources. 

 

[Bcbillings]

I work under the city engineer in a small Florida city. I will receive a decent raise and promotion after passing the exam. Also, typically a county or city will have a training budget and can help purchase various materials for your exam. Your current county engineer is not licensed? Have you verified with the state board that having a neighboring county's engineer review your work counts?

There are many "shared" counties that have one engineer to two counties. That is essentially the situation until I get my license then I will assume the remaining responsibilities and title. He is still directly overseeing me and has to sign off on all professional work because he is the licensed engineer. And yes The County provided any references that are useful for the office (all the required books listed on the NCEES site) and I bought the PPI class and books. This has been extremely valuable experience to say the least! 

 

[DuckFlats]

Gotcha. I didn't know that. I haven't heard much about the PPI class, I know a lot of folks here did EET. I took school of PE and thought it was pretty good and have a friend that used testmasters and his notes were very well done. My biggest piece of advice is to not rely on the class for your depth studying and get familiar with those references!

 

[Bcbillings]

Gotcha. I didn't know that. I haven't heard much about the PPI class, I know a lot of folks here did EET. I took school of PE and thought it was pretty good and have a friend that used testmasters and his notes were very well done. My biggest piece of advice is to not rely on the class for your depth studying and get familiar with those references!

PPI is 90% AM and 10% PM. The instructor said if you can get 100% in the morning you only have to get half right in the PM so that is how the class is structured. I have to say with their guided studying for the morning and my independent studying for the afternoon I thought this test was really easy.... lets hope that means I passed!

 

[DuckFlats]

I just took it as well. I didn't realize you took the test. Good luck to you! I'm hoping we see something in the next week or so.

 

[BarneyOnAcid]

I took transportation, I work for a small transp firm. We do planning/design work. Never been told by my employer what the benefit will be, but my colleagues from other companies have seen anywhere between 15-20% salary increase. You're company gets paid more on contracts when they have more PE's as I understand it.

 

[Cinnamon]

I work for a DOT.  I took the Transpo because I'm generally good at geometrics and traffic stuff.  The unlicensed salary overlaps with licensed so I will eventually get a raise. The big pay off comes in the ability to apply for a supervising position.   My supervisor is a few years older than I am and when she goes I am not working for someone whom I would have to train.  No.way.in.hell. 

PW Director at age 50 without my license. It's not required but with an appointment looming every other year I gave it a shot.

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Hah I'm 51.. beat ya. 

 

[305dalage]

Transport here, I work as a CEI inspector down here in Miami, I took it early in Arizona, but I won't be licensed for 3 years. There's a 1000$ incentive plus it's the quickest way to get pushed up in CEI work.

Hey. I guess by now you’re licensed. I’m in the CEI industry too. Just wondering how you did your application, since we don’t do any design.