CA PE Application - Supervisor Retiring

Funnpun said:

My two years of experience will be up February 2021. My boss, whom I have been with for the past ~1.5 years, will be retiring in November 2020. Can he still be a reference for my Civil PE application? Does he need to keep his license active after he retires?

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CAPLS said:

Yes, your current boss should absolutely be a reference for you since he is the license that was in responsible charge of the work experience that you are claiming.  As long as his license was active during the dates listed on that specific engagement/reference form.

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leggo PE said:

So by this metric, it would seem that your boss would need to keep his license active through when you are applying.

Additionally, @Funnpun, who will be in responsible charge of your work after your direct supervisor retires? I would think you would want that person to be one of your references, too.

Theoretically, depending on your work experience, your references should be in responsible charge over the time frame that is the experience you are listing on your application. Of course, to get to the four references you need, some of them may not.

I hope this makes sense!

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leggo PE said:

So by this metric, it would seem that your boss would need to keep his license active through when you are applying.

Additionally, @Funnpun, who will be in responsible charge of your work after your direct supervisor retires? I would think you would want that person to be one of your references, too.

Theoretically, depending on your work experience, your references should be in responsible charge over the time frame that is the experience you are listing on your application. Of course, to get to the four references you need, some of them may not.

I hope this makes sense!

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CAPLS said:

No, not quite.  The reference would only need to maintain his license in active status for the months (dates) claimed under him on the form.  When the reference changes his license status to "Retired" officially after those states dates has no bearing on the months claimed.  Of course, all of this is making the assumption that the reference is officially changing his license status to "Retired" with the California Board.  If the boss is just simply retiring from the company, that is not relevant.

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Funnpun said:

I will most likely be transferring to another department in October 2020, so I'm not sure if my boss's successor can be my reference. However, I do plan on asking my next supervisor to be one of my references.

Even if my boss retires, he also has the option to keep his license active, correct?

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Funnpun said:

@leggo PE and @CAPLS thanks so much for your help! Take care!

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