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The Florida Legislature found that it was necessary in the interest of public health and safety to regulate the practice of engineering in the State of Florida and thus created Chapter 471, Florida Statutes, the Engineering Registration Law. Under this law the Florida Board of Professional Engineers is responsible for reviewing applications, administering examinations, licensing qualified applicants, and regulating the practice of engineering throughout the state.
NCEES Survey:
Your participation is requested to help define the contents of the future Environmental Engineering licensing examination.
The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), a national non-profit organization composed of engineering and surveying licensing boards representing all states and U.S. territories, needs your help in updating the Environmental Engineering Principles and Practice examination. This survey is designed to elicit your input on the professional activities and knowledge/skills required of a licensed Environmental Engineer with 4 to 6 years of environmental engineering experience. You were selected to participate in this survey due to your dedication to the profession. Your participation in this survey is critical for defining the scope of practice for newly licensed Environmental Engineers.
All responses must be received no later than June 19, 2009. The value of this study is directly related to the number of individuals who return completed surveys. Your participation is of great importance and genuinely appreciated.
If you have any questions, please contact Prometric at (609) 895-5234 and leave a voicemail message or e-mail pnjsurvey@prometric.com. Thank you so much for participating in this important project.
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From the Office of Executive Director
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Preparation for the 2009 began in May 2007. The 2009 Renewal was the most successful renewal in the history of the Florida Board of Professional Engineers. Preparing and pre-planning was the key to the success of this renewal. Thanks to the extensive marketing efforts by Frances Ingram, Manager of Renewal, and Sean Benjamin, Licensure Analyst, the Professional Engineering community was provided with hands-on training in the on-line renewal process, many opportunities for question and answer sessions with regard to renewal, and other valuable tools to assist engineers in the renewal process.
These marketing tools resulted in a very positive 2009 renewal cycle. Seventy-five original renewal forms were received by the Board office as opposed to 500 received in the 2007 renewal cycle. This represents an 85% improvement over the 2007 cycle. At the end of the 2009 renewal cycle only 3,725 of the over 34,000 licensed Professional Engineers in Florida had not renewal their licenses. For comparison purposes, at the end of the 2007 cycle, over 10,000 engineers had not renewed. Many engineers continue to renew after the deadline and it is our goal to assist in the process.
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Examinations:
NCEES has notified the Board of a change in organization. ELSES a division of NCEES will cease to exist. All responsibilities for administration of the examinations remain as is, the only effect of this change is all services falling under authority of NCEES.
Newsletters:
Due to continuing rise in cost factors the Board is reviewing the option of electronic notification of availability of newsletters. Stay tuned for your email from the Board announcing the posting of the newsletter on our website.
All licensees enjoyed a fee holiday for 2007-2011, for 2011-2013, we will have to wait and see. To those engineers who took time to compliment staff for assistance in the renewal process, in turn, we thank you for the positive feedback. For those engineers who encountered difficulties, we have listened and with information collected are taking steps to continually improve the process. For instance, Continuing Education Providers, not the engineer, will report both Area of Practice and the Laws & Rules Courses. This is a major step toward increasing the ease and convenience of on-line renewal. To assist our engineers who are serving in the military, we have created a new Military Status Renewal Form.
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