Continuing Education
A small number of new licensees who applied to take the PE exam through FBPE prior to sitting for the exam are not required to complete 18 hours of continuing education during their first renewal cycle.
Otherwise, when you renew your license for the first time you must have completed 18 hours of continuing education. The required hours are:
- One hour of professional ethics;
- One hour of Florida Laws & Rules from a Board-approved laws & rules provider;
- Four hours related to your area of practice; and
- 12 hours of general engineering education
PEs licensed in Florida must retain completion and attendance certificates for continuing education for at least two licensure cycles, or four years, but should not report CE to the Board unless requested. Random CE audits are conducted following each renewal period. If you are selected for the audit, you must provide evidence of completing the 18 hours of CE during the previous licensure period.
A key exception: PEs who take the Advanced Building Code course must report completion of the course to the Board.
NCEES provides a continuing professional competency (CPC) program to track and report your continuing education requirements across multiple states in which you are licensed.
The CPC program provides a side-by-side tracking of CE requirements and renewal periods for each state. Your information can be electronically transmitted to each state licensing board during a renewal period.
NCEES CPC tracking is a free program.