I agree with taking a refresher course. Do you work under a PE? A FE isn't going to do much good if you aren't working under a PE to be able to qualify for the PE exam.

I'm in a similar situation for my surveying exam. I took my LSIT back in 97 but only worked under a professional land surveyor for 1 year before we started subcontracting out all of our survey work. I took a new job in 2010 and I am working under a PE/PLS. I do all the survey work here and now I meet the requirements to take the PLS if I want. I am going to be taking my International Facility Managers Certification Exam in June/July and I am strongly considering going ahead and starting to study for the PLS afterwards. The guy I work for is probably going to be retiring in the next year or two, so I need to go ahead and do it.

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Posted by KG6

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Posted on 2/2/17 at 8:32 am to TimeOutdoors

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A FE isn't going to do much good if you aren't working under a PE to be able to qualify for the PE exam.

I know guys that did freelance work and were able to take the PE. They did the work for companies who contracted them and they had PE's sign off on the final design. He just got them and other engineers he knew with PE's to sign off for him. If you do any type of actual engineering work, you work with someone with a PE. Maybe not under them, but you can find a way for them to sign. I don't work under a PE, but there are people I know who said all it would take is them calling my manager to understand what I do on a daily basis and they'd be willing to set me up.

I have no interest in studying for it now that I'm full on in operations, but I know there is an avenue available even though I have never worked under a PE.

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