[SBE] defining broadcast engineering education

[Jeff Carter]

If I read the statute properly, Georgia is one of the states that does
not require a degree to sit for the PE exam.  I wondered why people
were saying otherwise, then I realized that no two states have exactly
the same rules on anything, so they must be talking about their home
states.

Jeff
Atlanta

---- Original message ----

>Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:04:41 -0400

>From: "Benedict, Raymond C" <rcbenedict at cbs.com>

>Subject: Re: [SBE] defining broadcast engineering education

>To: sbe member discussion mail list <sbe at sbe.org>

>

>Many states do not require a degree, only passing the test and meeting the

>experience requirements. One of the FCC PE's has a degree in Physics. I know

>of many PE's that do not have degrees.

>

>

>On 3/18/08 2:45 PM, "Brian Urban" <burban at kut.org> wrote:

>

>> ASEET 1996, BSEET 2000, MSEET 2006

>>

>> I have worked as a broadcast engineer since 1975, including 10 years with a

>> consulting firm, prior to having any degree.

>>

>>

>> As for the Electrical PE, you must have a BSEE or BSEET (ET from an TAC-ABET

>> accredited program) to even sit for the FE exam, serve an up to 4 year

>> apprenticeship (ET 8 year) to sit for the PE exam.  While the exams are

>> controlled by the NCEES, a national organization, you are only licensed in

>> the state for whose exam you sit.  There is some reciprocal licensing

>> between states, but it is not uniform across the nation.

>>

>>

>>> Is it more common to have a Bachelor's or even a Master's in

>>> Engineering in other markets/regions than it is in my market?

>>> Expressed as a percentage, how many SBE members have a BS or MS in

>>> *any* discipline?  Are there any stories out there about how it would

>>> have helped to have had a Bachelor's?

>>>

>>> Thanks in advance,

>>>

>>> Jeff

>>> Atlanta