[SBE] defining broadcast engineering education

[John Freberg]

To the PE's on this thread:

I'm interested in pursuing PE certification. Aside from the formal  
requirements, can you shed some light on the practical side of  
attaining the certification?:


-Do you know of accredited BSEE/BSEETprograms that will accommodate a  
working professional?  (I'm not going be a full-time student in a 4- 
year undergraduate program.)

-How does an individual working in private practice satisfy the  
apprenticeship requirements?

-What qualifies as relevant experience with respect to satisfying  
certification requirements?

-With respect to experience requirements, is a PE required to vouch  
for the candidate, or are employer references sufficient?

-Are there insurance, legal or liability issues facing un-certified  
broadcast engineering consultants that compel us to get certified?

-Can you get certified in a state where the requirements are more  
favorable to your circumstances and still get the associated benefits  
and privileges?

-Do you have to be licensed in a particular state to do work in that  
state?

-What resources are out there to assist a candidate in the study  
process and preparation for the exams?

-Does SBE/IEEE/SCTE membership have any benefit regarding the  
certification process?

-Assuming I'm certified in a particular discipline (Electrical  
Engineering), how does this affect other disciplines that I work with  
regularly (like towers, construction, HVAC)?


I assume I'm not alone in my interest in this. Perhaps this is a  
subject for consideration by the SBE Education Committee.


John Freberg


On Mar 18, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Jeff Carter wrote:

> That's exactly what I encountered and what finally drove me back into

> school.   I've got military and vocational/technical school training,

> but it didn't seem to matter.

>

> Seven years ago, I could get a job pretty much anywhere making $40K

> but that was the ceiling.  I wasn't being considered for anything else

> because I couldn't get past HR, and my experience meant nothing when

> nobody was seeing my resume/application.

>

> So, I lost it and enrolled in college at an ABET-accredited

> engineering technology school.  With my experience level, I can apply

> for and take the PE exam (I can get signed off by other PEs) so I will

> probably do that while the math is still reasonably fresh in my head.

>

> The question after that is "now what?" and which direction to go with

> it.  It's sort of like that thing they do on TV to illustrate the lack

> of a real plan:

>

> 1. Go to school.

> 2. ????

> 3. Profit.

>

> Jeff

>

> ---- Original message ----

>> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:46:01 EDT

>> From: A9xw at cs.com

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

>> To: sbe at sbe.org

>> I went back for a BS in business management. In today's HR driven

>> environment, not having a degree means your resume is not read.  

>> When I got in

>> broadcasting in the 60's, all managers wanted was your FCC license

> and some idea you knew

>> your way around equipment. I have my DeVry certificate from 1966  

>> which was

>> plenty good then and part of it was FCC 1st phone prep (with radar

> endorsement).

>> I think the SBE has done a good job of replacing that with the  

>> certification

>> schedule. But when you walk in with 40 years experience  you likely  

>> got to

>> walk in for the interview because you have a degree in something.

> Being a HSG or

>> GED means nothing in the work world because the quality of HD grads  

>> is so

>> low, many are functionally illiterate but got their "certificate of

> attendance"

>> for being there 6 years.

>>

>> Henry

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