As it does every year, the NCEES organization has already released its 2020 Annual Report, in which it provides an overview of the initiatives it has been involved in, a roadmap of what happened in the previous year, and where it’s headed looking forward. Today, Isaac walks us through some of the most important points and how they affect our licensure as professional engineers, but also how we prepare and take the FE, PE, and SE exams.

Starting with a frustrated 100-year celebration due to COVID and more efforts towards educating policymakers about the value of a professional license, the report details the drop in the overall number of test takers, the attempts to make engineering international work more accessible, and the stronger push towards accelerating the timeline to make the Civil PE Exam become a closed-book, computer-based test.

Today’s episode is a mandatory listen for every engineer out there, regardless of whether or not you already have your license. Our work is regulated by the NCEES along with individual State laws, so we should always be aware of potential threats to licensure, where the industry and its standard exams are heading, as well as the initiatives and activities being funded by the organization to spread the word (and joy) about the field.

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School of PE - http://www.civilengineeringacademy.com/sope

Purple Mattress - http://civilengineeringacademy.com/purple

NCEES - https://ncees.org

The NCEES 2020 Annual Report - https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/AR-2020_spreads_web.pdf

Advance: An NCEES Podcast Series - https://ncees.org/podcast

CEA Podcast Ep. 51 with Tim Miller (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMS11n5s3yY

CEA Podcast Ep. 51 with Tim Miller (Audio) - https://civilengineeringacademy.com/cea-51-the-ncees-chief-officer-of-exams-tim-miller-pe

International Professional Engineers Agreement (IPEA) - https://www.ieagreements.org/agreements/ipea

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Engineers Agreement - https://www.ieagreements.org/agreements/apec

The Ultimate Civil PE Review Course - https://civilpereviewcourse.com

The Ultimate Civil FE Review Course - https://civilfereviewcourse.com

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