Arizona Administrative Code
Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 30 - BOARD OF TECHNICAL REGISTRATION
Article 2 - REGISTRATION PROVISIONS
Section R4-30-221 - Engineering Branches Recognized
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 4-30-221
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. The Board shall recognize the branches of engineering described below for review of experience, selection of examination, definition of examination areas, and definition of demonstrated proficiency areas to be inscribed on the registrant's seal. The branches do not limit the areas of a registrant's practice of engineering. (See R4-30-301(18) )
1. Agriculture: Consultation,
investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review
of construction for projects concerning agricultural machinery, drainage,
irrigation, terracing, farm electricity or water pumps and wells for the
maintenance of adequate potable water supplies for crops, people, animals, or
industry.
2. Architectural:
Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location,
development, and review of construction for projects concerning building
mechanical, acoustical, electrical, lighting, or structural systems.
3. Chemical: Consultation, investigation,
evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
for projects concerning chemical enterprises, chemical and biological
processes, plant layout, production of pilot plants, water, wastewater and
pollution control plants, piping and distribution systems, heat exchanges,
energy production management and distribution systems, process instrumentation
and control systems, biomedical equipment, mining and minerals beneficiation,
corrosion retardation, heat, mass and momentum transfer systems, reaction
kinetics, thermodynamics, quality assurance controls, or systems for heat
transmission.
4. Civil:
Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location,
development, and review of construction for projects concerning highways,
streets, transportation systems, drainage and flood control structures, surface
and subsurface hydrologics, sewers, tunnels, railroads, geotechnical analysis,
waterfronts, water and wastewater systems, water power and supply apparatus,
wells, pumps, bridges, dams, irrigation structures, water purification
apparatus, incinerators, or site fire protection systems.
5. Control Systems: Consultation,
investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review
of construction for projects concerning control systems and their constituent
devices including, but not limited to, dynamic stability and the application of
instrumentation and feedback control principles to regulate and operate
chemical plants, petroleum refineries, food processing plants, water and waste
treatment plants, power plants, pollution abatement systems, transportation
systems, or other dynamic processes and systems.
6. Electrical: Consultation, investigation,
evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
for projects concerning power systems, electronic and transmission equipment,
electric service and supply systems, lighting systems, communication service
and supply systems, fire alarm and detection systems, control systems, or
electrical installations.
7.
Environmental: Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design,
location, development, and review of construction for projects concerning water
and wastewater systems, domestic and process (industrial/commercial) solid
waste and hazardous materials systems, air quality systems, or health, safety,
and environmental protection including, but not limited to systems relating to
emergency response, risk analysis, radiation protection, noise toxicology, or
industrial hygiene.
8. Fire
Protection: Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design,
location, development, and review of construction for projects concerning
building exiting and life safety systems, fire suppression systems and devices,
fire detection and alarm systems and devices, smoke exhaust and smoke
management systems, fire resistance for building components and assemblies,
water supplies and pumping systems for fire protection, including the hydraulic
analysis of such systems, and the reduction and control of fire hazards due to
processes subject to fire or explosion.
9. Geological: Consultation, investigation,
evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
for projects concerning geological studies related to surface and subsurface
excavations and foundations, stability of slopes, groundwater locations,
geological material age and strength determinations near surface or deep
subsurface geological structures or geophysical mapping of geological
formations and groundwater locations.
10. Industrial: Consultation, investigation,
evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
for projects concerning factory layouts, tools and fixtures, factory planning,
time and motion study systems, rate plans, production plans, quality control
systems and analysis, work simplification systems, methods studies and cost,
production control, organizational, operational and labor needs, or safety
analysis.
11. Mechanical:
Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location,
development, and review of construction for projects concerning air
conditioning, refrigeration, ventilation, combustion, heat transfer, energy,
power, fuels, propulsion, machinery, tools, manufacturing, fluids, plumbing,
fire suppression systems and devices, water supplies and pumping systems for
fire protection, including the hydraulic analysis of such systems.
12. Metallurgical: Consultation,
investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review
of construction for projects concerning the production of metals or metal
objects, testing procedures, metal processing, failure analysis procedures,
mining and mineral beneficiation, or the development of metal alloys.
13. Mining: Consultation, investigation,
evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
for projects concerning the construction of plants, shaft and bottom layouts,
ventilation and hoisting systems, head frames, washery or concentration mills,
mining methods and testing procedures, or metallurgical works and production
procedures.
14. Nuclear:
Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, location,
development, and review of construction for projects concerning nuclear waste
management, alternative waste management systems, disposal criteria and risk
evaluation, transportation, packaging, decontamination, handling, welding
evaluation, site stabilization, recovery techniques, water and air quality
control systems, waste volume management, evaporation systems, reactor safety
methods, health safety systems, cycle analysis, or nuclear fuels.
15. Petroleum: Consultation, investigation,
evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
for projects concerning drilling equipment, pipelines, refinery plants,
gathering systems, handling and storage systems, exploitation and selection
methods, gas measurement and core analysis, phase behavior studies, reserve
calculations, or the development of petroleum products.
16. Sanitary: Consultation, investigation,
evaluation, planning, design, location, development, and review of construction
for projects concerning water treatment and sewage disposal plants, water
systems, sewers, incinerators, distribution systems, sewage and industrial
waste treatment plants, pollution reduction systems, sanitary facilities, or
public health systems.
17.
Structural: Consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design,
location, development, and review of construction for projects concerning
force-resisting and load-bearing members and their connections for structures
such as foundations, bridges, walls, columns, slabs, beams, trusses, or similar
members used singly or as part of a larger structure.
B. An applicant shall submit to the Board a separate application and application fee for each branch for which application is made. An applicant who wishes to change the branch of application after notification by the Board that the application has been evaluated by the Board shall submit the request in writing and pay an additional application fee.
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