Many states require engineers to complete mandatory continuing education requirements to maintain their licenses.
Only about 400,000 out of 2 million practicing engineers in the United States are actually licensed by the state in which they practice, says Al Gray, executive director of Alexandria, Va.-based National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). The organization that oversees the standards for licensing, the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), Clemson, S.C., would
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