No person shall practice or offer to practice the profession of engineering in any of its branches, including land surveying, or use any title or description tending to convey the impression that such person is a professional engineer or a land surveyor, unless such person has been licensed or is exempt under the provisions of this chapter. The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board or Commissioner of Consumer Protection that the applicant is qualified for licensure as a professional engineer, engineer-in-training, land surveyor or surveyor-in-training, respectively:

(1) Professional engineer: Graduation from an approved course in engineering in a school or college approved by the board or commissioner as of satisfactory standing, a specific record of an additional four years of active practice in engineering work, which shall be of a character satisfactory to the board or commissioner, and the successful passing of a written or written and oral examination prescribed by the board, with the consent of the commissioner, the first part of which shall test the applicant’s knowledge of fundamental engineering subjects, including mathematics and the physical sciences, and the second part of which shall test the applicant’s ability to apply the principles of engineering to the actual practice of engineering. In lieu of graduation as specified in this subdivision, the board or commissioner may accept, as an alternative, six years or more of experience in engineering work which shall be of a character satisfactory to the board and which shall indicate knowledge, skill and education approximating that attained through graduation from an approved course in engineering. The board or commissioner may waive the written examination requirement in the case of an applicant who submits a specific record of twenty years or more of lawful practice in engineering work which shall be of a character satisfactory to the board or commissioner and which shall indicate that the applicant is competent to be in responsible charge of such work, and may waive the first part of the written examination for an applicant who has completed an approved course in engineering and has at least eight years of engineering experience.

(2) Engineer-in-training: The board or commissioner may license as an engineer-in-training a person who is a graduate of an approved course in engineering or who has had the alternative experience prescribed in subdivision (1) of this section and who has successfully passed the first part of the examination specified in said subdivision. Licensure as an engineer-in-training shall remain valid for a period of ten years from date of issuance of an applicant’s first license toward meeting in part the requirements of subdivision (1) of this section.

(3) Land surveyor: Graduation from a school or college approved by the board or commissioner as of satisfactory standing, including the completion of an approved course in surveying, a specific record of an additional three years of active practice in land surveying, which shall be of a character satisfactory to the board or commissioner, and the successful passing of a written or written and oral examination, prescribed by the board with the consent of the commissioner, for the purpose of testing the applicant’s knowledge of the fundamentals of land surveying and the procedures pertaining to land surveying. In lieu of graduation as specified in this subdivision, the board or commissioner may accept, as an alternative, six years or more of experience in surveying work which shall be of a character satisfactory to the board or commissioner and which shall indicate knowledge, skill and education approximating that attained through completion of an approved course in surveying. The board or commissioner may waive the written examination requirement in the case of an applicant who submits a specific record of sixteen years or more of lawful practice in surveying work, at least ten of which shall have been in land surveying, of a character satisfactory to the board or commissioner and which shall indicate that the applicant is competent to be in responsible charge of such work.

(4) Surveyor-in-training: The board or commissioner may license as a surveyor-in-training a person who is a graduate of a school or college approved by the board or commissioner or who is scheduled to graduate from such an institution within three months after applying for licensure, or who has had six years or more of experience in surveying work of a character satisfactory to the board or commissioner and which indicates knowledge, skill and education approximating that attained through completion of an approved course in surveying, provided any such person has successfully passed part 1 of the national examination relating to fundamentals of land surveying. Licensure as a surveyor-in-training shall remain valid for a period of ten years from the date of issuance of an applicant’s first license toward meeting in part the requirements of subdivision (3) of this section.