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Membership Qualifications and Grades

A Professional Engineer Member shall be a Professional Engineer as defined by the holding of a valid license or certificate of engineering registration issued under the laws of any state, territory, possession or district of the United States or Canada.

An Engineer Intern Member shall be an Engineer Intern, or equivalent holding a valid certificate issued under the laws of any state, territory, possession or district of the United States or Canada.

An Associate Member shall be a graduate engineer qualified to be admitted to examination as an Engineer Intern as defined in Chapter 471.013 of the Florida Statutes but who does not hold a valid certificate as an Engineer Intern-in-Training in any state, territory, possession or district of the United States or Canada.

Fellow Member shall be a Professional Engineer Member of recognized high character with distinguished engineering achievements and who shall be elected Fellow only by unanimous vote of the Board, except that automatic Fellow membership status be granted to the individual who is not already a Fellow serving as State Society President upon completion of the term, and will be formalized at the awards ceremony following or immediately preceding the individual’s last Board meeting as President.

Retired Member:

1. Shall be retired from full-time employment
   and/or active practice of engineering; and
2. Shall be at least 62 years of age and have paid
   dues for 5 preceding years, or shall be at least 58 years of age and have met the requirements for continuous membership as set forth in the Life Member requirements; and
3. Shall file formal application by letter, certifying
   compliance with all requirements for eligibility.

RESPECT Member (Retired-Special-Transfer):

1. Shall be at least 65 years of age.
2. Shall have retired from the active practice of
   professional engineering.
3. Shall have been made a Life Member of the
   National Society of Professional Engineers through membership in a State Society other than the Florida Engineering Society.

A Life Member shall be any Fellow, Professional Engineer Member, Engineer Intern Member, Associate Member, or Surveyor Member or Surveyor-in-Training Member who shall have met all of the following qualifications:

1. The member shall have retired from the active practices of professional engineering.
   
2. The member shall be at least 65 years of age.
   
3. The member shall have been a member of the Florida Engineering Society in good standing for a continuous period of years in accordance with the following escalated scale.  Read More.
4. The Member shall file formal application by letter, certifying compliance with all requirements
   for eligibility, through the local chapter (if any).
5. Members of the Corporate Division meeting these requirements and current NSPE
   requirements for Life Membership will be certified by the Society to NSPE on such application.
6. At such time as a RESPECT member (Retired Special-Transfer) shall have paid Florida
   Engineering Society dues for the required number of years the RESPECT Member may apply for Life Membership.

CLICK HERE to view Article IV - Membership of the FES charter.

Membership Dues

The Florida Engineering Society collects and distributes dues for your FES, NSPE, local chapter and state practice section memberships. All FES members residing in Florida belong to NSPE, a local chapter and a state practice section.

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