Traffic Engineering Registrations and Certifications
Texas Board of Professional Engineers
According to the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, “Under the Texas Engineering Practice Act, only duly licensed persons may legally perform, or offer to perform engineering services for the public. Furthermore, public works must be designed and constructed under the direct supervision of a licensed professional engineer. The terms "engineer" or "professional engineer" can only be used by persons who are currently licensed. Anyone who violates these parameters is subject to legal penalties…To be eligible for a professional engineering license, engineers must have achieved certain professional milestones. They must have earned an engineering education, performed certain levels of engineering work experience, and passed specific examinations."
JKnesek & Associates, Inc., Firm #10428
Jason Knesek, P.E. #96460
Transportation Professional Certification Board, Inc.
“Recognizing the certification and professional development needs of the transportation profession, the Transportation Professional Certification Board Inc. (TPCB), an autonomous certification body affiliated with the ITE, now offers the following certification programs: Professional Traffic Operations Engineer® (PTOE), Professional Transportation Planner® (PTP), Traffic Operations Practitioner Specialist® (TOPS) and Traffic Signal Operations Specialist® (TSOS).
Certification as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer® (PTOE) is a powerful demonstration of requisite knowledge, skill and ability in the specialized application of traffic operations engineering.”
Jason Knesek - Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) #2449
METRO Small Business Program
METRO’s Small Business Program applies to certain eligible contracts (federally and locally funded) and is a goal-oriented program, requiring contractors who receive contracts from METRO to use Good-Faith Efforts to utilize certified small business firms.
JKnesek & Associates, Inc.
SBE - Small Business Enterprise
Professional Services - Traffic Engineering
TxDOT Consultant Precertification
“A firm must be precertified prior to being awarded a professional services contract with TxDOT. In order to become precertified, firms must go through the precertification application process.
Precertification is required for all work categories that constitute five percent or more of the work on a contract and is based on employee projects. TxDOT precertifies individuals based on prior work experience. An employee demonstrates his or her work experience by describing the work done on projects in the past. Precertification is then granted or denied based on this information, and any firm that individual works for is also precertified.”