I am a currently going to college for IT PM through Capella University. I want to start the PMP certification process, i spoke with PMI about using my work experience for satisfying the hours requirement. i currently work for Norfolk southern railroad as a track maintenance foreman, while the PMI said this would be applicable work experience i have no idea how i would log 7500 hours worth. my projects are mostly 1-2 day projects with the rare jobs extending past it. i would have to go back roughly 3.5 years and log from there out. at that time PMP certification was not a thought in my head and i do not have any records. I have spoken with my supervisors and division engineers who asked if there was anyway they could write any sort of document verifying my hours and experience. i have not contacted the PMI with this notion yet as i am looking for possible answers from candidates that may be in a similar position.

I should also elaborate on my job a bit. I am responsible for the structure and safe passage of 80 million gross tons of freight that travels through our territory. I receive my direct instructions from my supervisor, coordinate time between train passage, and manage a team of fellow employees to inspect, repair, or replace different aspects of the railroad track structure. in doing this i cover the focus areas of pm; Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. most of the time my daily project will last 8-10 hours sometimes less sometimes more. thus that is the issue i have how would i log so many projects especially ones that are 3.5 years ago.

thanks for sticking through the reading hopefully someone has a suggestion.