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Work Experience Requirements

Applicants for Part IIA and IIB of the professional surveyors licensing examination must verify four years practical professional surveying work experience in addition to a bachelors degree which shall include, but not be limited to the following types of land surveying work:

A.*
  • Land surveying, which is the surveying of an area for its correct determination or description for its conveyance or for the establishment or reestablishment of a land boundary and the designing or design coordination of the plotting of land and the subdivision of land.
  • Geodetic surveying, which includes surveying for a determination of the size and shape of the earth, both horizontally and vertically, and the precise positioning of points of the earth utilizing angular and linear measurements through spatially oriented spherical geometry.
  • Utilizing and managing land information systems through the establishment of datums and local coordinate systems and points of reference.
  • Engineering and architectural surveying for design and construction layout of infrastructure.
  • Cartographic surveying for the making of maps, including topographic and hydrographic mapping.
* should include both field and office practice.
B. Acceptable practical experience must be obtained in a varied and increasingly responsible position under the direction of professional surveyors and reported on the Experience Verification form provided by the department. Decisions regarding satisfactory experience will be based upon evaluation of this information by the department and/or the board.
C. Applicants are required to have their experience verified by at least 3 professional surveyors and 2 others.

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