Section 12.36.065. Eligibility for professional land surveyor examination.

	(a)  To be eligible for the professional land surveyor examination, an applicant must  
		(1) have been approved for or have passed the fundamentals of land surveying examination; and  
		(2) submit to the board satisfactory evidence that the applicant's education or work experience or both are equivalent to the requirements set out in the following applicable table of education and work experience requirements for professional land surveyors; the board will evaluate the applicant's education and work experience that meet the requirements of AS 08.48  and this chapter and give credit as appropriate:  
			(A) for board approval of an application made on or before June 30, 2014, an applicant's education and experience must meet the requirements of Table A of this section, as follows:  
TABLE A OF EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS 
FOR PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS  
                                                   Responsible
                                          Work        Charge     Total years
                         Education     Experience  under R.L.S. of Education
                          Credit         Credit     In a land     and Work
                          Allowed        Allowed    Surveying    Experience
Classification           In Years       In Years   Capacity In    Required
                                                      Years
Graduate of an ABET
accredited or board
approved curriculum
with a B.S. degree
in land surveying
and a master's or
doctorate degree in
land surveying               5              3              3            8
Graduate of an ABET
accredited or board
approved land
surveying
curriculum 4-year
course                       4              4              3            8
Graduate of an ABET
accredited or board
approved land
surveying
curriculum 2-year
course                       2              6              3            8
Course work in
board approved
curriculum in land
surveying - no
degree (Minimum of
two years credit
hours)                     2 - 3          5 - 6            3            8
			(B) for board approval of an application made on or after July 1, 2014, an applicant's education and experience must meet the requirements of Table B of this section, as follows:  
TABLE B OF EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS 
FOR PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS  
                                                   Responsible
                                          Work        Charge     Total years
                         Education     Experience  under R.L.S. of Education
                          Credit         Credit     In a land     and Work
                          Allowed        Allowed    Surveying    Experience
Classification           In Years       In Years   Capacity In    Required
                                                      Years
Graduate of an ABET
accredited or board
approved curriculum
with a B.S. degree
in land surveying
and a master's or
doctorate degree in
land surveying               5              3         3                 8
Graduate of an ABET
accredited land
surveying
curriculum 4-year
course                       4              4         3                 8
Graduate of a board
approved land
surveying
curriculum 4-year
course                       4              4         3                 8
Graduate of 4-year
degree with board
approved courses
meeting land
surveying education
standard under (h)
of this section              2              6         3                 8
	(b)  "Responsible charge of professional land surveying (P.L.S.)" means work as a supervisor under the responsible control of a land surveyor registered in the United States, and working in the "practice of land surveying" as described in AS 08.48.341. The remainder of the required work experience listed in (a) of this section must be derived from office or field work involving the activities listed in AS 08.48.341. Partial completion of a curriculum leading to a degree in land surveying will be considered by the board in determining applicable work experience. The board will determine the amount of credit given for responsible charge experience gained under the responsible control of a professional in engineering based on applicability to professional land surveying.  
	(c)  The board will accept up to a maximum of two years of credit for professional work experience used in securing registration in civil or mining engineering as experience in securing registration in land surveying based on its applicability to professional land surveying.  
	(d)  The board will accept up to a maximum of two years of subprofessional work experience for up to one half of the work experience required for registration based on its applicability to professional land surveying.  
	(e)  An applicant with a foreign degree shall submit  
		(1) a transcript of the applicant's education and if the transcript is not in English, submit a translation into English and a signed and notarized affidavit by the translator of the accuracy of translation; and  
		(2) an evaluation of the applicant's education from an agency approved by the board unless the applicant's education has been earned at a school accredited by an accreditation agency recognized by the board.  
	(f)  Education and work experience may not be accumulated concurrently. A maximum of 12 months' credit may be claimed for a calendar year.  
	(g)  Repealed 10/29/2009.  
	(h)  For the purpose of a four-year degree program with board approved courses under (a)(2)(B) of this section, course work must meet the following land surveying education standard:  
		(1) at least 12 semester credits or the equivalent must be in mathematics and basic college level science courses, which must include calculus, physics, and statistics;  
		(2) at least 30 semester credits or the equivalent must be in geomatics and land surveying science and design courses, which must include practical field surveying, course in rectangular survey system, and of which at least six semester credits or the equivalent must be in boundary law courses; the geomatics and land surveying course work must include the study of geographic information system (GIS), global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), error analysis and adjustment, geodesy, and map projections.  

Authorities

08.48.101;08.48.171;08.48.181

Notes

Reference

12 AAC 36.064
12 AAC 36.066

Authority

AS 08.48.101 AS 08.48.171 AS 08.48.181

History

Eff. 9/30/78, Register 67; am 2/22/81, Register 81; am 8/13/87, Register 103; am 6/3/89, Register 110; am 3/16/96, Register 137; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 8/26/98, Register 147; am 11/13/99, Register 152; am 3/8/2001, Register 157; am 1/20/2002, Register 161; am 9/11/2004, Register 171; am 10/29/2009, Register 192; am 2/16/2012, Register 201