Or. Admin. Code § 820-010-2020 - Education and Experience Requirements for Registration as a Professional Land Surveyor
The following combinations of education and experience may be used to satisfy subsection (4) of OAR 820-010-2000 (Qualifications for Registration as a Professional Land Surveyor):
(1) Graduation from:
(a) An ABET accredited Four Year
Baccalaureate Degree in Land Surveying or Geomatics and Three Years of
Qualifying Experience.
(A) Graduation from a
post-baccalaureate degree program in land surveying or geomatics, from a
college or university that offers an ABET, or ACCE accredited undergraduate
program in a discipline similar to that of the post-baccalaureate degree
program, may be substituted for one year of the qualifying experience
required.
(B) For this section
only, active practice of land surveying work described in ORS
672.005(1)(c) to
(f) may be verified by a registered
professional engineer or registered professional land surveyor.
(b) An ABET or ACCE accredited
Four Year Baccalaureate Degree in Engineering and Six Years of Qualifying
Experience. Completion of coursework that includes 11 semester or 16 quarter
hours of surveying instruction and surveying law may be substituted for two
years of the qualifying experience required.
(c) A Two Year Degree in Land Surveying or
Engineering from an educational institution accredited by CHEA or a
substantially similar accreditation organization and Six Years of Qualifying
Experience.
(2) NCEES
Credentials Evaluation - Equivalent and Three Years of Qualifying Experience.
(a) Completion of course work, not accredited
by ABET, if the course work is evaluated by NCEES Credentials Evaluation (The
cost of any NCEES Credentials Evaluation must be borne by the Applicant), and
NCEES determines that the course work is equivalent to the educational
requirements of the NCEES Land Surveying Education Standard; and
(b) Three years of Qualifying
Experience.
(c) If not used to
satisfy subsection (a) of this rule, graduation from a post-baccalaureate
degree program in land surveying, from a college or university that offers an
ABET or ACCE accredited undergraduate program in land surveying or geomatics,
may be substituted for one year of the qualifying experience required in
subsection (b) of the rule.
(3) NCEES Credentials Evaluation - Not
Equivalent.
(a) Completion of course work not
accredited by ABET, evaluated by NCEES Credentials Evaluation but determined by
NCEES not to be equivalent to the requirements of the NCEES Land Surveying
Education Standard, may be considered toward qualifying an Applicant for
registration if the Applicant provides evidence of a combination of education
and qualifying experience that totals 9 years. The cost of any NCEES
Credentials Evaluation must be borne by the Applicant.
(b) The amount of education that may be
substituted for qualifying experience under subsection (3)(a) of this rule is
as provided in Exhibit 2-a; [Exhibit not included. See ED NOTE.]
(4) Military Experience and
Training.
(a) Military experience and training
may be considered as qualifying for the required education and experience under
this rule if it is evaluated by the Joint Services Transcript (JST) and the
Board determines that it is substantially equivalent to the education and
qualifying experience listed in subsections (1) to (3) of this rule.
(b) Military experience and training that is
not determined to be substantially equivalent to the education and qualifying
experience listed in sections (1) to (3) of this rule may be considered toward
qualifying an Applicant for registration to the extent that the experience and
training involves the subjects cited in subsection (1)(b)(A) of this rule, or
to the extent it qualifies as experience.
(c) The Board will determine the amount of
educational credit, if any, the military training and experience will be given
towards qualifying the Applicant for registration as a Professional Land
Surveyor.
(d) If applying with
military training and experience, whether by qualifying military experience
alone, a combination of educational credit and qualifying military experience,
or a combination of educational credit, qualifying military experience, and
qualifying non-military experience, an Applicant must demonstrate that the
Applicant's training and experience is equivalent to a total of 9 years of
qualifying experience. For example, an Applicant who is granted two years of
credit for military training and experience under this subsection, must
demonstrate 7 years of qualifying education, experience, or both outside of the
military.
(5) Qualifying
Experience Only - 9 years of qualifying experience.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 670.310, 672.255 & ORS 672.126
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 672.002 - 672.325
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