Utah Admin. Code R156-22-302g - Qualifications for Licensure - Experience Requirements - Specific to Professional Land Surveyor

In accordance with Subsection 58-22-302(3)(d), each applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor shall submit verification of qualifying experience as follows:

(1) The experience may be obtained before, during, or after completing the education requirement.

(2) The experience shall be supervised by one or more licensed professional land surveyors, and certified by the supervisor.

(3) The experience shall include experience in professional land surveying in the following content areas:

(a) experience specific to field surveying with actual "hands on" surveying, including all of the following:

(i) operation of various instrumentation;

(ii) review and understanding of plan and plat data;

(iii) public land survey systems;

(iv) calculations;

(v) traverse;

(vi) staking procedures;

(vii) field notes and manipulation of various forms of data encountered in horizontal and vertical studies; and

(b) experience specific to office surveying, including all of the following:

(i) drafting (including computer plots and layout);

(ii) reduction of notes and field survey data;

(iii) research of public records;

(iv) preparation and evaluation of legal descriptions; and

(v) preparation of survey- related drawings, plats, and record of survey maps.

(c) The amount of qualifying experience shall be as follows:

(1) Each applicant with an associates degree in land surveying or geomatics shall complete a minimum of six years of experience as follows:

(a) three years that complies with Subsection (3)(a); and

(b) three years that complies with Subsection (3)(b).

(2) Each applicant with a bachelors degree in land surveying or geomatics shall complete a minimum of four years of experience as follows:

(a) two years that complies with Subsection (3)(a); and

(b) two years that complies with Subsection (3)(b).

(3) Each applicant with a masters degree in land surveying or geomatics shall complete a minimum of three years of experience as follows:

(a) one and a half years that complies with Subsection (3)(a); and

(b) one and a half years that complies with Subsection (3)(b).

(4) Each applicant with a doctorate degree in land surveying or geomatics shall complete a minimum of two years of experience as follows:

(a) one year that complies with Subsection (3)(a); and

(b) one year that complies with Subsection (3)(b).

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R156-22-302g

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-18, effective 8/21/2017