The board shall evaluate all experience, which includes
education, on a case-by-case basis and approve such experience as appropriate.
The board will use the following criteria in evaluating an applicant's
experience record.
(1) Education
experience will be based on transcripts. Therefore, any transcripts not
previously sent to the board's office should be submitted for maximum
experience credit. Education may be approved as experience based on the
following:
(a) Graduation with a baccalaureate
degree in land surveying from an approved curriculum shall be equivalent to
four years of required experience.
(b) Graduation with an associate degree in
land surveying from an approved curriculum shall be equivalent to two years of
required experience.
(c) Each year
completed of an approved curriculum without graduation shall be granted up to a
year of required experience.
(d) A
maximum of one year may be granted for postgraduate college courses approved by
the board. Postgraduate education will count toward the eight years of required
experience as described in subsection (2) of this section.
(e) Any other education will be taken into
account and evaluated on its merits.
(f) Experience gained between semesters or
quarters or during summers while enrolled in an approved curriculum will be
considered as part of the educational process. The board grants one year of
experience for a year of approved education including any associated work
experience within that year.
(2) In evaluating work experience, the board
will be looking for eight years of broad based, progressive field and office
experience in surveying work under the direct supervision of a person
authorized by chapter 18.43 RCW or other applicable statute to practice land
surveying, a minimum of four years of which shall be in a position of making
independent judgments and decisions under the general guidance and direct
supervision of an authorized professional except as provided for in subsections
(1)(d) and (3) of this section. This latter experience shall not be limited to,
but must include the following:
(a) Applying
state, federal and case law;
(b)
Exercising sound judgment when making independent decisions regarding complex
boundary, topographic, horizontal and vertical control, and mapping
issues;
(c) Field identification
and evaluation of boundary evidence, including monumentation, and the ability
to use that evidence for boundary determination;
(d) Conducting research;
(e) Preparing and analyzing complex property
descriptions; and
(f) Interacting
with clients and the public in conformance with chapter
196-27A WAC.
The board may grant partial credit for experience that does not
fully meet the requirements in (a) through (f) of this subsection.
(3) Teaching of a
character satisfactory to the board may be recognized as surveying experience
up to a maximum of two years.
(4)
In evaluating combined education and experience the board will be looking at
transcripts and work experience to determine knowledge in subsection (2)(a)
through (f) of this section.
(5)
Any work experience gained in a situation which violates the provisions of
chapters 18.43 and 18.235 RCW or Title 196 WAC will not be credited towards the
experience requirement.
(6) A
registered professional engineer who applies to become registered as a
professional land surveyor must meet the requirements stated within this
section.
