18VAC10-20-300: Requirements for surveyor-in-training designation

A. Applicants must apply directly with NCEES for the Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) exam. All applicants must satisfy one of the following conditions in subdivisions 1 through 8 of this subsection and pass the FS exam. Applicants who do not complete their applications and receive their designations within the three years from the date of application must reapply and satisfy one of the following:

1. Be enrolled in an EAC/ABET-accredited surveying or surveying technology program, have 12 months or less remaining before completion of degree requirements, and provide a certificate of good standing from the dean of the school or the dean's designee;

2. Have earned an undergraduate degree from an EAC/ABET-accredited surveying or surveying technology program;

3. Have earned an undergraduate degree related to surveying acceptable to the board and possess a minimum of one year of approved land surveying experience;

4. Have earned an undergraduate degree in a field unrelated to surveying in conjunction with an additional 30 credit hours in surveying acceptable to the board and possess a minimum of two years of approved land surveying experience;

5. Have earned a board-approved associate's degree related to surveying acceptable to the board and possess a minimum of two years of approved land surveying experience;

6. Have earned a certificate or diploma in a surveying curriculum of a minimum of 30 credit hours in a surveying program acceptable to the board and possess a minimum of three years of approved land surveying experience;

7. Have successfully completed a registered survey apprenticeship program approved by the board, including all work hours and required related technical instruction , and possess a minimum of three years of approved land surveying experience; or

8. Have graduated from high school with evidence of successful completion of courses in algebra, geometry, and trigonometry and possess a minimum of six years of approved land surveying experience.

B. Applicants seeking approval to sit for the SIT designation pursuant to subdivisions A 3 through A 8 of this section may apply board-approved college credits toward the experience requirement. The maximum rate of college credit substitution for experience will be one year of experience credit for each 40 credit hours of board-approved college credits completed. College credits applicable toward the completion of any degree used to satisfy a requirement of subsection A of this section will not be eligible for experience substitution.