Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 36 - State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors
Article 1 - Registration and Licensing
12 AAC 36.065 - Eligibility for professional land surveyor examination

Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 36.065

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) To be eligible for the professional land surveyor examination, an applicant must

(1) have passed the fundamentals of land surveying examination; and

(2) submit to the board satisfactory evidence that the applicant's education, work experience, or both are equivalent to the requirements set out in the following table of education and work experience requirements for professional land surveyors:

TABLE OF EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS

Classification	Education Credit Allowed In Years	Work Experience Credit Allowed In Years	Responsible Charge Under R.L.S. In a Land Surveying Capacity In Years	Total Years of Education and Work Experience Required
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	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 degree obtained outside of the United States 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) 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.

Authority:AS 08.48.101

AS 08.48.171

AS 08.48.181

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