Indiana Administrative Code
Title 307 - INDIANA BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR SOIL SCIENTISTS
Article 1 - INDIANA REGISTRY OF SOIL SCIENTISTS
Rule 3 - Registration; Education; Continuing Education
Section 3-5 - Work requirement
Universal Citation: 307 IN Admin Code 3-5
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 25-31.5-3-4
Affected: IC 25-31.5-4-3
Sec. 5.
(a) Three (3) years of work experience are required for registration as a RPSS. Credit will be allowed for regular work and for certain kinds of college course work as explained in this section. The board will decide how much work credit to allow for various kinds of work using the following guidelines:
(1) Unlimited credit for work experience will
be granted for activities related primarily to evaluating soils and landscapes
in their natural setting, as listed in this subdivision. Credit is granted for
work done while a person is a college graduate or undergraduate student,
intern, student trainee, or similar position. Some of this work can be part of
field laboratory sessions of college courses. One (1) semester credit counts as
forty (40) hours of work credit. Examples of these activities are as follows:
(A) Collecting soil samples from entire
pedons (profiles) in the field.
(B)
Describing soil morphology and explaining how soil morphology affects soil
processes.
(C) Characterizing
landscapes and explaining how they relate to soil processes.
(D) Mapping soils.
(E) Preparing soil reports that deal with
soil morphology and landscapes.
(F)
Collecting and preparing soil monoliths.
(G) Teaching college students to do those
tasks and related tasks.
(2) A maximum of one (1) year of work
experience will be allowed for soil science work other than that mentioned
under subdivision (1). This work is primarily related to crop production, soil
erosion control, wetland determination, and related activities. Specific tasks
include the following:
(A) Interpreting soil
surveys without doing field investigations.
(B) Sampling soils for fertility.
(C) Making fertilizer
recommendations.
(D) Scouting for
soil-borne disease.
(E) Planning
soil erosion control practices.
(F)
Conducting wetland investigations.
(G) Laboratory research.
(H) Teaching college students to do those
tasks.
(I) Related tasks.
(b) Work as established in subsection (a)(1) done while a college student can contribute to the total work experience requirement according to the following limits:
(1) A bachelor of sciences (BS) candidate, up
to one (1) year.
(2) A master of
science (MS) candidate, up to one (1) year.
(3) A doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) candidate,
up to one (1) year beyond MS (up to two (2) years as a graduate student).
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