Washington Administrative Code
Title 196 - Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional
Chapter 196-16 - Registered professional land surveyors
Section 196-16-010 - Experience records
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
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:
(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:
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.
Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.43 and 18.235 RCW. 04-04-001, § 196-16-010, filed 1/21/04, effective 2/21/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 96-11-086, § 196-16-010, filed 5/14/96, effective 7/1/96; 87-13-005 (Order PM 606), § 196-16-010, filed 6/4/87; 84-04-027 (Order PL 454 ), § 196-16-010, filed 1/25/84; 82-01-064 (Order 81-10), § 196-16-010, filed 12/18/81; Order PL-115, § 196-16-010, filed 11/24/71; Rule IIIB, filed 11/15/65; Rule IIIB, filed 8/4/64; Rule IIA, filed 12/26/62.