Wisconsin Administrative Code
Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Registered Interior Designers
Chapter A-E 6 - Professional Land Surveyor Licensure
Section A-E 6.03 - Land surveying experience
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง A-E 6.03
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) To qualify as "practice in professional land surveying work of a satisfactory character which indicates that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of such work" under s. 443.06, Stats., the experience of an applicant must satisfy all of the following:
(a) At least two-thirds of an applicant's
experience shall be acquired in all of the following:
1. Locating land boundaries and land boundary
corners including all of the following services:
a. Researching public and private records and
interpreting legal descriptions, deeds, and survey maps.
b. Locating lost and obliterated corners and
United States public land survey system corners and reestablishing or
perpetuating monuments of the corners.
c. Establishing, reestablishing and
perpetuating survey monuments.
d.
Subdividing sections.
e.
Establishing or retracing property lines to determine length and
bearing.
f. Reestablishing
obliterated property lines.
g.
Preparing descriptions of real property from data acquired by field
measurements and other evidence of property location.
h. Conducting resurveys.
2. Preparing at least one map from each of
the following categories:
a. Maps of sections
or portions of sections or townships as established by the original public land
survey and subdivisions of those sections in accordance with the statutes of
the United States and the rules and regulations made by the secretary of the
interior in conformity thereto.
b.
Subdivision plats prepared in accordance with the Wisconsin statutes or local
ordinances.
c. Certified survey
maps prepared in accordance with the Wisconsin statutes or local
ordinances.
e. Other plats or maps
of land in this state in accordance with ch. A-E 7.
3. Other experience which, in the opinion of
the professional land surveyor section, provides the applicant with knowledge
of the practice of land surveying at least equivalent to that which is
generally acquired by experience in the areas listed in this
paragraph.
(b) Not more
than one-third of an applicant's experience may be acquired in:
1. Preparing highway and railroad
rights-of-way maps.
2. Construction
staking for highways, roads, streets or similar projects within the boundaries
of established rights-of-way.
3.
Performing topographic surveys.
4.
Developing control networks for aerial photography unless property lines are
used for control.
5. Performing new
building layout or construction surveys.
6. Transportation project plats in accordance
with s.
84.095,
Stats., and ss.
Trans
233.03 and 233.04.
7. Condominium plats prepared in accordance
with s.
703.11,
Stats.
8. Other experience which,
in the opinion of the professional land surveyor section, provides the
applicant with knowledge of the practice of land surveying at least equivalent
to that which is generally acquired by experience in the areas listed in this
paragraph.
(2) Not more than one year of satisfactory experience credit may be granted for any calendar year.
(3) Academic coursework or teaching and having responsible charge over academic coursework related to the practice of professional land surveying that provides the applicant with knowledge and skills in some areas of practice under sub. (1) may, subject to s. 443.06(1) (b), Stats., be claimed as equivalent experience.
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