Registration provides a way for states to establish and enforce standards for a profession.
This insures that the people who are practicing a profession in that state are qualified to do so. Georgia, as well as Alabama, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and many other states throughout the country, now require registration of professional geologists. The goal is to provide a degree of conformity in professional standards from one state to another. The GIT exam has questions about basic geology and the geology of Georgia, the kind of information that an undergraduate should get in any well rounded geology program. For this reason it is advisable for a students to take the GIT exam as soon as possible after graduation, while the information is still fresh in their minds.