North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 56 - ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS › Section .0600 - PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR › Section 56 .0601 - REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSING

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Education. The
				terms used by the Board for the specific education requirements to be eligible
				to be licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor are defined as follows:
(1) "Bachelor of Science degree in surveying
				or other equivalent curriculum." These degrees shall contain a minimum of 45
				semester hours, or their quarter-hour equivalents. Of the 45 semester hours, a
				minimum of 12 semester hours of surveying fundamentals, 12 semester hours of
				applied surveying practice, and 12 semester hours of advanced or theoretical
				surveying courses are required. The remainder of the required surveying courses
				may be elective-type courses in any of the categories; and
(2) "Associate degree in surveying
				technology." This degree shall contain a minimum of 20 semester hours, or
				quarter-hour equivalents. Courses, completed with a passing grade, shall be in
				surveying fundamentals, applied surveying practice and advanced or theoretical
				surveying courses, including courses in surveying practices, subdivision design
				and planning, surface drainage, and photogrammetry.
(3) "Land Surveyor Apprenticeship." The
				applicant shall have completed one of the following:
(A) Certified Survey Technician Program (CST)
				of the National Society of Surveyors (NSPS) levels I through IV.
(B) "Technologist" Certification Program of
				the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
(C) The Surveying Education Standard of the
				National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) by
				obtaining college semester credit hours, as modified to require the following
				39 college semester hours:
(i) Twelve college
				semester hours in mathematics beyond basic mathematics, but the credits include
				college algebra or higher mathematics. These courses must emphasize
				mathematical concepts and principles rather than computation. Course examples
				include college algebra, trigonometry, analytic geometry, differential and
				integral calculus, linear algebra, numerical analysis, probability and
				statistics, and advanced calculus; and
(ii) Twenty-seven college semester hours of
				surveying science and surveying practice. Courses shall be taught by surveying
				faculty qualified by education, training or experience to teach the subject
				matter. Examples of courses are basic surveying, route surveying, geodesy,
				geographic information systems, land development design and planning, global
				positioning systems, photogrammetry, mapping, legal principles of land
				surveying, boundary law, professional surveying and mapping, and remote
				sensing. Graduate-level surveying courses can be included to fulfill curricular
				requirements in this area.
(D) Apprenticeship program, administered
				through ApprenticeshipNC, or equivalent administrator, approved by the Board,
				as including elements equivalent to Parts (A), (B), or (C) of this
				Subparagraph.