Section 6.03. Land surveying experience.

 

(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 shall be in areas of professional land surveying practice designated under pars. (a) and (b) , or other areas which, in the opinion of the board, provide the applicant with knowledge of practice of land surveying at least equivalent to that which is generally acquired by experience in the areas listed. An applicant need not have experience in all areas listed below. However, all applicants shall have experience in the areas listed in par. (a) 1. and 2. Academic coursework which provides the applicant with knowledge and skills in some areas of practice listed in pars. (a) and (b) may be claimed as equivalent to experience.

(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 maps including all of the following:

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. Official plats or maps of land in this state in accordance with ch. A-E 7 .

(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.

(2)  Not more than one year of satisfactory experience credit may be granted for any calendar year.

History: Cr. Register, February, 1987, No. 374 , eff. 3-1-87; am. (1) (a) (intro.) to 1. h., 2. (intro.) to c. and (b) 1. to 4., Register, January, 1999, No. 517 , eff. 2-1-99; CR 06-057 : am. (1) (a) 1. a., b., c., and g., and 2. e., r. (1) (a) 1. i. and 2. d., cr. (1) (b) 6. and 7., Register May 2007 No. 617 , eff. 6-1-07; CR 09-030 : am. (1) (a) 2. e. and (b) 7. Register December 2009 No. 648 , eff. 1-1-10; CR 15-036 : am. (1) (intro.) Register January 2016 No. 721 , eff. 2-1-16.