One Year Surveying Certificate In Virginia

It may be quality education, but not sure of it's benefit towards SIT designation or licensure. The following are the current choices of qualifications for SIT designation in Virginia. It might save a couple of months field time.

18VAC10-20-300. Requirements for surveyor-in-training (SIT) designation.
In order to be approved to sit for the Fundamentals of Land Surveying examination (FLS),
an applicant must satisfy the following:

1. An applicant who has graduated from, or is enrolled in, a surveying or surveying
technology curriculum of four years or more approved by the board and is within 12
months of completion of degree requirements shall be admitted to an examination in
the Fundamentals of Land Surveying, provided the applicant is otherwise qualified.
Upon passing such examination, and providing evidence of graduation, the applicant
shall receive the SIT designation, provided the applicant is otherwise qualified. For
those applicants who are within 12 months of completion of degree requirements,
their application must be accompanied by a certificate of good standing from the
dean of the school;

2. An applicant who has graduated from a curriculum related to surveying of four years
or more approved by the board and with a minimum of one year of approved land
surveying experience shall be admitted to an examination in the Fundamentals of
Land Surveying, provided the applicant is otherwise qualified. Upon passing such
examination, the applicant shall receive the SIT designation, provided the applicant
is otherwise qualified;

3. An applicant who has earned at least a four-year bachelor’s degree in a field
unrelated to surveying approved by the board and with a minimum of three years of
approved land surveying experience shall be admitted to an examination in the
Fundamentals of Land Surveying, provided the applicant is otherwise qualified.
Upon passing such examination, the applicant shall receive the SIT designation,
provided the applicant is otherwise qualified;

4. An applicant who has graduated from a surveying curriculum of two years or more
approved by the board with a minimum of four years of approved land surveying
experience shall be admitted to an examination in the Fundamentals of Land
Surveying, provided the applicant is otherwise qualified. Upon passing such
examination, the applicant shall receive the SIT designation, provided the applicant
is otherwise qualified;

5. An applicant who has successfully completed a survey apprenticeship program
approved by the board with a minimum of 480 hours of surveying-related classroom
instruction with a minimum of six years of approved land surveying experience
shall be admitted to an examination in the Fundamentals of Land Surveying,
provided the applicant is otherwise qualified. Upon passing such examination, the
applicant shall receive the SIT designation, provided the applicant is otherwise
qualified; or

6. An applicant who has graduated from high school and who has evidence of
successful completion of courses in algebra, geometry and trigonometry with a
minimum of eight years of approved land surveying experience shall be admitted to
an examination in the Fundamentals of Land Surveying, provided the applicant is
otherwise qualified. Upon passing such examination, the applicant shall receive the
SIT designation, provided the applicant is otherwise qualified.

7. Applicants who have accumulated college credits may apply credit hours approved
by the board to help meet the experience requirement. A maximum of one year of
experience credit will be given for each 40 semester hours of approved college
credit.

Surveying Certificate & Degrees (AS, BS) In Ohio

You can thank Paul for giving me an opportunity to pitch my former employer's programs. Columbus State Community College (CSCC) has a one year Surveying Certificate, as well as an Associate of Science (AS) 2 year degree, Civil Engineering, Survey Track.

The Certificate includes many of the AS Survey Track courses. It has been common for students to begin the certificate and move on to the AS degree. Additionally a number of the CSCC students have transferred into the Advanced Surveying Certificate at Cincinnati State which serves as the third year of a bachelor’s degree program at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). The transfer to the Advanced Surveying Certificate requires additional "bridge" courses at either CSCC or Cincinnati State. Both the Cincinnati State and University of Northern Kentucky programs have online courses.

In the past Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana have accepted this as a Surveying bachelor's degree. As the Cincinnati State site says "Students should check with their state licensing board for changes to specific requirements before taking any coursework."

There is also a 5 year apprenticeship program offered through Fairfax County. All of the licensed surveyors I know around here have been through it including myself.