I decided to go into Surveying my Senior year in High School so I attended a Tech school for Surveying Technology.
Several of the reasons I decided to choose Surveying was a love for math, art and science, my dad also has been surveying since 74', and my brother also Surveys for a municipality.
Well after 13 years I have learned a lot about people and surveying.
I am planning to sit for the FS this Spring.
Working under Engineers for 10+ years I acquired my PE this past Spring.
I currently work in the Geomatics Training and Support field prior to this I done mostly field related work.
Glad to be part of the group!
Hey there Civil, Nice to see another Carolina surveyor. Welcome to the site.
Adam, post: 341469, member: 8900 wrote: Hey there Civil, Nice to see another Carolina surveyor. Welcome to the site.
Thanks Adam!
I have been trolling for the last few months and decided to join.
There are lots to learn from everyone here. Good luck on the FS exam. I also started out working for an engineering firm. What part of NC are you located in?
Civil_Surveyor, post: 341468, member: 10675 wrote: I decided to go into Surveying my Senior year in High School so I attended a Tech school for Surveying Technology.
Several of the reasons I decided to choose Surveying was a love for math, art and science, my dad also has been surveying since 74', and my brother also Surveys for a municipality.Well after 13 years I have learned a lot about people and surveying.
I am planning to sit for the FS this Spring.
Working under Engineers for 10+ years I acquired my PE this past Spring.
I currently work in the Geomatics Training and Support field prior to this I done mostly field related work.Glad to be part of the group!
Welcome from another lifelong Carolina surveyor.
Edward Killough, NCPLS
Adam, post: 341471, member: 8900 wrote: There are lots to learn from everyone here. Good luck on the FS exam. I also started out working for an engineering firm. What part of NC are you located in?
I live in Clinton but work in Raleigh.
ekillo, post: 341473, member: 773 wrote: Welcome from another lifelong Carolina surveyor.
Edward Killough, NCPLS
Thanks Ed!
Welcome Civil, You'll like it here!
Did I read it right that you are a PE, but do not have an engineering degree?
Tommy Young, post: 341493, member: 703 wrote: Did I read it right that you are a PE, but do not have an engineering degree?
Yes you are right! I have a two year degree in Surveying Technology.
I think I was one of the last to get my PE before NC made it a requirement for a degree or 20 years experience.
My requirements where a Highschool Diploma 8 years experience under a PE pass the FE then 4 more years under a PE. Then pass the PE.
I have worked under a PE and PLS for 13 years.
Civil_Surveyor, post: 341496, member: 10675 wrote: Yes you are right! I have a two year degree in Surveying Technology.
I think I was one of the last to get my PE before NC made it a requirement for a degree or 20 years experience.
My requirements where a Highschool Diploma 8 years experience under a PE pass the FE then 4 more years under a PE. Then pass the PE.
I have worked under a PE and PLS for 13 years.
Excellent.
Civil,
So, are you one on the left or right in your avatar?
Warren Smith, post: 341507, member: 9900 wrote: Civil,
So, are you one on the left or right in your avatar?
I am right, left and middle. Without them I wouldn't be where I am at today.
Civil_Surveyor, post: 341510, member: 10675 wrote: I am right, left and middle. Without them I wouldn't be where I am at today.
LT.
Welcome C-S, Colorado also doesn't require a degree in Engineering either. They are planning on making it a requirement to have a degree to be able to get your licensed in Land Surveying. I think that a no-degree requirement should be the standard. If you can pass the PE Exam you should be able to get a license. Same with Surveying.
Anyway, sorry about the tangent. Enjoy the site.
Years ago I was at a meeting with a fellow who worked for the Society of American Military Engineers. He pointed out that in past centuries if you were an engineer you were either a Civil or a Military Engineer. One designs targets. The other tries to destroy them.
Come to think of it, he was basically correct. There most definitely weren't any Nuclear or Electrical or Computer/etc. Engineers back in those days.
Tom Adams, post: 341513, member: 7285 wrote: Welcome C-S, Colorado also doesn't require a degree in Engineering either. They are planning on making it a requirement to have a degree to be able to get your licensed in Land Surveying. I think that a no-degree requirement should be the standard. If you can pass the PE Exam you should be able to get a license. Same with Surveying.
Anyway, sorry about the tangent. Enjoy the site.
Thanks Tom!
BTW, congrats on the PE from a fellow PE. Anyone who can pass the FE (EIT back in my day) without four years of engineering classes deserves great admiration. That 8-hour exam has about a two-thirds pass rate by those enrolled as Seniors at the time. It covers tons of things from the entire scope of the core engineering classes plus many others from classes some disciplines are not required to take, but can as electives. It is intended to sort out those who actually learned what they were being taught from those who mastered memorization long enough to get to the next test. Everything from thermodynamics to circuit theory to strength of materials to basic physics, chemistry and calculus subjects from two or more years earlier.
Passing the PE also has about a two-thirds pass rate. The challenge there is to take the exam that best represents precisely what has been your focus at work for the preceding four or more years. In my day, we had a large range of potential test topics so that there would be a reasonable number available to address the technical areas represented by all present. There was no subdesignation like sanitary engineer or computer engineer, etc. I am no Chemical or Mechanical Engineer, but found problems within those areas that I could successfully complete to fulfill the total number of problems that must be solved.
Congrats indeed on passing the EIT. In the mid-70s, I took a semester at Cal Berkeley to prepare for that exam. Each class concentrated on a specific subject. I was so overwhelmed by the scope of disciplines, that I switched to surveying - and haven't looked back!
Warren Smith, post: 341524, member: 9900 wrote: Congrats indeed on passing the EIT. In the mid-70s, I took a semester at Cal Berkeley to prepare for that exam. Each class concentrated on a specific subject. I was so overwhelmed by the scope of disciplines, that I switched to surveying - and haven't looked back!
Yes indeed the FE (EIT) exam was a lot harder than the PE exam.
