Another experience poll maybe?

Yea..Kinda like that - Wendell

Check it out: https://surveyorconnect.com/portal/form/experience-survey

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Anyway, after we've gotten a reasonable number of responses, I'll create a report that everyone can view.

Foggy Idea

His age is currently 54. Got licensed at 24, or 30 years ago, or 1981.

Licensing requirements for all states were probably different then.

Newtonsapple

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> Licensing requirements for all states were probably different then.

I understand that. The minimum requirements is always changing as they laws are changed. I also noticed that Holy Cow got his license in 2 years. I was just a bit surprised by such a short amount of time. It takes longer bo become a licensed plumber or massage therapist.

Newtonsapple>Adams

Probably not back in 1981!! I bet you could have become a massage therapist by just hanging your sign out....but I chose surveying.

Fog

Did Ragan Smith ever buy a Kentucky company?

To Clarify

I actually had a total of six years of experience prior to taking my exam. The exam was the professional engineers exam, not the surveyor exam. However, that last two years of experience was nearly all land surveying. There was no in-state equivalent of a surveying degree, 2- or 4-year, at that time. The engineering degree more than covered the education requirement that would have been called for to sit for the surveying license. At the time I took the P.E. exam, P.E.'s were licensed to survey because of having passed the engineer's exam. Several years later, the state changed that and I had to apply for my surveyor's license in order to continue surveying legally. Sort of like telling a doctor he can't order X-rays without having passed the radiography examination even though he had been doing it for years.

Fog> Paul Platano

I was at Jame's L. Murphy and Assoc. when he merged with Ragan-Smith. But I was only there briefly before going to KTA.... While at KTA I did some work in KY for Hospital Corp of America. That's when I sat for the KY exam. I don't know that Ragan-Smith ever ventured beyond Nashville...

Started Surveying as a Rodman on a survey crew at age 23, in 1979. We used a Gurley Transit and 100' Add Tape.

Graduated from the University of Arkansas with an ASSurveying Degree in December of 1981 at age 25 as an LSIT.

Started Surveying again in on the 18th of August 1982. Worked in that Position until the 18th of August 1983. Ue used a Wild T1A with a K&E Autoranger EDM. Was laid off and Started a new job on the 19th of August 1983. We used a 1 minute K & E Transit and a 100' cut tape at the new job. I stayed there until the 18th of September when I found a job that required an LSIT. We used a Lietz SDM 3E Manual Total Station there. We upgraded to a Geodimeter 140 Total Station with a Geodat 126 in 1985. For computations, we used an HP 86B computer with Wild Volume C. The other places, my personal HP 41 was the power house of the office. I worked with this company until the 18th of June in 1990, at age 34. On the 18th of June 1990, I started working for my current employer. We use Total Stations, Data Collectors, GPS both Static and RTK, along with Digital levels.

I got my frist license, Arkansas in 1985 at age 28, about 5 minutes before DDSM got his license. I am also licensed in Mississippi, and Missouri. I have never stamped a plat in Mississippi or Missouri.

My experience is very dervesifed. I have been responsible for designe and QA surveys for a multi milion dollar Hydro Electric plant, multiple ALTA surveys for clients in the Fast Food industry. at one time we were working for Taco Bell, McDonalds, and Burger King at different times. We also did ALTA surveys for several of the oil companies, at their retail sites. We also did ALTA surveys for Walmart at several of their new stores in Central Arkansas. I have been the surveyor incharge of contracts for surveys on a $76,000,000 Lock & Dam, andother large and small projects. Last year, I managed a contract to monument the last 80 miles of Boundary on Bull Shoals Lake.

I will be eldigable to retire in 5 years, 1 month and 9 hours.