Better yet, have testing requirements for the various niche markets and certification specific to that skill set. I know guys whom are the local boundary gurus who have never staked a road or run a static session with GPS in their lives, are smart enough not to venture into that realm but their present licenssure would allow them if they were so motivated.
Have a general certification, and require 'merit badge' additional certification for Construction Staking, Construction Management, Environmental Services, GIS Data Manager, etc.
The Holy Grail should be Boundary Expert Witness.
F that.
Make it harder to qualify for the exam:
Interview
Portfolio
Sponsors (rather just simple recommendations)
Field exam
But once a person is approved, sits, and passes, that's it.
Re-take the exam, what the hell, man.
the true dilema
good point. so true.
leads to the question:
how do you test for integrity?
Insanity
"It would solve 95% of all the substandard surveying going on if everyone had to re-take the exams every 4 years to renew their license."
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Isn't that a definition of something or other?
re: cleaning house...got a great idea
Every year 10% (or some chosen number) of licensed surveyors names are drawn at random. Each one of these 'selected' individuals would be discreetly contacted by a prospective client (a plant on the B.O.R. payroll) to perform some simple survey somewhere in their area.
Then a review of each surveyor's work could be evaluated; research, ethics, professionalism and accuracy.
You could probably make some good judgement from the quality of work that was turned in.
re: cleaning house...got a great idea
Hmmmm OSBEELS could bolster their PDH audit with this approach.... I'm surprised they haven't yet!
re: cleaning house...got a great idea
> Every year 10% (or some chosen number) of licensed surveyors names are drawn at random. Each one of these 'selected' individuals would be discreetly contacted by a prospective client (a plant on the B.O.R. payroll) to perform some simple survey somewhere in their area.
[sarcasm]Undercover agents posing as clients - if it works to clean up prostitution and underage liquor sales, might as well use it to regulate a profession.[/sarcasm]
re: cleaning house...got a great idea
> > Every year 10% (or some chosen number) of licensed surveyors names are drawn at random. Each one of these 'selected' individuals would be discreetly contacted by a prospective client (a plant on the B.O.R. payroll) to perform some simple survey somewhere in their area.
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> [sarcasm]Undercover agents posing as clients - if it works to clean up prostitution and underage liquor sales, might as well use it to regulate a profession.[/sarcasm]
[sarcasm]Uh huh...first order of business with the new client..."Are you a BOR agent?".[/sarcasm]
What offends me is that states that previously did not require education to be licensed now are going to...and there are members on their boards making this decision that do not have degrees...and never will!
I thankfully have my degree, but I think it is hypocritical. Don't get me wrong, I think we should have an educational requirement if we want to be respected as a profession. However, if this will be the case, then I think that those who are already licensed without education should have to earn their degrees when a board approves the educational requirement.
> The Holy Grail should be Boundary Expert Witness.
Holy Grail is actually Riparian Boundary Expert Witness for commercial properties, those get REALLY fun!
As for your Merit Badge scenario, where do I write to to acquire my patches for my uniform? I need some new art work for my cubicle.
> Holy Grail is actually Riparian Boundary Expert Witness for commercial properties, those get REALLY fun!
:good: B-)
DDSM:beer:
Bureaucrats have nothing better to think about than what somebody else has to do while they sit and watch what happens and say it's not my fault.
We have enough of that trouble already.
I can remember a time when the accuser pointed their finger at someone and in the end of they were wrong, the accuser was penalized with that penalty instead of the targeted.
😉 sarcasm off