Aside from the state website that spells out the requirements, don't trust anything posted online about income potential and the like.

You are getting way ahead. The original post if from somebody that works for a construction company as a a layout person. I'm sure that grid to grou...

My first thoughts are that you either want to be a land speculator or surveyor. Either way you go, it will take time to get a return on investment, e...

I'm from NJ and have not seen a contractor use batter boards in 25 years or more.

If the control has issues, why would anybody proceed to stake things? Engineer, Surveyor or whomever, I'm kicking that can back to my client to sort ...

It sounds to me like you are not an LS and are doing the layout work for your employer, who is a contractor, and that is what it is. Assuming that I ...

"All I can say is Check, check, check, confirm accuracy requirements, rinse and repeat." Well said.

The explanation of "that's how I was taught" doesn't help at all. You obviously have control onsite that may or may not have been previously adjusted...

Love it!

This seems problematic to me in a number of ways. What defines a "new" project? Many large industrial facilities work on their own "plant grid" syst...

I see where you are going with studying to the exam and I see that as a dangerous approach for both the candidate and the profession. My approach to ...

I wish that I could see all that you wrote while replying one by one on your points. The fact of the matter is that there is no studying to the test ...

Combined household income is that of the married couple and does not include children, adult or not. Needless to say, it will vary from town to town ...

What I said is that most who are enrolled in the NJIT program are part time students as they have full time jobs. I did not say that the program was ...

I totally agree with you that surveying has changed dramatically over the years. The problem that you mention as being one and two man crews is just ...

The shortage in Bergen County is likely no different than the shortage in any one of our counties, or, for that matter, nationally. When you speak of...

"One of the reasons that the NJ State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors supported the education requirements was the dismal passing r...

I can't see how the word "proposed" would lead to any confusion but I also don't understand why the client would push back on filing the easements bef...