The Path to Becoming a Licensed Professional Land Surveyor (PLS)
May 10, 2022
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm ET
Description:
Infrastructure investments have and will continue to make the construction industry a high growth industry. One of the often overlooked, but critical professions in the industry is the Land Surveyor. Licensed Land surveyors are the only profession that may determine property boundaries and are responsible for determining building setbacks, reporting easements, and documenting encumbrances on property. In addition to the legal aspects of the profession, Land Surveyors are experts at collecting and representing geospatial data in usable formats. They work with a wide range of engineering and architectural disciplines as well as other design professionals throughout project life cycles. An equipment and software heavy industry, Land Surveyors utilize field equipment such as GNSS receivers, laser scanners, drones, robotic total stations, and multiple software programs including Trimble Business Center, Autodesk Civil3D, Global Mapper, Pix4D, Leica Cyclone and Virtual Surveyor.
In this session, you will learn about the path to licensure as a land surveyor. The session will cover:
- Brief introduction to the befits of licensure for your career including what a license allows you to do.
- Levels of surveying licensure, CST exam, FS exam, PS & State specific requirements
- Education requirements and researching programs
- State’s varying requirements
- Developing your specific path to licensure
About Your Presenter:
Tara Mullen, PLS
Tara Mullen is a Senior Project Surveyor at Colliers Engineering & Design. Tara has eight years academic and professional experience working for surveying, civil engineering and aerial mapping firms in New England. She has field experience in boundary, topographic, land development, construction, and infrastructure surveys. In the office she is skilled at using Autodesk Civil 3D, as well as working with Virtual Survey, Pix4D, Global Mapper and Simple Mind for records research to process data, make boundary determinations and produce deliverables.
Concurrently, Tara is enrolled in a Professional Master of Science in Engineering & Business program at the University of Maine. Her focus is on integrating her academic background with her industry experience, working both in the field performing surveys and the office to provide highly accurate and reliable results for her clients.