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Educational RequirementsThe Academic and Experience Requirements Committee (AERC) is responsible for ensuring that every person admitted to membership in the Association has the requisite academic knowledge and experience to practice professional land surveying in Ontario.

Admission Requirements

The basic requirements for admission are:



  • Canadian citizenship or the status of permanent resident in Canada;
  • minimum age of 18 years;
  • compliance with the academic and experience requirements specified in the regulations;
  • completion of the term of articles;
  • successful completion of the professional examination; and,
  • is of a good character.





What Academic Education is Required?

A detailed evaluation of academic and other qualifications will be made by the AERC, provided one of the following has been obtained:



  • a University Degree;
  • a four-year Technological Degree in Engineering or Survey Science;
  • a three-year Technological Diploma in Survey Science; or,
  • a professional survey licence.

The AERC, after reviewing the candidates qualifications, will specify the extra credits or the examination programme which must be completed to satisfy the academic requirements.


Some Schools offering instruction in Surveying

Canada

Geodesy and Geomatics at the University of New Brunswick
Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary
Ryerson Polytechnic University (Geomatics Option) Toronto
College of Geographic Sciences(COGS), Lawrencetown,N.S.
College of the North Atlantic, St.John's, NFLD.


British Isles

Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh
Geodata Institute, University of Southampton


Australia

CUT, School of Surveying & Land Information
RMIT, Dept. of Land Information
University of Melbourne, Dept. of Geomatics


United States

Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas
Department of Surveying Engineering, Univeristy of Maine
Geography Department, Ohio State University
Geography Department, University of South Carolina
NCGIA, University of California, Santa Barbara


Hongkong

HKPU, Dept. of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics

If you have any questions regarding academic or experience requirements

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