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Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors - Examinations2007 - 2016
Summary of the Parts of the Examination Part I PLS (NCEES National Exam - Principles and Practice) Is a 6-hour multiple-choice, open-book NCEES exam to test your competence in the professional aspects of land surveying. This exam may include problems concerning principles of the profession (legal, technical, standards of professional conduct), property surveys, written instruments, monumentation, real property law, field surveying procedures, property survey descriptions, subdivision planning and design, deed descriptions and conveyance, surveying law, photogrammetry, surveying astronomy, cadastre, remote sensing, cartographic surveying, geodetic surveying, hydrographic surveying, construction surveying, architectural surveying and computations and adjustments. The exam is given in the morning. Electronic devices with "QWERTY" key pads may not be used. Note: The Fundamentals of Surveying Exam and the Principles and Practice of Surveying Exam will now be administered by the third party administrator, ELSES. Candidates will still need to register with the board first by submitting an exam application and application fee. After registering with the board candidates will receive further information from ELSES regarding dates, locations and fees. Additional information is available at the ELSES web site: http://www.els-examreg.org/ Part II PLS (Maine Specific Multiple Choice) This 2-hour exam is given in the afternoon immediately following the NCEES Principles and Practice Exam. The exam is a multiple-choice exam and open book. Electronic devices with "QWERTY" key pads may not be used. A list of acceptable calculators is available at the NCEES web site: www.ncees.org Part III PLS (Maine Specific Essay) The final section of the Maine Specific Exam is a take-home essay question which will be mailed to you about 30 days prior to the examination and collected on the day of the examination. Candidates taking only this portion of the exam may mail their exam to the Board with a post mark of the exam date or before. Last Updated: August 8, 2008 |
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