Online registration is currently closed. Onsite registration is available Friday, March 10th from 7:30am - 8:30am at the Embassy Suites, Saratoga. 

Course Objective:  To familiarize land surveying applicants, potential applicants and surveying technicians with the issues, resources and content required to successfully complete the New York State land surveying licensure exam.

Description:
This review program is customized to address the needs of surveying professionals planning to sit for the New York State surveying licensure exam.  The class will offer a comprehensive review of topics based on the licensing examination test blueprint, as published by the NYS Education Department Office of Professions:

• Computation/Analysis
• Documentation/Land Information Systems
• Ethics/Professional Responsibility
• Land Planning/Design
• Legal Principles
• Measurement/Location
• Monumentation
• Project Management
• Research

Time will be spent discussing testing strategies for a multiple-choice exam and how to prepare to sit for one.

This review course has been strategically planned to coincide prior to the NYS surveyor licensure exam date.  Participants will leave with a voluminous reference manual containing NYS rules, statutes, laws and other pertinent study reference materials, including technical references, sample test questions and case law summaries.

Offered at reduced rates for NYSAPLS members!  Don’t miss your chance to experience an interactive, intensive preparatory session that will not only review surveying topics on the exam, but will help you understand how to prepare to take an exam of this magnitude. In exchange for this preferred rate, attendees will be requested to complete a questionnaire after the course as well as after taking the exam, to help improve the methods of teaching, material in the manual and topics covered in the course.

About our Speakers
Dr. Joseph V.R. Paiva, is principal and CEO at GeoLearn, LLC (www.geo-learn.com) which is an online provider of professional and technical education since February 2014. He previously served as a consultant in the field of geomatics and general business, particularly to international developers, manufacturers and distributors of instrumentation and other geomatics tools. In that role Joe functioned as COO at Gatewing NV, a Belgian manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for surveying and mapping during 2010-2011. He also is a writer in many magazines and journals and has been on the “seminar circuit,” delivering continuing education to geospatial professionals, as well as technician and exam preparation courses. Joe was previously managing director of Spatial Data Research, Inc., a GIS data collection, compilation and software development company; senior scientist and technical advisor for Land Survey research & development, VP of the Land Survey group, and director of business development for the Engineering and Construction Division of Trimble; vice president and a founder of Sokkia Technology, Inc., guiding development of GPS- and software-based products for surveying, mapping, measurement and positioning. Other positions include senior technical management positions in The Lietz Co. and Sokkia Co. Ltd., assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and partner in a surveying/civil engineering consulting firm. He has continued his interest in teaching by serving as an adjunct instructor of online credit and non-credit courses at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. His key contributions in the development field are: design of software flow for the SDR2, SDR20 series and SDR33 Electronic Field Books and software interface for the Trimble TTS500 total station. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor, was an NSPS representative to the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), serving as a program evaluator, where he previously served as team chair, and commissioner, and has more than 30 years experience working in civil engineering, surveying and mapping. He writes for POB and The Empire State Surveyor magazines and has been a past contributor of columns to Civil Engineering News.

Richard Brooks, LS is a Land Surveyor licensed and practicing in New York State. Licensed in 1984, he is the senior project manager for Control Point Associates, Inc. at their Hudson Valley office. He is a third-generation Land Surveyor and his wife Patricia is a second-generation Land Surveyor. Richard has spent his professional career in and around the Catskill Mountain region. Richard has authored 10 articles related to surveying matters for the Empire State Surveyor and is a seminar presenter. He routinely presents continuing education programs to land surveyors and attorneys. He has developed over 15 titles pertinent to the Land Surveying profession. He served as an Adjunct Professor for SUNY Ulster’s Land Surveying degree program until it was sunset in 2018. Richard is a member of: the Mid- Hudson Valley Land Surveyors Association (MHVLSA), the NYS Association of Professional Land Surveyors (NYSAPLS), the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), the NYS GIS Association, the Vermont Society of Land Surveyors (VSLS), and the Surveyors Historical Society. He is the New York State coordinator for the national Certified Survey Technician (CST) program. In 2011, NYSAPLS honored him with their Surveyor of the Year award for his exemplary contributions to the profession of Land Surveying. 

2-Day Workshop Fees
If you have attended this specific workshop anytime in 2014-2021, you qualify for the "repeat attendee" discounted registration fee. 

On or Before February 24th

Member Fee:  $299
Non-Member Fee:  $399
Repeat attendee (member discount):  $249
Repeat attendee (non-member discount): $349

After February 24th

Member Fee:  $349
Non-Member Fee:  $449
Repeat attendee (member discount):  $299
Repeat attendee (non-member discount): $399

NYSAPLS Bookstore on location
NYSAPLS will offer a selection of publications and review manuals recommended as reading material by the New York State Education Department for purchase on-site.

Hotel Reservations
Discounted overnight rooms are available at a $129 rate for attendees. Reservations can be made online, using group code "PLS" or by calling the Embassy Suites directly at 518-290-9090. Be sure to mention the group code "PLS" for the discounted rate.

Embassy Suites Saratoga Springs

86 Congress Street

Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: 518-290-9090

Workshop Schedule*

*Schedule and break times are subject to change