South Carolina statutes specify qualifying education, experience and examinations as the basic standards for licensure as a Professional Engineer and a Professional Land Surveyor. An individual licensed in another jurisdiction who applies for licensure in this state must meet the minimum requirements as one applying for initial licensure.

Professional Land Surveyors

An applicant must hold a four-year degree approved by the board and two years of qualifying engineering experience, or a two-year associate degree accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of ABET and four years of qualifying land surveying experience.

All applicants must have had 12 semester hours of approved courses in surveying and mapping. Experience must be gained under the direct supervision of a Registered Land Surveyor.

Applicants must take and pass a national eight-hour written examination in the Fundamentals of Land Surveying, a national six-hour written examination in the Principles and Practice of Land Surveying, and a two-hour State Specific examination on the practice and laws of land surveying. Applicants applying for TIER B Land Surveying must first be licensed as a TIER A Land Surveyor and take and pass an additional eight-hour written examination.

Professional Engineers

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An applicant must hold a degree from an engineering program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET) and must have four years of qualifying engineering experience, or hold an engineering degree from a program determined to be substantially equivalent to an EAC/ABET accredited program and eight years of qualifying engineering experience.

Applicants must take and pass a national eight-hour written examination in the Fundamentals of Engineering and a national eight-hour written examination in the Principles and Practice of Engineering.

Mary Law
Executive Director
P.O. Box 11597
Columbia, South Carolina 23211-1597
803-896-4422

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